Tag: Moon
An Epic Lunar Eclipse Is Coming Tomorrow – The Longest of Its Kind in 580 years
By FIONA MACDONALD
Space lovers are in for a treat this week. Late Thursday night and into the early hours of Friday morning (in terms...
World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020
By MARCIA DUNN
Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars,...
China’s lunar mission Chang’e returns to Earth with Moon rocks
China becomes only the third country to have retrieved samples from the Moon following the US and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and...
NASA’s 1st female spaceflight chief, will guide a US return to the moon
By Hanneke WeiteringThe first woman to be in charge of NASA's human spaceflight program will oversee the first mission to land a woman on...
Space Exploratiom: Superpowers Face Off For Space Supremacy
One year ago in January, a Chinese robot landed on the dark side of the moon. Since then, the Chang’e 4 probe and the...
China’s lunar rover travels 367 meters on moon’s far side
China's lunar rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) has driven 367.25 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration.Both the...