NASA Is Opening a Vacuum-Sealed Sample It Took From the Moon 50 Years Ago

Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are preparing to open the first tube that one of the astronauts on the Apollo missions hammered into the surface of the moon. As NPR reports, it’s “remained tightly sealed all these years since that … Continue reading NASA Is Opening a Vacuum-Sealed Sample It Took From the Moon 50 Years Ago

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After Mistaken Identity and Confusion, a Piece of Space Junk Slams Into the Moon

After years of zooming through deep space, a presumed leftover piece of a Chinese rocket slammed into the Moon today, just as space tracking experts expected it would. From a report: At least, it should have hit the Moon around 7:30AM ET this morning, … Continue reading After Mistaken Identity and Confusion, a Piece of Space Junk Slams Into the Moon

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Space exploration consortium announces plan to put artwork on the Moon

While most artists aspire to have their work exhibited somewhere like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a piece by Dubai-based British painter Sacha Jafri may soon be soaring to even loftier heights – plans call for it to be permanently displayed on the … Continue reading Space exploration consortium announces plan to put artwork on the Moon

First quadruple asteroid discovered in the solar system

Astronomers have discovered the first known quadruple asteroid system. A team from Thailand and France spotted a third moon orbiting the main-belt asteroid Elektra, moving the object into the record books.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: A… Continue reading First quadruple asteroid discovered in the solar system

Rocket heading for Moon collision was launched by China, not SpaceX

It turns out the rocket that is predicted to impact the Moon on March 4 is not the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after all, but the upper stage of a Chinese Long March 3C used to launch the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar flyby mission in 2014.Continue R… Continue reading Rocket heading for Moon collision was launched by China, not SpaceX