In literature we immediately think of HG Wells (The First Man in the Moon, 1901) and Hergé: Objectif Lune (1953) and On a marche sur la Lune (1954). On the cinema side, Georges Méliès is at the top of the list with Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) and Au clair de la lune ou … [Read more…]
It is often said that it was Edwin Hubble who discovered the expansion of space, confirming a prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. However, the reality is actually somewhat different. What Hubble did was to show clearly that there is a proportionality relationship with a constant between the spectral redshift of galaxies and their … [Read more…]
“Aulnoy. Fight between Elise A… and Augustine M… The first attacked her opponent with her hooves and even with a knife, who of course retaliated. The neighbors had to separate the two fighters. In the heat of the argument (hide your face, humble reader), Elise A…’s mother had pulled up her skirts and flashed her … [Read more…]
Will there be another human walking on lunar soil? This is the goal of NASA’s mission in collaboration with the private company Astrobotic. Photo: Oleg Yakovlev. Karen Teixeira Meteored Brazil Dec 5, 2023 9:00 am 7 min More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission The United States will try to land a spacecraft … [Read more…]
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company, launched its Starship rocket from the South Texas coast on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could change the future of space transportation and help NASA return astronauts to the moon. Saturday’s flight of the Starship, a powerful vehicle designed to carry NASA astronauts to the moon, was not a complete … [Read more…]
The countdown is running. One year from now, in November 2024, Jeremy Hansen will become the first Canadian to reach space: into orbit around the moon. The astronauts of the Artemis II mission, a NASA-led program, are training in preparation for this historic mission. Open in full screen mode The Artemis II mission team consists … [Read more…]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) — The Ministry of Science on Tuesday released a comprehensive photographic map of the moon created by Danuri, South Korea’s unmanned lunar orbiter, to mark the first anniversary of its mission. This map, actually a mosaic of photos taken with a polarization camera over the past 250 days, includes both the … [Read more…]
(Tokyo) A Japanese lunar lander entered the moon’s orbit on Monday, the Japanese space agency said, ahead of an attempt to land on the star’s surface planned for next month in what would be a grand first for the country. Posted at 11:07 am. The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) “is pleased to announce that the … [Read more…]
A Japanese lunar lander entered the moon’s orbit on Monday, the Japanese space agency said, ahead of an attempt to land on the star’s surface next month in a first for the country. The Japanese Space Agency (Jaxa) “is pleased to announce that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was successfully launched into lunar … [Read more…]