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Scientists found a single crystal of a new phosphate mineral while analyzing lunar basalt particles, which were collected from the moon two years ago by the Chang’e-5 mission.
The Mysterious lights that traveled over San Antonio on Monday have ties to billionaire Elon Musk.
The harvest moon rose on Friday and will shine all weekend. In CT, it was spotted in Waterbury.
But it does appear that nasa's ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. earlier i spoke to tariq malik, the editor—in—chief of space.com. i asked him if he was disappointed with the failed launch. you know, it is disappointing. as you mention, 10 years of developing this rocket, billions over budget. this was supposed to fly about five years ago, in 2017. so it's years late as well. nasa has been touting this mission as their vanguard, their test flight, to return astronauts to the moon in a few years. and so they're disappointed, they were expecting rec...
Because now the first step to all this getting this test flight, getting this rocket off the ground. it is important to remember, though, that this is a new rocket. rockets are incredibly complex machines and this is the one is the most powerful that nasa has ever built so they are learning about it, they are learning about it with every attempt to get this thing to lift up off the ground, so setbacks and delays aren't uncommon. but it does appear that nasa's ambitions to get back to the moon are going to be delayed by a little while. earlier, i spoke to tariq malik, the editor—in—chief of...