Tag: Space

China’s Chang’e 6 Sample Mission to the far Side of the Moon is About to Begin Counting Down

CategorySciencePosted onAuthorArchana SuryawanshiLeave a comment

As the nation moves closer to its goal of landing a person on the moon by 2030, China’s Chang’e 6 robotic mission is scheduled to launch this week with the goal of returning samples from the moon’s far side for the first time. The Chang’e Continue Reading

Close Earth “Possibly Unsafe” Space rock Found: First Victory for HelioLinc3D Calculation

CategorySciencePosted onAuthorTejaswini PatilLeave a comment

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming sky survey’s next-generation asteroid discovery algorithm, HelioLinc3D, has found its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid, 2022 SF289. A space rock revelation calculation — intended to uncover close Earth space rocks for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s impending 10-year review of Continue Reading