About 800 years ago in 1226 the two planets were visually “arranged” in the night sky. It was a coincidence of Jupiter and Saturn. In a rare event, they appeared very close together with one-half of the apparent width of the moon. This happened on March 4, 1226 – just …
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BEIJING (AP) – Following the successful return of lunar rocks by its Changi 5 robotic probe, China is preparing for a future mission that will form the ultimate lunar base to host human explorers, a senior space program official said Thursday. China’s next three lunar missions will be to retrieve …
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BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh specimens of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Chang5’s investigation capsule arrived in the Siziwang district of the Inner Mongolia region, state media reported immediately at 2:00 a.m. (1800 …
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When Artemis III, the first crude Artemis mission, finally touches the lunar surface, that moment will happen again like Apollo 11 … but then what? NASA has finally unveiled an unstable path of ultracool science objectives for Artemis III, including field geology, sample collection and compensation, and experiments that will …
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Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA has named 18 astronauts – half of them women – who will train for its Artemis Moon-landing program. The first woman on the moon and the next man will come from this elite group. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts on Wednesday at the …
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