This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) WASHINGTON: More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States’ return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down last February. Now, starting Sunday,…
The moon is not bone dry, scientists now know. But how many drops of water will thirsty astronauts find? No one knows for sure. A robotic NASA spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which launched Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is aiming to provide a detailed map from orbit of the abundance, distribution and…
More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring. Known as…
In Hanoi and other Vietnamese cities at this time of year, potted kumquat trees fastened to motorbike seats dodge and weave through traffic in a haze of orange. Families buy them as symbols of luck and good fortune for the new Lunar New Year, which started on Wednesday. This year a typhoon and extreme heat…
This is an AI-generated image. With the Lunar New Year on Jan. 29, the Year of the Snake commences as the Chinese zodiac rotates through its 12 animals. Traditionally the Year of the Snake represents everything from prosperity and vitality to rebirth, wisdom and reflection. This iteration marks the Year of the Wood Snake, last…
Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has successfully launched two spacecraft on their mission to land on the Moon. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the robotic Blue Ghost and Resilience landers, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1.11am (EST). This mission, dubbed “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” is the third such lunar mission launched…