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We all know and love the moon. We're so assured that we only have one that we don't even give it a specific name. It is the brightest object in the night sky, and amateur astronomers take great delight in mapping its craters and seas. To date, it is the only other heavenly body ...
One of the most interesting things about Earth (apart from the fact that it's so far the only planet known to harbor life on its surface) is its sole natural satellite - the moon. The earth has one moon, named the Moon, and it hangs in the sky every night and can sometimes be see...
The near-moon braking procedure is a key orbital control for Chang'e-6 during its flight. The braking makes its relative speed lower than the lunar escape velocity, so that it can be captured by the moon's gravity and fly around the moon. Supported by Queqiao-2 relay satellite, Chang'e...
Two or three times a year, the Full Moon phase coincides with the Moon reaching the lunar nodes of its orbit. These are the points where the Moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic, which is the Sun’s path, seen from Earth. When this happens, Earth casts its shadow on the Full Moon, ca...
The orbiter-returner combination spent 13 days in lunar orbit, awaiting the right opportunity to return to Earth. After completing two moon-Earth transfer maneuvers and one orbital correction, the returner separated from the orbiter and delivered the samples to Earth. ...
s early orbital evolution. The primary driver of lunar migration is tidal dissipation in Earth, parameterized by the dissipation factorQE. Early migration was rapid and probably on a timescale comparable to that on which Earth was evolving during its recovery from the Moon-forming impact. ...
Moon 3D Maps allows you to view Moon landscape in a new way. Regions, Mountains, Canyons, Craters.
In the 1950s, the Cold War sparked a race to visit Earth's moon with flybys, robots, and crewed missions. Here's what we discovered—and what's next.
By adjusting the altitude and inclination of its circumlunar orbit, Queqiao-2 will enter its target elliptical orbit around the moon and carry out a communication test with the Chang'e-4 and Chang'e-6 lunar probes as planned. Near-moon braking is the most critical orbital control action duri...