Monday, June 22, 2009
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.
Pete Baker @ 05:55 PM
I never tire of this footage. I hope you caught James May’s little trip on the U2 spyplane, Pete?
Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 @ 07:34 PMRaven
“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..
Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 @ 07:42 PMGorgeous 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
Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 @ 08:13 PMYou might like this Apollo 11 clip as well.
Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 @ 08:37 PMThanks, Pete. That’s fantastic.
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