Moon
Golf on the moon: Apollo 14 50th anniversary images prove how far Alan Shepard hit ball
This image consists of six photographs taken from the Lunar Module, enhanced and stitched into a single panorama to show the landing scene, along with the location from where Shepard hit the balls Fifty years ago this week, Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the Moon. The first he shanked into a crater. …
Reddit sent AMC and GameStop stock to the moon. Why, and what happens now
GameStop and AMC stock has spiked in recent days. Here’s what’s going on. Sarah Tew/CNET Over the past few months, a bunch of Reddit users have worked to push up the value of shares for video game retailer GameStop, despite Wall Street investors betting the company will fail. So far, they’ve won, pushing the stock up more than …
China Moon Mission Brings Lunar Rocks to Earth, and New Competition to Space
Entrepreneurial space companies could further upend any competition between NASA and China. By the time that NASA or Chinese astronauts reach the moon, Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, says he will be sending people to Mars. Even if Mr. Musk’s pronouncements turn out to be too optimistic, the future of space exploration may …
Reuters Science News Summary | Technology
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Brazilian soy farmers try 5G technology with Huawei equipment The Brazilian farm state of Goias rolled out a pilot project on Thursday to increase productivity and take fast action against disease using fifth-generation technology and equipment provided by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. The rollout of …
Halloween full moon: See October’s ‘blue moon’ tonight
That gives this year 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. And if you spot what looks like a fiery red star near the full moon, that’s Mars. The red planet made its closest approach to Earth earlier in October, and it’s still shining bright in the night sky. October’s first full moon was …
Moon booster rocket fired up in critical test
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBlast off: This Solid Rocket Booster type will be used in a mission to the Moon in 2024 Engineers have fired a kind of booster rocket that will help send Americans back to the Moon in 2024. At 20:05 BST (15:05 EDT) the booster, which was secured …