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http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/lro-camera-simulates-view-from-lunar-module: LRO Camera Simulates View from Lunar Module
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct link LRO Camera Simulates View from Lunar Module

16 Jul 2019, 16:00 UTC The only visual record of the historic Apollo 11 landing is from a 16mm time-lapse (6 frames per second) movie camera mounted in Buzz Aldrin’s window (right side of Lunar Module Eagle or LM). Due to the small size of the LM windows and the angle at which the movie camera was mounted, what mission commander Neil Armstrong saw as he flew and landed the LM was not recorded. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team reconstructed the last three minutes of the landing trajectory (latitude, longitude, orientation, velocity, altitude) using landmark navigation and altitude call outs from the voice recording. From this trajectory information, and high resolution LROC Narrow Angle Camera (LROC NAC) images and topography, we simulated what Armstrong saw in those final minutes as he guided the LM down to the surface of the Moon. As the video begins, Armstrong could see the aim point was on the rocky northeastern flank of West crater (190 meters diameter), causing him to take manual control and fly horizontally, searching for a safe landing spot. At the time, only Armstrong saw the hazard; he was too busy flying the LM to discuss the situation with mission control.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/a-few-things-artemis-will-teach-us-about-living-and-working-on-the-moon: A Few Things Artemis Will Teach Us About Living and Working on the Moon
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct link A Few Things Artemis Will Teach Us About Living and Working on the Moon

16 Jul 2019, 14:00 UTC As a spacecraft descends to the lunar surface, it sprays it with water and other gases that are released as the vehicle thrusts its engines to slow itself for a soft landing. For astronauts who will be cataloging local water supplies, these Earthly contaminants will make it hard to distinguish between bona-fide Moon water and water from their vehicle’s exhaust.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/on-50th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-launch-uk-and-nasa-state-intent-to-work-on-future-moon-missions#2019-07-16T13:40:52Z: Press release: On 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 launch, UK and NASA state intent to work on future Moon missions
United Kingdom Space Agency

Direct link Press release: On 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 launch, UK and NASA state intent to work on future Moon missions

16 Jul 2019, 13:40 UTC The agreement was announced in a speech from Science Minister Chris Skidmore at the Policy Exchange in London on ‘Embracing the New Space Age’ on 16 July, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
da3f2287ac24f7d4f52ac630947adb2a: Gaia starts mapping our galaxy’s bar
ESA Space Science

Direct link Gaia starts mapping our galaxy’s bar

16 Jul 2019, 13:00 UTC The first direct measurement of the bar-shaped collection of stars at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy has been made by combining data from ESA’s Gaia mission with complementary observations from ground- and space-based telescopes.
https://hubblesite.org/feed/NewsRelease-1210-1563282030: New Hubble Constant Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate
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Direct link New Hubble Constant Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

16 Jul 2019, 12:00 UTC
14719 at https://www.interactions.org: LHC experiments present new Higgs results at 2019 EPS-HEP conference
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Direct link LHC experiments present new Higgs results at 2019 EPS-HEP conference

15 Jul 2019, 16:49 UTC At the 2019 European Physical Society’s High-Energy Physics conference (EPS-HEP) taking place in Ghent, Belgium, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations presented a suite of new results.
News.1.36790: MASCOT confirms what scientists have long suspected
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Direct link MASCOT confirms what scientists have long suspected

15 Jul 2019, 14:55 UTC Ryugu and other asteroids of the common ‘C-class’ consist of more porous material than was previously thought. Small fragments of their material are therefore too fragile to survive entry into the atmosphere in the event of a collision with Earth.
c7f2ce00ad7df34d0d8f7278ac12de82: Gaia’s biggest operation since launch and commissioning
ESA Space Science

Direct link Gaia’s biggest operation since launch and commissioning

15 Jul 2019, 14:00 UTC Gaia is on a mission to survey more than a billion stars, charting the largest three-dimensional map of our galaxy, the Milky Way. In so doing, the spacecraft is revealing the composition, formation and evolution of our galaxy, and a whole lot more.
78bc1fad89feabdd013f6315461014cb: Lunar eclipse
ESA Top News

Direct link Lunar eclipse

15 Jul 2019, 10:13 UTC SMART-1, ESA’s first mission to the Moon, captured this series of unique images of our home planet Earth and the Moon during a total lunar eclipse.
http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/?p=17897: Holes in the Universe sharpen cosmic measurements
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation

Direct link Holes in the Universe sharpen cosmic measurements

12 Jul 2019, 16:20 UTC Regions of the Universe containing very few or no galaxies – known as voids – can help measure cosmic expansion with much greater precision than before, according to new research.

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