December 15, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, ambitious space, business, Business News, Chang'e-3 Lunar Probe, Change-3 Moon Mission, China, China Lands Rover, China Lunar Rover, China Moon Landing, China Probe, China Rover, China Space, Chinese Rover, Chinese Space Program, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Lunar Rover, medicine, mental-health, Moon Landing, Moon Mission, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, soft landing, Space, space probe, Space Program, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
China on Saturday successfully carried out the world’s first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades, state media said, the next stage in an ambitious space program that aims to eventually put a Chinese astronaut on the moon.
The unmanned Chang’e 3 lander, named after a mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, touched down on Earth’s nearest neighbor following a 12-minute landing process.
The probe carried a six-wheeled moon rover called “Yutu,” or “Jade Rabbit,” the goddess’ pet. After landing Saturday evening on a fairly flat, Earth-facing part of the moon, the rover was slated to separate from the Chang’e eight hours later and embark on a three-month scientific exploration.
China’s space program is an enormous source of pride for the country, the third to carry out a lunar soft landing — which does not damage the craft and the equipment it carries — after the United States and the former Soviet Union. The last one was by the Soviet Union in 1976.
.
.
.
Click link below for story, video and slideshow:
.
__________________________________________
September 7, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, Astronomy, business, Business News, dust environment, Hotels, huffingtonpost, Ladee, LADEE Launch, LADEE Livestream, LADEE Mision, LADEE Nasa, lunar atmosphere, Lunar-Atmosphere-And-Dust-Environment-Explorer, Moon, Moon Mission, Moon Mission Launch, Nasa Ladee, nasa launch, Nasa Moon Mission, nasa tv, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, Space, Space Program, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video, virginia weather, Watch LADEE, wide swath
FROM
Click link below picture
.
NASA will launch a new spacecraft tonight (Sept. 6) to unlock the mysteries of moon dust and the wispy lunar atmosphere, and you can watch the blastoff live online.
The space agency’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, nicknamed LADEE, is poised to liftoff atop a brand-new Minotaur V rocket from Wallops Island, Va., at 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 Sept. 7 GMT) in what will be the first-ever lunar mission to launch from Virginia. Weather permitting, the nighttime launch may be visible to millions of observers along a wide swath of the U.S. East Coast that stretches from Maine to North Carolina.
But for observers outside the viewing area, NASA has two webcasts to offer live video views of tonight’s planned moon shot. You can watch the LADEE launch live on SPACE.com beginning at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT), courtesy of NASA TV.
.
.
.
Click link below for story, videos and slideshow:
.
______________________________________________________________________________
James' World 2 