{"id":138439,"date":"2024-12-18T15:16:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138439"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:16:27","slug":"private-mission-to-moon-to-pave-way-for-humanitys-return-to-lunar-surface-science-climate-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138439","title":{"rendered":"Private mission to moon to pave way for humanity&#8217;s return to lunar surface | Science, Climate &#038; Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity&#8217;s return to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost Riders in the Sky &#8211; the mission name chosen by US start-up Firefly Aerospace &#8211; will target a landing in the Sea of Crisis, a dark patch the size of Britain on the near-side of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Ghost lunar lander will carry 10 scientific instruments and technology demonstrations to the surface as part of NASA&#8217;s partnership with commercial operators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/768x432\/skynews-blue-ghost-moon_6779100.jpg?20241217221124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/384x216\/skynews-blue-ghost-moon_6779100.jpg?20241217221124 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/768x432\/skynews-blue-ghost-moon_6779100.jpg?20241217221124 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/1600x900\/skynews-blue-ghost-moon_6779100.jpg?20241217221124 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/2048x1152\/skynews-blue-ghost-moon_6779100.jpg?20241217221124 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"The Blue Ghost lunar lander. Pic: Firefly Aerospace\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">The Blue Ghost lunar lander. Pic: Firefly Aerospace<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jason Kim, chief executive officer of Firefly Aerospace, said the space agency had paid a fixed price of $101m (\u00a380m) for the mission, a low cost only achievable with technology innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe in a future of a very robust lunar economy,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the gateway to other planets, like Mars. And so enabling the frequency of very affordable and high science-value missions is what private industry is doing with this first Blue Ghost mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft, which is the size of a large shed, will launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in mid-January, or soon after, and take 45 days to reach the moon.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll land autonomously on shock-absorbing feet and short legs to reduce the risk of it toppling over, a fate suffered by Intuitive Machine&#8217;s Nova-C spacecraft in the south pole region of the moon last February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/sara-sharif-father-urfan-sharif-and-stepmother-beinash-batool-jailed-for-life-for-10-year-olds-murder-13274829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Sharif&#8217;s father and stepmother jailed for her murder<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-as-an-act-of-terrorism-after-healthcare-boss-shooting-13275717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Mangione charged after healthcare boss shooting<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/illegal-casinos-are-using-roblox-to-draw-children-into-online-gambling-13273519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illegal casinos using video game to draw children into gambling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/768x432\/skynews-nova-c-moon_6779101.png?20241217221213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/384x216\/skynews-nova-c-moon_6779101.png?20241217221213 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/768x432\/skynews-nova-c-moon_6779101.png?20241217221213 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/1600x900\/skynews-nova-c-moon_6779101.png?20241217221213 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/2048x1152\/skynews-nova-c-moon_6779101.png?20241217221213 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"The Nova-C spacecraft toppled over. Pic: Intuitive Machines\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">The Nova-C spacecraft toppled over. Pic: Intuitive Machines<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Mission will study lunar dust<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several of its technology demonstrations are for dealing with regolith, or lunar dust.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;PlanetVac&#8217; will vacuum up and analyse lunar samples and an electromagnetic dust shield will be tested to see if it can protect delicate instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Watkins, a NASA programme scientist, said: &#8220;The moon is quite a dusty area. As we design technologies for the lunar surface, regolith needs to be better understood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lunar dust can affect mechanical components and human health, so we need to know how to account for its effects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recording a lunar sunset in high-definition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blue Ghost will remain operational on the surface for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>One of its final tasks will be to record high-definition video of a lunar sunset.<\/p>\n<p>It should provide the first quality imagery of the lunar glow, a phenomenon caused by dust particles floating several centimetres above the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kim said the video would be a fitting tribute to the last man to walk on the moon, who sketched what he saw in the fading light.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect to capture a phenomenon seen and documented by Eugene Cernan during his final steps of Apollo 17, where he observed a glow as the lunar dust levitated on the lunar surface,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/private-mission-to-moon-to-pave-way-for-humanitys-return-to-lunar-surface-13275747\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity&#8217;s return to the lunar surface. 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