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1 day ago · Using his refracting telescope, Galileo observed in late 1609 that the surface of the Moon is not smooth. Early the next year, he observed the four largest moons of Jupiter. Later in 1610, he observed the phases of Venus—a proof of heliocentrism—as well as Saturn, though he thought the planet's rings were two other planets.
1 day ago · The IM-1 lander became the first commercially built lander to land on the Moon in 2024. China launched the Chang'e 6 on 3 May 2024, which will conduct the another lunar sample return from the far side of the Moon. It also carried a chinese rover to conduct infrared spectroscopy of lunar surface.
8 hours ago · June 2, 2024, 5:01 a.m. ET. China successfully landed a lunar lander on the far side of the moon on Sunday morning, the country’s space agency announced, taking the mission one step closer to ...
2 days ago · Moon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body. Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun . It is designated by the symbol ☽.
- James D. Burke
4 days ago · The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon. “There’s a lot we need to relearn or figure out,” says Juliane Gross, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in ...
3 days ago · Amaey Shah’s passion for science helped inspire NASA’s MoonDiff Project. “Through the NASA Speakers Bureau, I was paired with a local teacher, Leslie Herleikson, and her after-school science program for K-12 students” Brian began. “I’d talk to the students in the program periodically and take them on tours of the NASA Ames ...
2 days ago · The Hybrid Electronic Radiation Assessor, or HERA, was built to serve as a primary radiation detection system for the Orion spacecraft, which will carry crews into orbit around the Moon. The International Space Station Hybrid Electronic Radiation Assessor investigation modified the system to operate on the space station to provide researchers ...
