Wow! I’m one of the earliest writers for which #Flipboard has enabled federation. I curate links on #space & #Moon exploration on there, which you can now follow from Mastodon or anywhere in the Fediverse @moonmehta!
I finally put an animated #Moon observation from 2018 onto #WikimediaCommons, where I observed the Moon one evening and then again the next morning. With a ~7000km baseline due to the Earth having rotated with me on it, the Moon appears under an angle differing by ~0.5°. That is "diurnal libration":
(animated gifs not supported here, so a link only)
China launches moon probe as space race with U.S. heats up.
CNN reports: "The launch marks the start of a mission that aims to be a key milestone in China’s push to become a dominant space power with plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 and build a research base on its south pole."
[#DORN : Objective #Moon] This Friday, May 3, at around 11 a.m., the Chang' E6 mission will lift off towards the Moon with the DORN instrument on board, designed at IRAP under the supervision of @cnes This mission marks the return of #France to the Moon!
Several stages will mark this mission: lift-off, placing in orbit around the Moon, lunar landing, commissioning of on-board instruments, return of samples to Earth.