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Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.

Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...

President Lee Myung-Bak poses in front of the KSLV-1 rocket

S.Korea first rocket launch set for August 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 7

South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.