Calling all visionaries, disrupters, and change agents. As the only Aquarius full moon of 2020 beams overhead on August 3, 2020 (at 11:48 a.m. EDT), it's impossible to ignore what's going on around us. Aquarius is the sign of collaborative groups, teams and humanitarian efforts. It evokes love for our communities and the creative impulse to fight for what we believe in.
When in doubt, take the unconventional route! Aquarius is the sign that governs science and technology. Trot out those inventions and give them a beta test. Experiment in the "lab," but not when it comes to pushing people's buttons. The Water Bearer can get nervous under the heat of too much passion, emotion, and one-on-one connection. This is friendly, convivial energy at its best—platonic, playful, and decidedly not romantic. But who cares?
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ISRO checking space enthusiast's claim of moon rover rolling on lunar surface : The Tribune
Space enthusiast Shanmuga Subramanian, who found the debris of India's moonlander Vikram, said on Saturday that Chandrayaan-2's rover Pragyan seems to be intact on the moon's surface and had rolled out a few metres from the lander.
In a series of tweets along with the pictures of the moon surface, Subramanian said: "Chandrayaan-2's Pragyan "ROVER" intact on Moon's surface & has rolled out few metres from the skeleton Vikram lander whose payloads got disintegrated due to rough landing." "We have received communication from him (Subramanian). Our experts are analysing the same," K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS.
Star Points: Choppering around the Titan moon - Carroll County Times
Space travel is a great way to get from point A to point B when those points are worlds apart. But how do you move around once you get there?
They didn't, at first. The Surveyor lunar landers in the 1960s used cameras for peering into the distance. The first half dozen Apollo program moonwalking astronauts used their legs for getting around. The rest of them hauled a dune buggy-like "rover" up to the moon. The rover let the astronauts travel for miles around the landing sites.
China's Chang'e 4 moon mission completes 20th day on lunar farside | Space
China's Chang'e 4 moon lander and rover have concluded their science tasks for a 20th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
Both the mission's lander and Yutu 2 rover resumed their activities on July 14 following sunrise over their location in Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon. The lander powered down July 26 at 10:20 p.m. EDT (0220 GMT July 27), with Yutu 2 having already gone into a dormant state about 10 hours earlier, at 12:34 p.m. EDT (1634 GMT).
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Full Moon August 2020 USA Time | Brevard Times
Skywatchers will be able to see August's Full Moon beginning with a moonrise over the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's east coast around 8:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with a few minutes deviation depending on your exact location.)
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The moon will technically be at its fullest at 11:19 a.m. EDT which occurs before the moonrise and out of sight from U.S. viewers.
For those planning a stroll along the beach to watch the Full Moon , August's Full Moon will cause over a 4-foot high tide on August 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th which may increase the storm surge effects from Hurricane Isaias along the U.S. east coast.
August's full moon rises Sunday night
"August's full moon was traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer," according to The Old Farmer's Almanac .
August's Full Sturgeon Moon 2020 | Mental Floss
This summer has been an especially exciting time for avid sky-gazers—the NEOWISE comet flew close to Earth in mid-July, and the ongoing Perseid meteor shower is gearing up for its peak around August 11. Though full moons aren't quite as rare, the sight of a glowing white orb illuminating the night is still worth a glance out your window.
Each month's full moon has a nickname (or multiple nicknames), usually of folk origin, that coincides with certain plant, animal, or weather activity common at that time of year. January's full moon, for example, was named the "wolf moon" because wolves were said to howl more often during January. June's "strawberry moon" occurred when strawberries were ripe and ready to be picked.
China's Mars Mission Took This Picture of the Earth and Moon - Universe Today
No matter where you are, where you've been and where you're going, it's always good to see home. And we all love seeing pictures of our home planet, as seen from space.
The latest image of the Terran System comes from China’s Mars mission, Tianwen-1, which launched on July 23. It captured an image of the Earth and Moon, seen from about 1.2 million km from Earth, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
It joins a great group of photos taken of our "pale blue dot" from missions like Voyager, Cassini, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and of course, the Apollo missions to the Moon. You can see a gallery of Earth-Moon images as seen from other words here.
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The top 3 #astronomy events to look for in August: 1. Full Sturgeon Moon (Aug. 3) 2. Perseid Meteor Shower (Aug. 11… https://t.co/HfpHKf3KxH AccuAstronomy (from State College, PA) Fri Jul 31 15:14:02 +0000 2020
The rising of the next full Moon— aka the"Sturgeon Moon" —will take place on Monday, August 3, 2020 🌕 Did you know… https://t.co/oVRduMp98r weathernetwork (from Canada) Sat Aug 01 21:00:00 +0000 2020
PASS IT ON: Full Moon arrives Monday! During the month of August, this Moon is known as the Full Sturgeon Moon. Pho… https://t.co/MFphnEy48L mark_tarello (from Mankato, Minnesota.) Sat Aug 01 15:07:42 +0000 2020
August's full moon rises Sunday night https://t.co/CYQ9mYPyLs WAFB (from Baton Rouge, LA) Fri Jul 31 19:35:37 +0000 2020
