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Added on the 10/05/2019 15:43:59 - Copyright : AFP EN
Final preparations are underway for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket was rolling out to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, preparing for its maiden flight set to blast off on Monday at 2:18 am local time (7:18 GMT). IMAGES
Stunning footage from the Chinese city of Xinglong, located in the Hebei province, shows the transformation of a blood moon to a lunar eclipse. A rare combination of a blue super moon and a lunar eclipse was seen all over the world on Wednesday, creating a 'super blue blood moon.' The celestial event is known as a lunar trifecta, the combination of a super moon, a total lunar eclipse and a blue moon.
Stargazers in North America, Hawaii, the Middle East, Russia, India, and Australia have the chance to witness a rare "super blue blood Moon", when Earth's shadow bathed our satellite in a coppery hue. IMAGES
United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s brand new Vulcan rocket, carrying NASA’s first Peregrine Lunar Lander by private firm Astrobotic Technology, blasts off successfully for the first time from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. IMAGES
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The Artemis program marks the first step in the new era of human exploration. Together with commercial and international partners like JAXA, NASA hopes to establish a sustainable presence on the Moon to launch missions to Mars. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Toyota are also contributing to the programme. MHI will do so through the development of the LUPEX – acronym in English for the Lunar Polar Expedition – and Toyota through the joint development of a manned lunar rover with JAXA. With this "Lunar Cruiser", Toyota hopes to apply the honed technologies used in the extreme conditions of the Moon on Earth.