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China's Crewed Moon Mission Rover And Lander Revealed In Animation

China plans to land humans on the moon by 2030. See animations of the crew on the moon with a lander and rover. Credit: China Central Television ...
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Animation Shows Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lander Touching Down On The Moon

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander on the moon in this IM-1 mission animation. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: Intuitive Machines | edited by Steve Spaleta] Music: Echolocation by Laura Platt / ...

The Moon is Gradually Moving Away from Earth: Possible Future Scenarios

(Related reading: The impacts that gave us the Moon may explain why Earth has life today) ...
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Our Moon Is Drifting Away. Here's What We Can Expect to Happen.

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...
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The Moon Used to Be Much Closer to Earth. It’s Drifting 1.5 Inches Farther From Earth Every Year and It’s Slowly Making Our Days Longer

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...