2019 July 24 Zodiacal Road Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (RMS Photography) Explanation: What’s that strange light down the road? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times of the year, a band of sun-reflecting dust from the inner Solar System appears prominently just after sunse […]
2019 July 23 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Daniel Nobre Explanation: Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off for the Moon and into history. Artist Russ Arasmith’s vision of Apollo was a potent vision of the program that shows in the works he created. Arasmith worked for the Los Angeles Times for 32 years and served as Editorial Art Director for 17 of those year
来源：印度空间研究组织(ISRO)推特 星箭分离来源：印度空间研究组织(ISRO) 原计划于2019年7月15日发射升空的月船2号，由于技术原因，推迟至北京时间今天下午5时13分发射成功。 关于月船2号 月船二号的载荷 来源：isro 来源：isro 月船二号轨道器重量2379千克，一旦发射后，可以同位于拜阿拉鲁(Byalalu)印度深空网(IDSN)，以及Vikram着陆器进行通信，任务寿命为1年，运行在一个100X100千米的月球极地轨道上。 来源：isro 着陆器Vikram，以印度太空计划之父Dr Vikram A Sarabhai的名字命名，设计寿命一个月球日，相当于地球上的14天。
2019 July 22 HDR: Earth’s Circular Shadow on the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Cristian Fattinnanzi Explanation: What could create such a large circular shadow on the Moon? The Earth. Last week’s full Moon — the Buck Moon — was so full that it fell almost exactly in a li
阿波罗11号登陆点全景照 1969年7月21日4时17分40秒， 鹰号登月舱降落在月表静海， 6个多小时后， 阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林先后踏上月面， 两人在月面活动了2小时31分40秒， 带回了21.55千克(47.51磅)的样品。 登月地点: 静海(Sea of Tranquility) 月面坐标: 北纬0.71度，东经23.63度。 来源：NASA 阿波罗12号登月全景照 阿波罗12号于1969年11月14日发射， 11月19日登陆月球，11月24日返回地球。 人类第二次载人登月任务， 在风暴洋着陆，位于勘测者3号附近， 执行的是一次精准着陆。 两次月球表面舱外活动， 共计7小时45分18秒，
2019 July 21 Moonquakes Surprisingly Common Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 11 Crew Explanation: Why are there so many moonquakes? Analyses of seismometers left on the moon by the Apollo moon landings reveals a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 100 kilometers of the surface. In fact, 62 mo
2019 July 20 Apollo 11 Landing Panorama Image Credit: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, NASA Explanation: Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on
This photographic illustration compares the size of Apollo 11 Landing Site 2 with that of the metropolitan New York City area. Site 2 was one of three Apollo 11 lunar landing sites. This was the planned site if Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, as scheduled. Apollo 11 did launch on schedule and l
