China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft achieved the milestone at 10:26 a.m. on Jan. 3 in Beijing (6:26 p.m. PT on Jan. 2), with the country’s space agency landing its lunar probe in Von Karman crater on the moon’s mysterious far side.
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China Lands A Rover On The Moon’s Far Side
Published January 8, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Chang'e 4 probe, China, dark side, far side moon, moon, science, space exploration
50 Years Ago Man First Visited The Moon
Published December 24, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1968, Apollo 8, Bill Anders, Frank Borman, history, Jim Lovell, lunar mission, moon, NASA, space exploration
At first Bill Anders thought it was no big deal. He and his Apollo 8 crewmates, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, were on their fourth orbit of the moon, passing over the far side, farther from home than any human beings had ever been, when they happened to see the Earth beginning to peek out over the lunar horizon. It was December 24, 1968.
China Plans to Launch an ‘Artificial Moon’ to Light Up the Night
Published October 23, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Artificial Moon, astronomy, Chengdu, China, lighting, moon, satellite, space exploration, streetlight
Scientists are hoping to hang the man-made moon above the city of Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, according to a report in Chinese state media. The imitation celestial body — essentially an illuminated satellite — will bear a reflective coating to cast sunlight back to Earth, where it will supplement streetlights at night.
Also, this video pokes holes in the idea.
Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano [video]
Published June 5, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: astronomy, Canary Islands, moon, space, Teide Volcano, telephoto lens, video
Private Company Plans To Bring Moon Rocks Back To Earth In 3 Years
Published July 14, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bob Richards, INFN National Laboratories of Frascati, International Lunar Observatory, moon, Moon Express, moon landing, moon mission, moon rocks, MoonLight, MX-1 spacecraft, NASA, Naveen Jain, regolith, space exploration, University of Maryland, XPRIZE
After several years of secrecy, a company called Moon Express revealed the scope of its ambitions on Wednesday. And they are considerable. The privately held company released plans for a single, modular spacecraft that can be combined to form successfully larger and more capable vehicles. Ultimately the company plans to establish a lunar outpost in 2020 and set up commercial operations on the Moon. Perhaps most intriguingly, Moon Express says it is self-funded to begin bringing kilograms of lunar rocks back to Earth within about three years.
New 360° Panorama From The Moon
Published February 16, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Chang'e 3, China, China National Space Administration, CNSA, lunar, lunar lander, moon, NASA, panarama image, space exploration
Experience the latest 360° view from the surface of the moon.
Chang’e 3 is a lunar exploration mission operated by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), incorporating a robotic lander and China’s first lunar rover. It was launched in December 2013 as part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.
Loved One’s Ashes Can Be Placed On The Moon For $12,000
Published September 1, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Astrobotic, burial, cremation, Griffin lander, lunar lander, Lunar Memorial, lunar mission, memorial, moon, space exploration, wtf
According to the ElysiumSpace site –
Early reservations for the Lunar Memorial service open at $9,950 for the first 50 participants, while later reservations will be offered at the regular rate of $11,950. Each Participant provides a symbolic portion of remains to be placed into a personalized capsule. The capsules will then be delivered to the lunar surface by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of Astrobotic Mission One. The landing side is located in the northeast part of the Moon. It contains a pit that is a compelling exploration target for the mission.
I don’t know if it will actually happen, but there you go.
OMG – NASA’s Original Operator’s Manual For The Lunar Rover
Published June 24, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Apollo, lunar mission, Lunar Rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle, moon, NASA, Operations Manual, science, space exploration, space nerd
Rotating Moon From Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [video]
Published September 19, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: astronomy, dark side of the moon, LRO, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, moon, NASA, space exploration, video
Telescope To Be Planted On Moon in 2015
Published May 30, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bob Richards, Canada, Google Lunar X prize, ILO-X, International Lunar Observatory, lunar, moon, Moon Express Inc, science, space exploration, telescope
A telescope that is set to launch to the moon in 2015 will allow the public to go on the Internet and view the Earth from the lunar surface. The privately funded telescope, known as the International Lunar Observatory precursor (ILO-X), was designed and built by Silicon Valley-based Moon Express Inc. “It’s citizen science on the moon and it’s really a new model of public participation,” Moon Express CEO Bob Richards told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. “This will be a small, but very high-performance telescope on the moon that the public and scientists or professionals and amateurs alike will have access to over the internet.”
Neil Armstrong – A Short 1970 Interview on BBC [video]
Published August 25, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Apollo, Apollo 11, astronaut, first man on moon, moon, NASA, Neil Armstrong, science, space exploration, video
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, died today.