2024 was supposed to be the year American astronauts returned to the moon via NASA's Project Artemis. It didn't happen. A new ...
By Christian Davenport Jan. 9 at 6:35 a.m. In 2010, during a speech at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Barack Obama directed NASA away from its primary target, the moon, to focus ...
The two stars hovering well above the moon mark the heads of Gemini, the Twins. Pollux will be closest to the moon, while the ...
yet its behavior made this “mini moon” a fascinating target for study. Astrophysicists have tracked 2024 PT5 extensively, using telescopes in the Canary Islands to observe its movement ...
"The back side [of the moon] looks like a sand pile my kids have played in for some time. It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes." As Apollo 8 neared its target, the ...
Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for, in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system ...
Supermoons make for an interesting skywatching target, perfect for beginners or ... A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the point in its orbit within 90% of ...