Lunar craters Lunar craters Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface has many craters, almost all of which were formed by impacts. The word "crater" was adopted from the Greek word for vessel - (Κρατήρ a Greek vessel used to mix wine and water). Galileo built his first telescope in late 1609, and turned it to the Moon for the first time on November 30, 1609. He discovered that, contrary to general opinion at that time, the Moon was not a perfect sphere, but had both mountains and cup-like depressions. These were named craters by Schroeter (1791), extending
To the Moon to fulfill his wish. The game was directed by Canadian game designer Kan Gao, using the RPG Maker XP engine. Development started in 2010, when Gao was struck by questions of mortality following his grandfather's life-threatening condition. "To the Moon" would become Freebird Games' first commercial product, following smaller, experimental games released for free on the studio website. The game was updated later to include free downloadable content, called "minisodes", to give more context to the main characters. In 2014, Freebird Games released "A Bird Story", a short "minisode" that connects "To the Moon" with its sequel, "Finding Paradise". While