The details are still in flux, as scientists are figuring out what makes the most sense given the scientific and logistical constraints of the moon. But they're confident that NASA's current priorities at the moon offer benefits that would support their goals. The agency's priorities are embodied by the Artemis program , which aims to land humans on the moon in 2024 in a sustainable, long-term way that offers a future for science as well as exploration.
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"Heavy launch capability, astronauts, serviceability, in-space assembly — all of those things are things that we care deeply about," Heidi Hammel, a planetary astronomer at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy said during the Lunar Surface Science Virtual Workshop held on May 28. "And they are a core part of the return to the moon initiative."
Quite a lot has been going on:
Scientists finally figured out what that gel-like stuff is on the Moon
While roaming the far side of the Moon, China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander mission discovered an unusual, gel-like substance on the lunar surface. The discovery puzzled scientists, who poured over the images sent over by the Yutu-2 rover to try and figure out what this strange substance is.
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A new study , published in the August issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters, revealed that the gel-like substance is, not very shockingly, rock. The reason why the rock glistened and appeared gel-like in the images captured by the Yutu-2 rover is that it was melted together possibly in the aftermath of a meteorite impact.
Boy Scouts gifted real estate on the moon | Local | americanpress.com
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NASA wants a return to the moon in 2024. New human spaceflight chief makes no guarantees. | Space
Putting astronauts back on the moon by 2024 will be no small feat, and NASA's new human spaceflight chief Kathy Lueders has been careful not to make any promises she may not be able to keep.
"I don't have a crystal ball," Lueders said in a teleconference with reporters on June 18, when asked about the feasibility of a 2024 moon landing. "I wish I knew that answer. That'd make my job a lot easier. We're going to try," she said.
Lueders, who recently became the associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate after Doug Loverro 's abrupt resignation, was a bit more pragmatic about the timeline of NASA's Artemis program than her predecessor. While Lueders seems cautiously optimistic about getting astronauts to the moon by 2024, Loverro was confident and unwavering in his assertion that NASA would make the deadline.
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Mystery gel-like substance on Moon that puzzled scientists solved.
New Delhi: Chinese scientists have solved the mystery behind an unusual substance that was spotted on the far side of the Moon last year.
China’s Chang’e-4 lunar lander mission has spotted what appeared to be a gel-like substance on the lunar surface, puzzling scientists.
By analysing images sent by the Yutu-2 rover, scientists have determined that it is actually nothing more than a glistening rock. The rock had possibly melted in the aftermath of a meteorite impact, researchers believe. More on Inverse .
A Slightly Younger Moon - SpaceRef
When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris ejected during this catastrophe - the Moon. Planetary geophysicists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), led by Maxime Maurice, together with researchers at the University of Münster have used a new numerical model to reconstruct the time at which the event occurred - 4.425 billion years ago.
Four-and-a-half billion years ago, the Solar System was still a rather chaotic place. Earth was still growing to its present size, collecting matter in the form of what are referred to as 'planetesimals'. These had previously formed in the disc of dust and gas orbiting the early Sun. The young Earth consolidated, becoming ever hotter inside. Increasingly large parts of the rocky mantle melted and formed a magma ocean.
Cuomo poster depicts Trump as 'man in the moon' watching coronavirus pandemic | TheHill
The governor added the pandemic-themed poster to a collection that is styled like posters from the early 20th century.
The poster depicts a mountain with a yellow line above it, representing the curve of the COVID-19 cases in New York. Symbols are used to show what took place during the period.
"I did a new one for what we went through with COVID[-19] and I think the general shape is familiar to you," Cuomo said when announcing the poster at a press conference on Monday.
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Citizen scientists helped @NASA astronomers find two unusual brown dwarfs, which are on the border between planets… https://t.co/YjAw5CHRU6 NASAUniverse (from Greenbelt, MD) Fri Jul 10 15:30:03 +0000 2020
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Is it a gigantic planet five times the size of Earth — or an apple-sized black hole? https://t.co/Ju8D0Y03dQ futurism (from Brooklyn, NY) Fri Jul 10 19:00:08 +0000 2020
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