NASA's stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth Williams performed a spacewalk two weeks ago with another NASA astronaut. It marked Wilmore’s first time outside this trip. Both racked ...
China Sunday released a set of geologic atlas of the global moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million, which is the first complete high-definition lunar geologic atlas in the world, providing basic map data for future lunar research and exploration. This photo shows the set of Geologic Atlas of t...
Canada Signs Deal to Send First Astronaut on U.S. Mission Around the Moon More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A plane is pictured in front of the full moon in Curitiba, Brazil February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will for the ...
Lunar rover Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, left the first ever "footprint" from a human spacecraft on the far side of the moon late Thursday night. It had separated smoothly from the lander, China's Chang'e 4 probe, which set down on the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of th...
Armstrong was famously reticent about his accomplishments, preferring to focus on the team that helped him get to the moon rather than his own first steps. "I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work," Armstrong said in an...
Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski pose for a photo at the SpaceX launch tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida U.S., March 29, 2021 in this handout image provided by SpaceX. Picture taken March 29, 2021. Inspiration 4/Handout...
The Moon: Our natural satellite The Golden Handle appears on the Moon’s terminator a couple of days after First Quarter. You’ll need a pair of binoculars, or the zoom function on your camera. ©iStockphoto.com/BrianEKushner & ©timeanddate.com ...
the First Full Moon of the New Year is the most important among all full moons throughout the year. On January 15th of Lunar Calendar, people are supposed to go to pagodas and pray for the best things coming to every family members and their beloved friends. It is not uncommon to see ...
From the first steps on the Moon to the International Space Station, space expeditions have always captivated our collective imagination. While technology has changed over the years, what remains constant is humanity’s bold desire to push the boundaries of where we can go and what we can do....
Soviet probe makes world's first soft landing on the Moon On Feb. 3, 1966,after many failed attempts, a Soviet robotic lander accomplished the world's first soft landing on the surface of the Moon and lived to tell about it. The pioneering mission finally dispelled old fears that a visiti...