March 15, 2024: Holidays, Birthdays, and Historical Events

March 15, 2024: Holidays, Birthdays, and Historical Events

Today is Friday, March 15, 2024. 75th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days left until the end. Sunrise: 07:23. Astronomical noon: 13:18. Sunset: 19:14. Day length: 11:51. Length of the night: 12:09. According to the church calendar, name days are celebrated on March 15: Arseny, Joseph, Nikolai, Fedot. … Read more

Nikon Partners with NASA to Develop Handheld Camera for Moon Missions

Nikon Partners with NASA to Develop Handheld Camera for Moon Missions

Nikon and NASA Collaborate on Revolutionary Lunar Camera Nikon, in collaboration with NASA, is in the process of developing a groundbreaking handheld camera specifically designed for astronauts to use on the lunar surface during the upcoming Artemis missions. This partnership between Nikon and NASA aims to capture the astronauts’ experiences and collect valuable research data … Read more

New Moons of Uranus and Neptune Discovered, Follow-Up on Recent Astronomical News

New Moons of Uranus and Neptune Discovered, Follow-Up on Recent Astronomical News

Astronomers report the discovery of one more moon of Uranus, while two more moons are found on Neptune. The “moon” is a satellite that almost every planet in the solar system has. In particular, the outer planets have as many as tens or hundreds of moons. Most recently on February 23, there was big news … Read more

Odysseus Spacecraft Crashes on Moon in First US Landing in 50 Years

Odysseus Spacecraft Crashes on Moon in First US Landing in 50 Years

CNN Indonesia Monday, 26 Feb 2024 11:23 IWST It is reported that the Odysseus spacecraft crashed when it landed on the Moon. (Photo: intuitive machine dock) Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Space probe United States, Odysseus, reportedly fell and ended up on his side when he landed in the south polar region Moon. Odysseus is the … Read more

Four dead in serious fire in apartment building in Valencia – American spacecraft landed on the moon

Four dead in serious fire in apartment building in Valencia – American spacecraft landed on the moon

News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Four dead in serious fire in apartment building in Valencia An apartment building in the Spanish coastal city of Valencia has been destroyed by a serious fire. At least four people were killed and fourteen people were … Read more

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Makes Historic Moon Landing, Marks First American Contact Since 1972

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Makes Historic Moon Landing, Marks First American Contact Since 1972

The smooth landing of the four-meter high module on the moon also marks the first American contact with the lunar surface since the end of the Apollo program, i.e. since 1972. First, the lander was guided to the descent path, the technicians at the ground center thus reduced the flight height of the module from … Read more

Moon lander Odysseus sends first images from space

Moon lander Odysseus sends first images from space

Space travel Odysseus, the American lunar lander that was launched on Thursday, has transmitted images from space for the first time. The four images shared by the American company Intuitive Machines include an image of the lunar lander, which also shows the Earth. “The images were taken shortly after the release of the SpaceX rocket,” … Read more

Exploring Minimoons: The Next Frontier in Space Exploration

Exploring Minimoons: The Next Frontier in Space Exploration

Minimoon, a new interstellar habitat It may help humans transform themselves into creatures with a home in space. Mini Moon – Some scientists hope to use these tiny objects to push humanity’s limits even further..In 2006, astronomers from the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, USA, discovered a strange object floating among a sea of … Read more

Japan’s SLIM Spacecraft Successfully Analyzes 10 Lunar Rocks, Providing Clues to Moon’s Origins

Japan’s SLIM Spacecraft Successfully Analyzes 10 Lunar Rocks, Providing Clues to Moon’s Origins

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — An unmanned spacecraft in moon captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks. This is a larger-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the moon’s origins. For four days, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon or SLIM, which landed on the moon last month, used a multi-band spectral camera to study … Read more