moon
The last time a person visited the moon was in December 1972, during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission. Astronauts say the reasons are budgetary and political, not scientific or technical. A US lander recently landed on the moon, and NASA could take people there by 2026 at the earliest. Landing 12 people…
If you’ve ever taken a picture of a big, bright full moon and been disappointed with the pale, tiny object glowing in your photo, you’re not alone.Professional astrophotographers use telescopes, high-powered lenses, and expensive cameras to produce incredible images of the sun, moon, and stars.But even if you don’t have…
There are a couple of reasons to check out the upcoming harvest moon. First, it’s a supermoon, meaning it will appear slightly bigger and brighter in the night sky than a typical full moon.Second, it coincides with the last partial lunar eclipse of the year. So, depending on your location,…
NASA is scrapping a moon rover it spent $450 million to construct, and axing the machine’s mission to find water on the moon. The agency discontinued the development of VIPER — or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — because it proved exceedingly expensive.NASA’s statement on Wednesday said that the rover…
“Fly Me to the Moon,” Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum’s new romantic comedy-drama about faking the moon landing, is fictional but draws on some true historical events.The film is set in the 1960s and follows marketing expert Kelly Jones (Johansson) as she tries to garner support from the American public…
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of “promising the moon” in a three-way televised debate on Tuesday ahead of next Sunday’s first round of early parliamentary elections. In a muddled, confusing TV debate between leaders of the three…
China just took a huge leap forward in its plans to dominate space.On Tuesday, its Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully returned to Earth carrying the first-ever samples from the moon’s far side. A video showed an official triumphantly planting a Chinese flag near the capsule in Mongolia after it glided back to…
