Everything lunar
Nasa may have launched its latest lunar probes last Thursday – and there’s an informative video on that mission below the fold – but the Japanese JAXA/KAGUYA (SELENE) probe has just ended its lunar mission, with a “maneuvered falling” to the Moon’s surface on 11th June. A brief flash of light was observed. They got some great photos on the way down though [scroll down]. Via the Professor. And here’s the stunning KAGUYA Earth-rise footage from 5 April 2008 [with English narration]. The 2007 Earth-rise footage, noted previously, is also below the fold, along with February’s solar eclipse by the Earth as viewed from lunar orbit, and Earth-set.
Here the JAXA/KAGUYA (SELENE) Earthrise footage from 7 November 2007.
JAXA/KAGUYA (SELENE) solar eclipse footage from lunar orbit 10 February 2009.
JAXA/KAGUYA (SELENE) HD footage of Earth-set.
And Nasa’s LRO webcast.
I never tire of this footage. I hope you caught James May’s little trip on the U2 spyplane, Pete?
Raven
“I never tire of this footage.”
Indeed. And good to see JAXA uploading the high definition versions to YouTube.
I did watch the U2 spyplane trip. But I didn’t record it.
If only it had been anyone but May..
Gorgeous footage. James May’s show was one of the best things i’ve seen on the bbc this year.
Also, I highly recommend Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith
You might like this Apollo 11 clip as well.
Thanks, Pete. That’s fantastic.