apollo mission. # i was strolling on the moon one day. # in the merry month of december. may! # may! # the peregrine lander is uncrewed, but it has five instruments on board, including a british made sensor. its job is to assess conditions ahead of nasa s plan to send astronauts back to the moon next year. this is the beginning of the dawn of a new era for the surface of the moon and how we think about space. this is an opportunity for commercial payloads to fly to the surface of the moon on a regular, routine basis. that means our nation s scientists, our world scientists can access the moon in ways never before possible. and we are seeing the beginnings of that right now as we speak on ourjourney to the surface of the moon. two more private companies will help nasa get to the moon this year. it s to build a new capability to what s hoped will be a continuous human presence. and for that, the government space
A spaceship carrying the means for NASA's first lunar mission since the 1970s was fired into space early Monday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. While many have lauded this testament to the indefatigable nature of American ingenuity and curiosity, an American Indian grou.
hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch- cape hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch. cape canaveral, - hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch. cape canaveral, florida, | hasn t it? yes, picture perfect. launch. cape canaveral, florida, 18 minutes past seven gmt this morning, earlier in the morning in the us, the rocket, the vulcan, lifted off. after 15 minutes of flight interjected this peregrine lander, as it is called. you can see a picture of it here in preparation. it will take a few weeks for the lander to arrive at the moon. then it will attempt a soft landing. i put the emphasis on soft landing. that will be on the 23rd of february. it is not since this event happened, way back in 1972, the apollo 17 mission. you can see the commander of apollo 17. that was the last mission to touch down gently on the surface of the moon from the united states. they have not attempted since. they have had a number of probes that have deliberately crashed into the surface of the moon bu
first person of color on the moon. the peregrine lander is a boxy, 2 1/2 meters long and just under 2 meters tall. on board, pieces of nasa cargo, some of which will gather valuable data for future moon missions. also on board, an assortment of payloads from seven different countries, including a bibitcoin-encocoded coin f from seychehelles, a lunar rorover r by s students at carnegie e mel ununiversity, , and even h huma remainins s thanks to elisium m. capsules containing a portion of elisium s customer loved ones will create a memorial for friends and relatives to look at in the night sky. hot on the heels of peregrine will be nasa s second clips mission. intuitive machine s nova selander will launch on a spacex rocket as early as february, delivering five more payloads to the moon s south pole. with around a dozen companies bidding for nasa s lunar