China’s rover lands on the Moon

By Thomas Posted 15 Dec 2013 — 0 Comment ↓

Yutu rover emblazoned with Chinese Flag as seen by the Chang’e 3 lander on the moon on Dec. 15, 2013 (China Space)

China scored a stunning, history making success with the successful touchdown of the ambitious Chang’e-3 probe with the ‘Yutu’ rover on the surface of the Moon today, Dec. 14, on the country’s first ever attempt to conduct a landing on Continue reading →

NASA’s GRAIL creates most accurate moon gravity map

By Thomas Posted 05 Dec 2012 — 0 Comment ↓

This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012. Very precise microwave measurements between two spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were used to map gravity with high precision and high spatial resolution (NASA)

Twin NASA probes orbiting Earth’s moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, is allowing scientists to learn about the moon’s internal Continue reading →

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China’s rover lands on the Moon

NASA’s GRAIL creates most accurate moon gravity map