In the meantime, SpaceX scored another success at its growing spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, when it sent a prototype of its Starship interplanetary craft on a 150-meter hop. The stainless-steel vehicle lifted off and, more importantly, landed without cracking up. Eventually Musk intends to use the Starship, to be launched by the Super Heavy first stage, to take people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.
If SpaceX's Elon Musk has his way, a new road will be devised to go to the moon — and Mars and beyond. The scrappy, entrepreneurial space launch company is planning to build an offshore spaceport to launch its Starship spacecraft. The rocket ship would not only fly to far distant destinations in space, but to similar offshore spaceports around the world. Travel to Europe and Asia would be cut from many hours to tens of minutes.
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Why are witches hexing the moon on TikTok? | New Scientist
One time , on a particularly cloudy holiday with friends, Feedback glanced up at the sky and noticed a dim ball of light floating not far above the horizon.
“Look at that,” we said, for want of anything more interesting to say. “It’s the day-moon.”
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What this anecdote serves to illustrate is that if something has been askew in the heavens of late, Feedback would be among the last to notice.
On its way to Mars, Chinese spacecraft spots Earth and moon, aces steering maneuver | Space
China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft captured a stunning view of the Earth and moon before making its first trajectory correction maneuver on the long journey to Mars.
The mission consists of an orbiter, entry vehicle and rover. The spacecraft will begin orbiting the Red Planet in February 2021, and then prepare for the rover's landing attempt, which is expected in April or May.
Tianwen-1 launched on July 23 on a Long March 5 rocket and completed the final burn to send it on a trajectory to Mars 36 minutes later. On July 27, while the spacecraft was about 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) away from Earth, an optical navigation sensor imaged the crescent-shaped Earth and the smaller, more distant moon.
Students pitch idea to carve images on the moon | Business | nny360.com
Neil Armstrong steps into history July 20, 1969 by leaving the first human footprint on the surface of the moon. 10 University of Texas engineering students pitched and provided the plan for building a rover that would carve messages or images onto the moon and capture pictures of those etchings, which in turn could be used for merchandising. NASA/Newsmakers/Getty Images/TNS
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A group of University of Texas students have a vision that could — at least in theory — make that a possibility someday.
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Moon may outshine Perseids this 'meteor month' | Space
Skywatchers beware: the moon will hinder attempts to observe the Perseids , typically one of the best meteor displays of the year.
For Northern Hemisphere observers, August is usually regarded as "meteor month," with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak mid-month. Unrolling a sleeping bag in the open air is a fine way to enjoy summer meteor showers, particularly the annual Perseid meteor shower, which is beloved by everyone from veteran meteor enthusiasts to summertime campers.
August 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon, the Green Corn Moon, the Raksha Bandhan Moon, Nikini Poya, and the end of the Esala Perahera festival.
The next full Moon will be midday on Monday, August 3, 2020, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 11:59 AM EDT. The Moon will appear full for about three days centered around this time, from late Saturday night through early Wednesday morning.
The Maine Farmer's Almanac first published "Indian" names for the full Moons in the 1930's, and over time these names have become widely known and used. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in August and the second full Moon of Summer, the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern USA called this the Sturgeon Moon after the large fish that were more easily caught this time of year in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water.
Russia gearing up to launch moon mission in 2021 | Space
Last month, flight units of Russian scientific instruments were delivered from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences to NPO Lavochkin — part of Roscosmos , the Russian federal space agency. Russian space industry specialists have started installing them on the robotic Luna-25 spacecraft.
The Russian lunar landing vehicle includes nine instruments: eight Russian and one developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA's contribution to Luna 25 is Pilot-D, a demonstrator terrain relative navigation system.
Mars & Moon Conjunction August 2020: How to See Them in the Night Sky - Thrillist
You're in for a veritable stargazing feast over the next several days. On Saturday, Mars and the moon will form a dazzling conjunction overnight, which you can think of as sort of an appetizer before the Perseid meteor shower's spectacular peak early next week, the main course. You're gonna want to enjoy both.
On the night of August 8 into the morning of August 9, Mars and the moon will appear to violate social distancing rules in the sky. You'll have to stay up late in order to spot the pair, but that shouldn't be much of a problem on a warm weekend night in the middle of summer. The stargazing spectacle, known as a conjunction, will only get better as the night turns into the early hours of the morning.
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