What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science
The Chinese
Queqiao 2
lunar communications relay satellite may be launching as early as the evening of
March 19. The satellite and Long March 8 booster have been transferred to the launch pad
at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The discovery of three new moons in the outer solar system has been
announced.
One is orbiting Uranus, and two are around Neptune, bringing the total to
28
and
16,
respectively.
The
Odysseus lander
touched down at Malapert A crater near the lunar south pole
on February 22.
The spacecraft fell over after landing and is tilted at approximately 30 degrees to the
horizontal, but was operational.
It has been spotted in an
LRO Camera Image
at about 80.13 S, 1.44 E inside a small crater.
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible
along a narrow path in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and
a partial eclipse will be visible throughout the three countries.
For more information on the location and timing of the eclipse, and
how to view it safely, see the
NASA eclipse page.
- 1965
- Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first-ever spacewalk from Voskhod 2.
- 1973
- Comet Kohoutek discovered by Lubos Kohoutek.
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