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 by Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
The newly named craters are visible in the foreground of the iconic Earthrise colour photograph taken by astronaut William Anders. It depicts the moment that our shiny blue Earth came back into view as the spacecraft emerged out of the dark from behind the grey and barren Moon. This is arguably the most famous picture taken by Apollo 8. It became iconic and has been credited with starting the environmental movement. Since the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth - it always has the same side facing the Earth - the Earth will never appear to rise above the surface to someone standing on the lunar farside. Orbiting around the Moon, however, gave the Apollo 8 astronauts, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders this stunning view, before they safely returned home to Earth. The Apollo 8 mission took place from 21 to 27 December 1968. After completing 10 orbits around the Moon on Christmas Eve, broadcasting images back to Earth and giving live television transmissions, the crew returned to Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean. The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) of the International Astronomical Union, who named the craters, is the authority responsible for the naming of planetary features in our Solar System. The two named craters were previously designated by letters.
Bezos' Blue Origin signs on to ship supplies to Moon by 2023 Washington (Sputnik) Oct 08, 2018 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' aerospace exploration company signed a letter of intent with two German Space companies to deliver "several metric tons" of cargo to the moon over the next five years. Blue Origin, a project described by the US billionaire as "the most important work I'm doing" and a rival to Elon Musk's SpaceX company, signed a letter of intent with German aerospace companies OHB Space Systems and Security and MT Aerospace at the 69th annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Ger ... read more
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