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An international flight crew set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe via the North and South Poles, clocking nearly six hours less than the previous mark. The 25,000-mile mission, named "One More Orbit," was led by Terry Virts, a former International Space Station commander, as a tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon landings. [3 ...
First spacecraft to soft land on the far side of the Moon (South Pole–Aitken basin). Landed 3 January 2019 and deployed the Yutu-2 rover. [84] [85] Cottonseeds sprouted in the lander in a biological experiment, the first plants to sprout on the Moon. [86] 123: Beresheet: Beresheet: 22 February 2019: Falcon 9: SpaceIL: Lander: Spacecraft failure
The south pole region features many craters and basins such as the South Pole–Aitken basin, which appears to be one of the most fundamental features of the Moon, [7] and mountains, such as Epsilon Peak at 9.050 km, taller than any mountain found on Earth. The south pole temperature averages approximately 260 K (−13 °C; 8 °F).
Successful mission would make India only fourth country after US, Russia, and China to have landed a rover on Moon Chandrayaan-3: What to expect from India’s mission to Moon’s south pole Skip ...
India made history Wednesday, Aug. 23 by becoming the first country to reach the moon's south pole.
India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of ...
Terry W. Virts and Hamish Harding, 11 July 2019, fastest circumnavigation of the globe via the North and South Poles. Virts and Harding headed a crew of eight in a Gulfstream G650ER jet to circumnavigate the globe in a time of 46 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds, with an average speed of 860.95 km/h (534.97 mph).
When the Moon is in Gemini it will be above the horizon at the North Pole, and when it is in Sagittarius it will be up at the South Pole. The Moon's light is used by zooplankton in the Arctic when the Sun is below the horizon for months [13] and must have been helpful to the animals that lived in Arctic and Antarctic regions when the climate ...