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Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks By KEN MORITSUGUDecember 17, 2020 GMT BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into the history of the solar system and marking a new landmark for China’s rapidly advancing space program. The capsule of the Chang’e 5 probe landed just before 2 a.m. (1800 GMT Wednesday) in the Siziwang district of t...

Sharjah: Two new asteroids in the solar system have been discovered by the Sharjah Astronomical Observatory, under the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) of University of Sharjah (UoS). The discovery was done in collaboration with US-based Pan-Starrs Telescope and was announced during the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) by Prof. Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, UoS Chancellor, SAASST General Director and President of the Arab Union for Astronomy a...

China moon probe Change-5 back on Earth Its the first time in years that lunar samples have arrived back on Earth. Ground crew are on their way to collect the capsule and its precious cargo. Watch video 00:41 Chinese lunar probe Change 5 back on Earth Chinas Change-5 moon probe has landed in the Siziwang area of Inner Mongolia in the early hours of Thursday local time, Chinas official state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. The Chinese space capsule is carrying 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds...

December 16, 2020 SHARE A graphic simulation shows the orbiter and returner combination of Chinas Change-5 probe after its separation from the ascender. (Image: CNSA) The Chinese space agency announced Dec. 16 the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Jolliff Bradley L. Jolliff, the Scott Rudolph Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and director of...

Space walk, this is really just us doing our jobs. true, but heres the best part. according to nasa, having the two women embark together for the first time wasnt purposely planned that way. nasa says it was just bound to happen eventually because of the increasing number of female astronauts. vetting was inevitable to have two women astronauts walking in space together because so many women are increasingly entering space sciences well, small step for man, but one giant leap for womankind. that...

What seemed like an impossible feat and then accomplished and on july 24th the 3 astronauts return to earth 1st they went into quarantine they could have brought dangerous microbes with them but later they were hailed as heroes all of them visibly touched by their part in the adventure of the century. and as we remember the 50th anniversary were going to do it tonight with elizabeth bill since she is a former administrator director of space sciences at cornell university in ithaca new york its g...