Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Over the ensuing decade, Jetfire (now called Skyfire in Japan) received an upgrade into a new body, and received the Spark of Combination from Primus, allowing him to combine with other Autobots, most frequently the rookie trooper Ironhide, who he had to carefully train and walk through the combination process. Despite his external changes ...
The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, opposite to the near side, because of synchronous rotation in the Moon's orbit. Compared to the near side, the far side's terrain is rugged, with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat and dark lunar maria ("seas"), giving it an appearance closer ...
Without the Moon, tides would still happen—the Sun's gravity also causes tides—but they would be substantially reduced, [8] a quarter of the size of the current spring tide. [9] The sudden disappearance of the Moon however could release water pressure and create large potentially catastrophic waves around the oceans. [8]
The side of the Moon that faces Earth is called the near side, and the opposite the far side. The far side is often inaccurately called the "dark side", but it is in fact illuminated as often as the near side: once every 29.5 Earth days. During dark moon to new moon, the near side is dark. [204]
Chinese Chang'e 4 lander on the surface of far side of the Moon Yutu-2 rover deployed by Chang'e 4 lander. On 3 January 2019 at 2:26 UTC, Chang'e 4 became the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the Moon. [82] Chang'e 4 was originally designed as the backup of Chang'e 3.
The lunar lander called Odysseus or IM-1, created by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, is barreling toward the moon. The robotic explorer is preparing for the terrifying moments of ...
This week, learn why a lunar time scale is needed before humans return to the moon, meet the faces of Scotland’s ancient past, spy “salty licorice” cats, and more.
Luna 3, or E-2A No.1 (Russian: Луна 3), was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme.It was the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon. [5]