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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Chang'e 5 Mission Launch
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 27 Nov, 2020
| Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)
Posted on 11/27/2020 5:05:37 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: This Long March-5 rocket blasted off from the Wenchang launch site in southernmost Hainan province on Tuesday November 24, at 4:30 am Beijing Time, carrying China's Chang'e-5 mission to the Moon. The lunar landing mission is named for the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon. Its goal is to collect about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar material from the surface and return it to planet Earth, the first robotic sample return mission to the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 mission in 1976. The complex Chang'e-5 mission landing target is in the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms). The smooth volcanic plain was also visited by the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. Chang'e-5's lander is solar-powered and scheduled to operate on the lunar surface during its location's lunar daylight, which will last about two Earth weeks, beginning around November 27. A capsule with the lunar sample on board would return to Earth in mid-December.
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11/27/2020 5:05:59 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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11/27/2020 5:06:31 PM PST
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11/27/2020 5:06:56 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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11/27/2020 5:16:55 PM PST
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ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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posted on
11/27/2020 5:29:03 PM PST
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knarf
(I say things that are true ..... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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11/27/2020 5:44:05 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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meh...we were there in person 50 years ago.
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11/27/2020 5:55:30 PM PST
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(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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Yeah, but what have you done lately?...
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11/27/2020 6:07:29 PM PST
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null and void
(If a country fixed a national election overnight like America just did, we would probably invade it.)
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11/27/2020 6:09:58 PM PST
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(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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Yes, you, thats two questions, what is your third? 🧞♂️
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11/27/2020 6:16:58 PM PST
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null and void
(If a country fixed a national election overnight like America just did, we would probably invade it.)
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11/27/2020 6:19:37 PM PST
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(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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Seriously though, the rest of the world has had a half century to catch up, and they haven’t. I know it’s been a while since NASA did anything quite as spectacular, but I expect some good things IN TRUMP’S SECOND TERM!!!!!
(((Think Positive, My FRiend)))
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11/27/2020 6:53:18 PM PST
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(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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Oh I am! Private industry is looking like it will “Git thar fustest with the most mostest.”
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11/27/2020 8:05:48 PM PST
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null and void
(If a country fixed a national election overnight like America just did, we would probably invade it.)
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I have been watching the SpaceX launches with the enjoyment I haven’t felt since the 20th Century. :-)
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11/28/2020 5:54:26 AM PST
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(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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I hear ya! I saw the first Saturn V launch.
Started watching it on TV, Then I HEARD it outside, went out and saw it live.
From Jacksonville, 160 miles away!
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11/28/2020 7:46:46 AM PST
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(If a country fixed a national election overnight like America just did, we would probably invade it.)
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I watched the Atlantis launch from Cocoa beach. It was 10:00PM and lit up the sky as if it were daytime.
And the sound shook my kishkes up good! LOL!
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11/28/2020 7:53:07 AM PST
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