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Archive for January, 2025

Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist’s ‘Moonhouse’ set to lift off on lunar lander

January 15th, 2025 by me

The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the “Moonhouse,” a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.

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Here’s what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander

January 15th, 2025 by me

NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.

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What’s flying to the moon on ispace’s Resilience lunar lander?

January 15th, 2025 by me

Tokyo-based company ispace’s Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here’s what the spacecraft is carrying.

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Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world’s largest digital camera

January 15th, 2025 by me

The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world’s largest digital camera. It’s therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.

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Nocs Provisions 8X32 Field Tube monocular review

January 15th, 2025 by me

The Nocs Field Tube 8×32 is weatherproof and offers excellent views of the moon and planets. It’s a great companion for the great outdoors.

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Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe

January 15th, 2025 by me

Feeding supermassive black holes are more common in the cosmos than previously suspected. What could possibly hide such ravenous cosmic titans?

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Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15

January 15th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch moon landers built by Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early Wednesday (Jan. 15), and you can watch it live.

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DJI Flip drone review

January 15th, 2025 by me

The DJI Flip is a sub-250 g drone with multiple control options and the ability to capture 4K 60 FPS video and 12MP/48MP photos.

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