The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which will consist of a lunar rover and a stationary lander, has been approved by the Indian government, K. Sivan, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), announced during a news conference Wednesday (Jan. 1).
India's first moon-landing effort failed this past September when the Chandrayaan-2 lander crashed hard into the lunar surface.
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The Chandrayaan-3 news is not exactly a surprise; Indian media outlets reported in November that ISRO had already begun designing the mission and that a launch could come as soon as November of this year.
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Rare Halloween blue moon, two supermoons coming in 2020 | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Calling all photographers, astronomers and general night-sky appreciators. It's time to update your celestial calendar for 2020.
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Remember, a supermoon appears when the moon orbits at its closest point to Earth. This makes the moon appear bigger and brighter than a normal full moon. This year, the supermoons will be seen on March 9 and then again on April 7.
There will also be two full moons in the month of October alone, the second of which is called a blue moon. Here's the special, and somewhat eerie, part. The blue moon will fall on Halloween night.
Route 51 in Moon closed by landslide will remained blocked through Monday | TribLIVE.com
A section of Route 51 in Moon Township will remain closed at least until Monday because a landslide early Thursday dumped tons of debris onto the busy road and knocked down utility lines, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported.
PennDOT spokeswoman Yasmeen Manyisha said engineers would monitor the slide area between Purdy and Stoops Ferry roads through the weekend and determine Monday whether further work is necessary to stabilize the hillside that fell.
Powerful Lunar Dynamo's Demise: The End of the Moon's Magnetic Field
A new analysis of moon rocks pins down the end of the lunar dynamo, the process by which the moon once generated a magnetic field. Credit: Hernán Cañellas and Benjamin Weiss
A conventional compass would be of little use on the moon, which today lacks a global magnetic field.
But the moon did produce a magnetic field billions of years ago, and it was likely even stronger than the Earth’s field today. Scientists believe that this lunar field, like Earth’s, was generated by a powerful dynamo — the churning of the moon’s core. At some point, this dynamo, and the magnetic field it generated, petered out.
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India says it will try again to land on moon - UPI.com
Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Indian Space Research Organization chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said the country will move ahead with a new space mission to the moon despite a failed attempt in 2019.
The Chandrayaan-3 space mission, set to take place no later than early 2021 , will include an upgraded space vehicle with a new propulsion module, moon lander and rover, Sivan said on Wednesday.
India will be trying to become the fourth country to make a "soft landing" on the moon, behind the United States, the former Soviet Union and China.
1st Full Moon of the Year Walk in Cornwall
It's a new year and the start of the 2020s. Celebrate the first full moon of 2020 with the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum at 120 Muser Drive in Cornwall on Friday, Jan. 10 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM. It's fun, educational and it's something the whole family can enjoy together.
You'll get to venture out on a moonlit hike through fields and forest to discover the sights and sounds of nature under the Wolf Moon. Then you can warm up with hot cocoa and take in the brilliance of the winter sky while watching simulation of the moon phases. Remember to dress appropriately since winter nights here in the Northeast are pretty chilly.
Moon and Venus Show in Evening Sky | UPR Utah Public Radio
As the Moon orbits the Earth, the Moon moves eastward away from the Sun in the sky and we see a little more of the sunlit side of the moon each night. A few days after new moon, the Moon appears as a thin crescent in the western sky just after sunset.
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As December comes to an end during the next seven days, if you look to the southwestern horizon just after sunset, you will see a thin crescent moon.
From Dec. 24- Dec. 31, the Moon will move past Saturn and Venus. These events are called conjunctions. They provide a memorable evening show if the observer has a clear unobstructed view of the southwestern horizon.
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