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The 'Cold Moon', last full moon of 2020, lights up night sky in Greece

Date:DECEMBER 30, 2020 The last full moon of the year cast its glow over Greece on Wednesday (December 30) lighting up its festive towns and shores. The last full moon to end 2020 is known as the 'Cold Moon', and began to appear on Tuesday in some countries and will continue to appear full until Thursday in others, according to the NASA website. According to the old Farmers Almanac website, it has also been referred to as the 'Long Night Moon', by the native American Mohican tribe, as it is closest to the winter solstice and will shine above the horizon for longer than most full moons. In the coastal town of Rafina near Athens, the full moon added a special touch to the Christmas light decorations in the town square. (Production: Vassilis Triandafyllou, Deborah Kyvrikosaios) (Caption:3185LI-GREECE-FULL_MOON_O_)

日付：2020年12月30日

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Timelapse Shows Cold Moon Rising Over Brooklyn

The Cold Moon appeared in the sky over New York City on Tuesday, December 29, which was both the final and longest full-moon night of 2020. Timelapse footage captured by John Huntington shows the moon as it moves across the sky over Brooklyn before it reached its peak. Speaking to Storyful, Huntington said he filmed this video from his roof deck in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood at around 5 pm. According to NASA, the moon officially became full at 10.28 pm and stayed in the sky for at least 15 hours. The Cold Moon derives its name from the Maine Farmer's Almanac. It is also the lunar event closest to the winter solstice. Credit: John Huntington via Storyful ( Original Title: Timelapse Shows Cold Moon Rising Over Brooklyn )

日付：2020年12月29日

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Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Alabama

A meteor was captured on camera in Marshall County, Alabama, on the evening of December 22, as it hurtled across the sky. This clip, posted by Michael Brooks on Twitter, shows the fireball as viewed from Lake Guntersville. The meteor moved at 29,000 miles per hour according to Dr Bill Cooke, Meteoroid Environment Program Manager at NASA, as reported by local meteorologist Jason Simpson. Credit: Michael Brooks via Storyful ( Original Title: Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Alabama )

日付：2020年12月22日

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Jupiter and Saturn on rare alignment seen from Spanish island of Gran Canaria

Date:DECEMBER 21, 2020 The evening sky over the Spanish island of Gran Canaria treated stargazers to a once-in-a-lifetime illusion on Monday (December 21) as the solar system's two biggest planets appeared to meet in a celestial alignment that astronomers call the "Great Conjunction." The rare spectacle resulted from a near convergence of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn that happened to coincide with Monday's winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. For those able to observe the alignment in clear skies, the two frozen-gas spheres appeared closer and more vibrant - almost as a single point of light - than at any time in 800 years. Jupiter - the brighter and larger of the pair - has been gradually nearing Saturn in the sky for weeks as the two planets proceed around the sun, each in its own lane of an enormous celestial racetrack, said Henry Throop, an astronomer at National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Washington. At the point of convergence, Jupiter and Saturn appeared to be just one-tenth of a degree apart, roughly equivalent to the thickness of a dime held at arm's length. In reality, of course, the planets remained hundreds of millions of miles apart, according to NASA. A conjunction of the two planets takes place about once every 20 years. But the last time Jupiter and Saturn came as close together in the sky as on Monday was in 1623, an alignment that occurred during daylight and was thus not visible from most places on Earth. The last visible great conjunction occurred long before telescopes were invented, in 1226, halfway through construction of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The heightened brightness of the two planets as they almost merge in the sky has invited the inevitable speculation about whether they formed the "Christmas star" that the New Testament describes as having guided the three wise men to the baby Jesus. But astronomer Billy Teets, acting director of Vanderbilt University's Dyer Observatory in Brentwood, Tennessee, said a Great Conjunction is only one of several possible explanations for the biblical phenomenon. "I think that there is a lot of debate as to what that might have been," Teets told WKRN-TV in Nashville in a recent interview. The next Great Conjunction between the two planets - though not nearly as close together - comes in November 2040. A closer alignment similar to Monday's will be in March 2080, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics told Reuters, with the following close conjunction 337 years later in August 2417. (Production; Borja Suarez, Miguel Gutierrez, May Ponzo) (Caption:2112WD-SPACE-PLANETS_ALIGNMENT_SPAIN_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

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'Great Conjunction': Earthlings treated to rare alignment of Jupiter and Saturn

Date:DECEMBER 21, 2020 The evening sky over the Northern Hemisphere treated stargazers to a once-in-a-lifetime illusion on Monday (December 21) as the solar system's two biggest planets appeared to meet in a celestial alignment that astronomers call the "Great Conjunction." The rare spectacle resulted from a near convergence of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn that happened to coincide with Monday's winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. For those able to observe the alignment in clear skies, the two frozen-gas spheres appeared closer and more vibrant - almost as a single point of light - than at any time in 800 years. Jupiter - the brighter and larger of the pair - has been gradually nearing Saturn in the sky for weeks as the two planets proceed around the sun, each in its own lane of an enormous celestial racetrack, said Henry Throop, an astronomer at National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Washington. At the point of convergence, Jupiter and Saturn appeared to be just one-tenth of a degree apart, roughly equivalent to the thickness of a dime held at arm's length. In reality, of course, the planets remained hundreds of millions of miles apart, according to NASA. A conjunction of the two planets takes place about once every 20 years. But the last time Jupiter and Saturn came as close together in the sky as on Monday was in 1623, an alignment that occurred during daylight and was thus not visible from most places on Earth. The last visible great conjunction occurred long before telescopes were invented, in 1226, halfway through construction of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The heightened brightness of the two planets as they almost merge in the sky has invited the inevitable speculation about whether they formed the "Christmas star" that the New Testament describes as having guided the three wise men to the baby Jesus. But astronomer Billy Teets, acting director of Vanderbilt University's Dyer Observatory in Brentwood, Tennessee, said a Great Conjunction is only one of several possible explanations for the biblical phenomenon. "I think that there is a lot of debate as to what that might have been," Teets told WKRN-TV in Nashville in a recent interview. The next Great Conjunction between the two planets - though not nearly as close together - comes in November 2040. A closer alignment similar to Monday's will be in March 2080, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics told Reuters text, with the following close conjunction 337 years later in August 2417. (Production: Greg Savoy, Mike Blake, Jon Nazca, Callaghan O'Hare, Lawrence Bryant, Bjoern Kils and Njuwa Maina) (Caption:2115WD-SPACE-PLANETS_ALIGNMENT_O_)

日付：2020年12月21日

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木星と土星が接近する現象をカリフォルニアで撮影＝アメリカ

Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the night sky on Monday, December 21, marking the closest positioning of the two planets in nearly 400 years, according to NASA. This timelapse footage gives a spectacular view of the event from Graton, California, just outside Santa Rosa. Although Jupiter and Saturn regularly pass each other and align once every 20 years, it's been nearly 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing nearly everyone around the world to observe the event, NASA said. This footage shows the "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn as seen from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Credit: Evan Jacobs via Storyful ( Original Title: Timelapse Offers Spectacular View of 'Great Conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn from California )

日付：2020年12月21日

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グリフィス天文台から木星と土星の接近を撮影＝アメリカ

Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the night sky over Los Angeles, California, on Monday, December 21, marking the closest positioning of the two planets in nearly 400 years, according to NASA. Although Jupiter and Saturn regularly pass each other and align once every 20 years, it's been nearly 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing nearly everyone around the world to observe the event, NASA said. This footage shows the "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn as seen from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Credit: Griffith Observatory via Storyful ( Original Title: 'Great Conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn Seen From Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles )

日付：2020年12月21日

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国際宇宙ステーションからも確認できるキラウエア火山の噴煙

A plume of volcanic fog created by the eruption of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii was visible from the International Space Station on the afternoon of December 21. This footage, taken from a livefeed broadcast by NASA on Monday, was recorded and edited by ISS Above, which monitors the feed. According to ISS Above, the video was recorded as the International Space Station passed over the Hawaiian Islands around 2.28 pm local time. US Geological Service Volcanoes confirmed the plume visible seen in this footage was caused by Kilauea. Credit: NASA / ISS Above via Storyful ( Original Title: Volcanic Fog From Kilauea Eruption Visible From International Space Station )

日付：2020年12月21日

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Astronomer Captures 'Great Conjunction' of Saturn and Jupiter in Cincinnati Night Sky

Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the night sky over Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, December 21, marking the closest positioning of the two planets in nearly 400 years, according to NASA. Although Jupiter and Saturn regularly pass each other and align once every 20 years, it's been nearly 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing nearly everyone around the world to observe the event, NASA said. This footage was captured through a telescope by Dean Regas, an astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory. Credit: Dean Regas, Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory via Storyful ( Original Title: Astronomer Captures 'Great Conjunction' of Saturn and Jupiter in Cincinnati Night Sky )

日付：2020年12月21日

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木星と土星が接近、フロリダで撮影＝アメリカ

Jupiter and Saturn aligned over the sunset in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday, December 21, marking the two planets' closest encounter in nearly 400 years, according to NASA. The astronomical event was named a "Great Conjunction" after the incident was observed in 1623. This year, the alignment was visible in the night sky for a few days, culminating on Monday night. Although Jupiter and Saturn regularly pass each other and align once every 20 years, it's been nearly 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing nearly everyone around the world to observe the event, NASA said. Credit: @aer0nautix via Storyful ( Original Title: Jupiter and Saturn Align During 'Great Conjunction' Above Florida Sunset )

日付：2020年12月21日

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Jupiter and Saturn Align in Pakistan's Sky During the 'Great Conjunction'

Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the night sky over Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday, December 21, marking the two planets' closest encounter in nearly 400 years, according to NASA. The astronomical event was named a "Great Conjunction" after the incident was observed in 1623. This year, the alignment was visible in the night sky for a few days, culminating on Monday night. Although Jupiter and Saturn regularly pass each other and align once every 20 years, it's been nearly 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing nearly everyone around the world to observe the event, NASA said. The planets will be visible to the naked eye when directed toward the southwest just after sunset, according to NASA. On Monday, they would appear so close that a pinkie finger at arm's length would cover both planets in the sky, NASA said. Credit: Abubaker Shekhani via Storyful ( Original Title: Jupiter and Saturn Align in Pakistan's Sky During the 'Great Conjunction' )

日付：2020年12月21日

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Jupiter and Saturn set to align into 'Christmas Star' after 397 years

Date:DECEMBER 20, 2020 In a celestial phenomenon not seen in 397 years, the largest planets in our solar system Jupiter and Saturn, from the perspective of observers on Earth on Monday (December 21), will appear to be aligned so closely they will almost seem to be one single "star" in the sky. Every few years, from the perspective of earthlings, the two planets seem to pass each other in the same general area of the sky and that is known as a conjunction. According to NASA, when the two planets align on this date, however, they will seem to be much closer, a "great conjunction" -- with only 6 arc minutes of sky separating them. This once in a lifetime event has become popularly known as the 'Christmas Star' because it is happening during the holiday season. It is believed the "three kings," who are recorded in the New Testament as traveling to pay homage to the infant Jesus, guided by the legendary Star of Bethlehem, may have witnessed the same phenomenon in the year 7 A.D. (Production: Greg Savoy & Njuwa Maina) (Caption:1032WD-SPACE-PLANETS_ALIGNMENT_PREVIEW_O_)

日付：2020年12月20日

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China says moon rocks brought by craft to be sent to Mao's hometown

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday,completing another chapter in China's effort to become a space superpower. In a press conference,Chinese officials said some of the moon material would be displayed in the country's National Museum and others would be sent to Mao Zedong's hometown in central China. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Wu Yanhua,deputy director,CNSA - Li Chunlai,deputy chief designer of the third phase of the lunar exploration project of the National Space Administration

日付：2020年12月17日

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UN decries 66 massacres in Colombia in 2020

Armed groups,criminals and others have carried out 66 massacres across Colombia this year,in which "255 people have been killed" the UN says,urging action to protect civilians against violence that has been "normalised". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of a UN press conference - Marta Hurtado,spokeswoman of the High Commissioner for Human rights

日付：2020年12月15日

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Crowds Gather to Watch Solar Eclipse Over Chile Beach

Crowds of stargazers gathered on a beach in Pucon, Chile, to witness a total solar eclipse on December 14. The solar eclipse, which occurred when the moon blocked the light of the sun and cast a shadow over Earth, was visible in Chile and Argentina, NASA said. This footage was taken from a beach in Pucon, Chile. Credit: @ale.fuentesfigueroa via Storyful ( Original Title: Crowds Gather to Watch Solar Eclipse Over Chile Beach )

日付：2020年12月14日

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日食によって周りが暗くなる＝チリ

Cloudy skies and rainfall reduced visibility in parts of Chile as people gathered to witness a total solar eclipse over the country on December 14. The solar eclipse, which occurred when the moon blocked the light of the sun and cast a shadow over Earth, was visible in Chile and Argentine, NASA said. The eclipse left parts of the country in darkness, as shown in this timelapse footage from Instagram by user @jaimestoneroses, who said the video was captured in Cozcoz in Panguipulli, Chile, on Monday. Credit: @jaimestoneroses via Storyful ( Original Title: Chile Landscape Goes Dark During Total Solar Eclipse )

日付：2020年12月14日

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日食によって空が暗くなる＝チリ

Cloudy skies and rainfall reduced visibility in parts of Chile as people gathered to witness a total solar eclipse over the country on December 14. The solar eclipse, which occurred when the moon blocked the light of the sun and cast a shadow over Earth, was visible in Chile and Argentine, NASA said. The eclipse left parts of the country in darkness, as shown in this footage from Instagram by user @chandre_artfree, who said the video was captured in Rio Plata, Pucón, Chile. Credit: @chandre_artfree via Storyful ( Original Title: Total Solar Eclipse Turns Skies Dark Over Chile )

日付：2020年12月14日

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オクラホマ上空のふたご座流星群のタイムラプス＝アメリカ

The Geminid meteor shower reached its peak for the year and was visible over Seiling, Oklahoma, on Sunday, December 13. Timelapse footage captured by Zachary Biggs shows flashing streaks of meteors during a starry night at a local wind farm. Biggs told Storyful, "I drove out to a rural Oklahoma town in order to find some dark skies, with a bit of foreground, to try and capture some of the Geminids meteor shower." The Geminid meteor shower happens annually and usually peaks between December 13 and 14. According to NASA, the meteors appear to radiate from a point in the constellation of Gemini and are produced by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Credit: Zachary Biggs via Storyful ( Original Title: Timelapse Captures Geminid Meteor Shower Over Oklahoma )

日付：2020年12月13日

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【映像】最初の女性を月に着陸させる　米アルテミス計画の人選発表

ケープカナベラル、フロリダ州、12月10日（AP）― NASA（米航空宇宙局）は12月９日、次期月面着陸｢アルテミス計画｣に選ばれた、女性９人を含む18人の宇宙飛行士の名前を発表した。 　アルテミス計画は、2024年までに｢最初の女性を、次に男性を｣月に着陸させることを目標とした米国の有人宇宙計画。 　国家宇宙会議議長として最後の仕事となった宇宙飛行士の発表は、マイク･ペンス副大統領が、アポロ計画で使用され、現存する３基のサターンVロケットのうちの１基が展示されているケネディ宇宙センターで行われた。 　18人のうち半数は既に宇宙飛行を経験しており、２人は現在国際宇宙ステーションに滞在中だ。 　女性だけの初めての宇宙遊泳を行ったクリスティナ･コッチさんと、スウェーデン国籍のジェシカ･メイアさんも選ばれている。 　グループは30代と40代が主体で、最年少は32歳で最年長は55歳だ。 *ギリシア神話の「月の女神」アルテミスは、アポロ計画の由来となった太陽神アポロンとは双子。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2020年12月10日

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【映像】南極海を漂流する巨大氷山　英国海外領に接近中の「A68a」　

　英国防省は12月８日、南極のラーセン棚氷から分離して漂流中の巨大氷山の映像を公開した。 　これは、南大西洋のフォークランド島に駐留する英空軍の輸送機が撮影した映像で、NASA（米航空宇宙局）によれば世界最大の大きさだという。 　「A68a」は2017年にラーセン棚氷から分離。英国海外領のサウス･ジョージア島から200キロの辺りを漂っており、仮に同島に座礁した場合、ペンギンやアザラシなどの野生生物の生態系におよぼす影響は計り知れないという。 （イギリス、フォークランド島、12月９日、映像：UK Ministry of Defence via Storyful/アフロ）

日付：2020年12月9日

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FILE: Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break sound barrier, dies aged 97　（写真構成）

Chuck Yeager,a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than sound and whose gutsy test pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book "The Right Stuff," died Monday,his wife said. He was 97. FILE PHOTOS of Chuck Yeager

日付：2020年12月8日

人物：チャック・イェーガー

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SpaceX's upgraded Dragon cargo ship docks to Int'l Space Station

The SpaceX's upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday in its first mission. The upgraded Dragon cargo ship autonomously docked to the ISS at 1:40 p.m. EST. This is the first automated docking for a SpaceX cargo resupply mission and the first time two Dragon spacecraft are on station simultaneously, said NASA. NASA and SpaceX launched the first mission of the upgraded Dragon cargo on Sunday, from historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, dubbed CRS-21, is the first flight of the updated cargo version of Dragon, which is capable of carrying about 20 percent more volume than the previous version of Dragon and has double the amount of powered locker cargo capability. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

日付：2020年12月8日

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『ミッション：インポッシブル』に宇宙撮影シーン？【日本語字幕付き】

　トム・クルーズ（58）が、主演の『ミッション：インポッシブル』新作に宇宙での撮影シーンを取り入れようとしているという。 　実現のためには巨額の出費も厭わない構えのようだ。NASA側も実現可能との見解を示しているようで、トムは誰もやったことない作品を目指して企画を進めているという。 （アフロ）

日付：2020年12月8日

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DRONE SHOTS of Puerto Rico's collapsed Arecibo telescope

Drone images of the collapsed Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico,which once starred in a James Bond film. The structure collapsed when its 900-ton receiver platform plunged 450 feet (140 meters) onto the radio dish below. AERIAL SHOTS

日付：2020年12月1日

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Humans will land on Mars in 4 to 6 years, says SpaceX creator Elon Musk

Date:DECEMBER 1, 2020 EDITOR'S PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT REPLACES 2044-TESLA-MUSK/GERMANY RED CARPET FOR TECHNICAL REASONS AND INCLUDES THE AWARD CEREMONY Humans could land on Mars for the first time as early as in six years and maybe even four, Elon Musk said at an event in Germany Tuesday night (December 1). Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station last month, NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. The billionaire SpaceX chief executive who is also CEO of electric carmaker and battery manufacturer Tesla Inc., attended an award ceremony in Berlin where he received the Axel Springer prize "given to outstanding personalities who are particularly innovative." In November 2019, U.S. electric carmaker Tesla announced plans to build a so called Gigafactory in Gruenheide outside Berlin in the eastern state of Brandenburg and Musk has repeatedly visited the construction site to watch progress. Tesla currently has two Gigafactories in the United States and one in Shanghai, China. (Production: Martin Schlicht, Michele Sani) (Caption:2045GE-TESLA-MUSK_GERMANY_AWARD_O_)

日付：2020年12月1日

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Humans will land on Mars in 4 to 6 years, says SpaceX creator Elon Musk

Date:DECEMBER 1, 2020 EDITOR'S PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT REPLACES 2044-TESLA-MUSK/GERMANY RED CARPET FOR TECHNICAL REASONS AND INCLUDES THE AWARD CEREMONY Humans could land on Mars for the first time as early as in six years and maybe even four, Elon Musk said at an event in Germany Tuesday night (December 1). Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station last month, NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. The billionaire SpaceX chief executive who is also CEO of electric carmaker and battery manufacturer Tesla Inc., attended an award ceremony in Berlin where he received the Axel Springer prize "given to outstanding personalities who are particularly innovative." In November 2019, U.S. electric carmaker Tesla announced plans to build a so called Gigafactory in Gruenheide outside Berlin in the eastern state of Brandenburg and Musk has repeatedly visited the construction site to watch progress. Tesla currently has two Gigafactories in the United States and one in Shanghai, China. (Production: Martin Schlicht, Michele Sani) (Caption:2045GE-TESLA-MUSK_GERMANY_AWARD_O_)

日付：2020年12月1日

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ハワイの写真家がグリーンフラッシュを撮影＝アメリカ

Hawaiian man Kawika Singson captured footage of a green flash as the sun went down, sharing video of the moment to YouTube on December 1. Having planned the idea earlier in the day, Singson perched himself on a beach and waited for sunset, where he zoomed in on the peculiar phenomenon, which is often visible for any keen astronomy or photography fans in Hawaii. The green flash occurs "just as the setting sun disappears completely from view," and a "last glimmer appears startlingly green," according to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day website. Cornell University say the green flash "is usually a band or vertical ray of green light just above the setting or rising sun, and can be green, violet, or blue." It's caused by "rays of sunlight refracting in the atmosphere," and is best viewed during a "clear, flat horizon" and a haze-free sky. Credit: Kawika Singson via Storyful ( Original Title: Hawaii Photographer Captures 'Green Flash' at Sunset )

日付：2020年12月1日

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【映像】月面探査機打ち上げに成功　月面からサンプル回収目指す

文昌市、中国、11月24日（AP）― 月面の土壌採取を目指す中国は現地時間11月24日午前４時半、同国最南端の海南省文昌市から、無人月面探査機｢嫦娥（じょうが）５号｣を搭載した大型ロケット｢長征５号｣の打ち上げに成功した。 　中国が月面から物質を地球に持ち帰る取り組みに着手するのは初めてだが、成功すれば、中国の宇宙開発計画にとって重要な進歩となる。また、今回の月面探査が、火星探査や有人月面探査につながる可能性もあると、一部専門家はみている。 　NASA（米航空宇宙局）によれば、今回の計画では、嫦娥５号の着陸機がロボットアームで月面に２メートルの穴を掘り、約２キロの原石などを採取。採取されたサンプルを積んだ上昇機が月面を離陸し、カプセルとドッキングした後、地球に持ち帰るというもの。 　中国は2003年、米国とロシアに続く３番めの国として人類を宇宙に打ち上げることに成功。今年７月には火星探査機「天問１号」の打ち上げにも成功した。ロシアは２度にわたり火星探査に失敗しており、中国がこの分野で成功すれば、ロシアを抜き米国に続き世界で２番目の国となる。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2020年11月24日

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Excitement builds up as China prepares to launch moon probe

Date:NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Tourists and traders in Wenchang in southern China spoke of their excitement and pride on Sunday (November 22) as the country gears up for its latest rocket launch, for a mission to retrieve samples from the moon. The mission, scheduled for the coming days, will send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s. It will be launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Center where many have gathered ahead of the big day. The Chang'e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect material that can help scientists understand more about the moon's origins and formation. The mission will test China's ability to remotely acquire samples from space, ahead of more complex missions. If successful, the mission will make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, following the United States and the Soviet Union decades ago. China made its first lunar landing in 2013. In January 2019, the Chang'e-4 probe touched down on the far side of the moon, the first by any nation's space probe. Within the next decade, China plans to establish a robotic base station to conduct unmanned exploration in the south polar region. (Production: Martin Pollard, Natasa Bansagi) (Caption:7001AS-SPACE-EXPLORATION_CHINA)

日付：2020年11月22日

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Meteor Streaks Over Texas During Leonid Shower

A meteor streaked across the sky over Brownsville, Texas, on November 19, around the time the Leonid meteor shower reached its peak of activity.The annual celestial event occurs around mid-November when the Earth moves into a “stream of small icy debris left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle as it moves about the sun”, according to NASA.This footage was shared by Brownsville resident Rocio Cuellar, and shows a bright flash in the sky identified as the meteor by local meteorologists. Credit: Rocio Cuellar via Storyful (Original Title: Meteor Streaks Over Texas During Leonid Shower)

日付：2020年11月19日

RM 148427913

【映像】野口聡一さんらISSに移乗　半年間の宇宙滞在生活始まる　

　日本人宇宙飛行士野口聡一さんら４人を載せて、米南東部フロリダ州ケープカナベラルのケネディ宇宙センターから、ファルコン９ロケットで打ち上げられたスペースXの新型宇宙船｢クルードラゴン｣が11月17日、国際宇宙ステーションとドッキングに成功した。 　｢レジリエンス｣と名付けられたカプセルからISSに乗り移り、歓迎を受ける３人の米国人宇宙飛行士に続いて、野口聡一さんが最後にISSに乗り移り、半年間の宇宙滞在が始まった。 （国際宇宙ステーション、11月18日、映像：@NASA via Storyful/アフロ）

日付：2020年11月18日

RM 148517027

宇宙船「クルードラゴン」ISSにドッキング_4名の飛行士は半年間滞在_Space ISS SpaceX Dragon Docking

SpaceX capsule with 4 crew reaches Space Station

日付：2020年11月17日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148323536

NASA, SpaceX launch first crew rotation mission to space

NASA and SpaceX launched Crew Dragon spacecraft's first operational crew mission on Sunday, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay. The mission, dubbed "Crew-1," is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the ISS. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday (0027 GMT Monday), from historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are aboard the capsule named Resilience. NASA confirmed main engine cutoff and separation of the rocket's first and second stages minutes after the lift-off. The spacecraft is now on its way to the ISS for its first operational mission. Falcon 9's reusable first-stage booster has successfully landed on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the space station about 27 hours and 32 minutes after the launch, at around 11 p.m. EST (0400 GMT) Monday, according to NASA. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

日付：2020年11月16日

RM 148517030

スペースX社の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功_船内の様子_US FL SpaceX Crew Launch 2

SpaceX launches crew to International Space Station

日付：2020年11月16日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148345464

将来は宇宙飛行士、スペースXの宇宙船打ち上げの様子を見て喜ぶ女の子＝アメリカ

This is the adorable moment a five-year-old girl who dreams of being an astronaut celebrated the SpaceX launch on Sunday night (November 15). Ryan Serena wore her beloved costume while watching on TV as Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The schoolgirl danced with joy as the four astronauts inside the Dragon Crew Capsule-1 were fired into orbit. Ryan's proud mum, Tammy, from Philadelphia, said: ''Ryan is obsessed with all things space-related and when it comes to space my daughter knows much more than me. I'm so proud of my little human." Footage shows Ryan wearing a spacesuit costume and dancing with joy as she watched the launch of the spacecraft on TV. The clip begins with the little girl standing in front of the screen, eager to see the rocket fly up in the sky. As the spacecraft launches, Ryan jumps and sings as she becomes excited by the launch. She was even holding a piece of paper wishing the four astronauts a safe trip. Single-mum Tammy said that Ryan also dreams of becoming an astronaut when she grows up. On movie night Tammy said her daughter will always choose to watch a Space Station documentary. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station. The mission was earlier delayed for 24 hours due to the weather conditions around the offshore landing zone. The SpaceX Crew Dragon operational flight is carrying three NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and one Japanese space flyer Soichi Noguchi. The launch was attended by Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk to reduce space transportation costs to enable the colonisation of Mars. (Original Title: Schoolgirl, 5, who dreams of being astronaut celebrates SpaceX launch)

日付：2020年11月15日

RM 148345843

ケープカナベラルからスペースXの宇宙船が打ち上がる＝アメリカ

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company launched the spacecraft Resilience from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on November 15, destined for the International Space Station.Vanessa Nogueira captured this video while watching the launch at Cape Canaveral, home of Kennedy Space Center. She told Storyful that she had been living in Florida for 20 years but this was her first time viewing a launch and was there “simply to witness history.”This launch comes days after the Crew Dragon craft, named Resilience, became the first privately owned and operated spacecraft to be certified by NASA for human spaceflight.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was unable to attend the launch in person, due to a recent COVID-19 diagnosis. Credit: Vanessa Nogueira via Storyful (Original Title: SpaceX Launches Astronauts to International Space Station From Cape Canaveral)

日付：2020年11月15日

RM 148330576

スペースXのクルー・ドラゴンが宇宙飛行士を乗せて打ち上げ＝アメリカ

Never more than now should you believe in what SpaceX is trying to accomplish. Must see! (Original Title: Seeing this NASA SpaceX launch is nothing short of extraordinary)

日付：2020年11月15日

RM 148345594

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 5)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345593

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 4)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345592

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 3)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345591

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 2)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345589

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi have boarded on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148414464

Elon Musk says 'most likely' has a moderate case of COVID-19

Date:NOVEMBER 14, 2020, FILE Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday (November 14) he "most likely" has a moderate case of COVID-19, as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests. "Am getting wildly different results from different labs, but most likely I have a moderate case of covid. My symptoms are that of a minor cold, which is no surprise, since a coronavirus is a type of cold," Musk wrote in a tweet. He did not mention whether the results were from polymerase chain reaction tests, which are more accurate than rapid tests. Musk said on Thursday that rapid antigen test results from the same machine and the same test showed he tested positive twice and then negative twice all on the same day. Musk's presence at the weekend launch of four NASA astronauts into orbit aboard his SpaceX company's spacecraft had been thrown into question due to COVID-19. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first full-fledged human mission using a privately owned spacecraft, has slipped from Saturday to Sunday evening due to forecasts for gusty, onshore winds over Florida, officials for the U.S. space agency said on Friday. (Production: Louisa Naks, Soren Larson) (Caption:7055BU-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_MUSK)

日付：2020年11月14日

RM 148414463

Elon Musk says 'most likely' has a moderate case of COVID-19

Date:NOVEMBER 14, 2020, FILE Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday (November 14) he "most likely" has a moderate case of COVID-19, as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests. "Am getting wildly different results from different labs, but most likely I have a moderate case of covid. My symptoms are that of a minor cold, which is no surprise, since a coronavirus is a type of cold," Musk wrote in a tweet. He did not mention whether the results were from polymerase chain reaction tests, which are more accurate than rapid tests. Musk said on Thursday that rapid antigen test results from the same machine and the same test showed he tested positive twice and then negative twice all on the same day. Musk's presence at the weekend launch of four NASA astronauts into orbit aboard his SpaceX company's spacecraft had been thrown into question due to COVID-19. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first full-fledged human mission using a privately owned spacecraft, has slipped from Saturday to Sunday evening due to forecasts for gusty, onshore winds over Florida, officials for the U.S. space agency said on Friday. (Production: Louisa Naks, Soren Larson) (Caption:7055BU-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_MUSK)

日付：2020年11月14日

RM 148366977

US SpaceX Preview Update

Astronauts prepare for SpaceX’s second crew launch++REPLAY++ LEAD IN: SpaceX is preparing for its second launch of astronauts for NASA after a successful test flight earlier this year. Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday (Nov. 8) for SpaceX's second crew launch, scheduled to lift-off on Saturday, (Nov. 14).

日付：2020年11月13日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148366975

HZ US SpaceX Preview

Astronauts prepare for SpaceX’s second crew launch++REPLAY++

日付：2020年11月13日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148150712

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150711

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150710

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150709

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150708

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150707

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150706

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150705

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 148150704

Haul of rare photos of space exploration's "Golden Age" up for auction, including Armstrong on moon

Date:NOVEMBER 5, 2020, FILE A rare photograph of astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is part of a comprehensive collection of thousands of space photographs up for auction at Christie's. There are over 2400 photographs in the sale which the auction house says documents ''the Apollo missions and the golden age of space exploration.'' ''This is certainly the most comprehensive collection of these photographs to ever come to auction,'' James Hyslop, Head of Science and Natural History at Christie's in London, told Reuters. The "Voyage To Another World" collection, curated over many decades by private collector Victor Martin Malburet, is a mix of iconic images and others that were unreleased at the time by NASA. The sale's top lot is an unreleased photograph of Neil Armstrong, taken during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when he became the first human to set foot on the moon. Accompanied by his two crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, as he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong famously said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." At the time none of the still photographs NASA released were of Armstrong, who Hyslop says was tasked with being behind the camera and taking stills, but since one has surfaced. "Most of the astronaut photographs that you see from Apollo 11 are of Buzz Aldrin. But just at the end of the mission, Buzz actually took the camera and took a quick snap of Neil. And this is forgotten about in the aftermath of the successful mission. And it was only rediscovered in the 80s," Hyslop said. The photograph is expected to go for £30,000 ($39,000). Another image due to go under the hammer, is of Aldrin, when he managed to photograph himself during a 1965 Gemini XII mission. "It's the first selfie in space, we're so used to selfies these days...but this is a big camera that Buzz Aldrin had to to turn around and pointed himself with a beautiful image of the earth in the background," Hyslop said. Other items up for auction range from early images of the far side of the moon from the late 50s to the NASA and Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s and ending with images of the Red Planet Christie's online auction runs from November 6-20, 2020. (Sarah Mills, Ben Makori) (Caption:5132LI-BRITAIN-AUCTION_NASA_PHOTOS)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 147712223

Canadian VR film studio releases new project filmed on Int'l Space Station

Canadian virtual reality (VR) film studio has released a groundbreaking project filmed on International Space Station (ISS). Felix Lajeunesse, co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios, said that from the inception of their studio in 2008, their dream has always been to create an immersive experience filmed in space. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FELIX LAJEUNESSE, Co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios "It takes a very significant amount of time to design the technology and to test it and to certify it and to verify every single component of the hardware that you're sending to space. And in parallel, we're doing all of those verifications for the software as well. And so it's a very thorough preparation process before you go to production day. So the risks that anything happen are really really really diminished, you know, given that it's almost a full year of testing and preparation before." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FELIX LAJEUNESSE, Co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios "Honestly, it was one of the most memorable days of my life really, because prior to seeing the first rushes come, we had been through years of preparation and development to make this even possible. So the first time that we actually filmed a scene and saw our camera up there in space, and saw that the astronaut was interacting with the camera and it was happening, that was a super emotional moment." In 2018, Montreal's VR leader Felix & Paul Studios succeeded in having NASA launch two of their VR cameras to the International Space Station. The camera can record massive amounts of data to create a virtual environment that the user sees. The filmmakers in Montreal send up their ideas for shoots in space, and the astronauts make them happen. The astronaut that first opened the camera was David Saint-Jaqcues, who spent nearly seven months aboard the ISS as the mission engineer. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVID SAINT-JAQCUES, Astronaut "This was all done on the fly. I had met the production team in Houston years before, when they were starting to think about it. And I showed them around the Johnson Space Center. I actually went, hosted them at my place, looking at some old space movies, when they were looking for inspiration. So I'd seen their product on the camera but no technical training per say really. No, it was all done in space." The films are available in multiple VR platforms including Microsoft's and Oculus', as well as partnerships with 5G providers, and a future touring in-person immersive cinematic dome experience. Saint-Jacques said the project was a scheduling challenge, but one that he's very glad to have been part of. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVID SAINT-JAQCUES, Astronaut "As an astronaut, of course you're enthusiastic about going to space. It's your life goal. But it is such an extraordinary experience you can't hoard it. You want to share it. But it's hard on your own to share it. So we're always looking for new ways, and we always welcome people who have the gift and talent of communication that can help us share the message. And this is an incredible tool." Lajeunesse said that he thinks VR should become the default method of telling stories about space exploration, because there is no comparison between this immersive experience and traditional cinema. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ottawa. (XHTV)

日付：2020年11月5日

RM 147290550

Trump outlines conservative vision for Supreme Court at Wisconsin rally

US President Donald Trump presents his conservative vision for the Supreme Court as well as putting a person on Mars,during a rally in Wisconsin a week before the election. "We've got already three great justices. And Amy yesterday," Trump says,one day after the confirmation of conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. - Donald Trump,US President

日付：2020年10月28日

RM 147231960

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 147231955

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 147231957

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 147231956

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 147231958

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 147231959

'We weren't expecting water': NASA finds water on moon's sunlit surface

Date:OCTOBER 26, 2020, FILE AUDIO ON SKYPE INTERVIEW AS INCOMING The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Monday (October 26) and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system. "We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows. "If you were to gang up all those molecules of water, it would be about 12 ounces of water in a cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of lunar soil...that's a lot of dirt to mix in a 12 ounce bottle of water. It's much drier than the driest desert on the earth," Hertz said. The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions. In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said. Whether the water found by SOFIA found will be easily accessible and available for use remains to be seen. Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water. In addition, they want to examine the moon at different phases to see if this water is stationary or whether it migrates across the face of the moon, Hertz said. NASA is planning a return of astronauts to the moon, a mission envisioned as paving the way for a later journey carrying a crew to Mars. Accessible sources where water can be harvested on the moon would beneficial to those endeavors. (Production: Pavithra George) (Caption:1192WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_MOON_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 146861242

【映像】米露の宇宙飛行士が地球帰還　カザフスタンの草原に着地

ジェスカスガン、カザフスタン、10月23日（AP）― 米露３人の宇宙飛行士を乗せたロシアの新型宇宙船カプセル｢ソユーズM-16｣が10月21日、国際宇宙センターから分離し、中央アジアのカザフスタン共和国の草原に着陸した。 　６カ月にわたるISS滞在を終えた米航空宇宙局（NASA）のクリス･キャシディ飛行士と、ロシア宇宙開発国営企業「ロスコスモス」所属の、アナトリー･イワニシンとイワン･ワグネル両飛行士を乗せたカプセルは22日現地時間午前７時54分、同共和国中央部カラガンダ州ジェスカスガン市南東の草原にパラシュートで着地した。 　新型コロナウイルス感染対策の一環として、宇宙飛行士回収チームの人数が制限され、全員がウイルス検査を受けるなど、徹底した予防対策が採られた。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2020年10月23日

人物：アナトリー・イワニシン

RM 146868964

【映像】小惑星｢ベンヌ｣の岩石を採取　NASA探査機オシリス･レックス　

　米航空宇宙局（NASA）は10月20日、小惑星ベンヌに着陸した探査機オシリス･レックスが、表面の岩石を採取する82枚の一連の画像を公開した。 　NASAによると、地球から２億マイル（約3億2000万キロ）離れた、ベンヌのクレーター｢ナイチンゲール｣に着陸した探査機から伸びた、長さ約３メートルのアームの先にある直径約30センチの円盤状の採取装置が、６秒間小惑星の表面に接触して岩石を採取したという。 （アメリカ、ワシントン、10月23日、映像：NASA via Storyful/アフロ）

日付：2020年10月23日

RM 146867715

US election: 'Arizona is trending blue,' says politics expert

Gina Woodall,a professor at Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies,explains why Arizona has become a swing state that will play a crucial role in the US presidential election: "Arizona is trending blue for two different reasons. One is our demographics have changed as we know,it's younger,more Latino,and more transient,so people are moving in and out. And then also because Republicans,some of them are moderating,and then also our unaffiliated voters seem to – according to polling – seem to be favoring Biden." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Gina Woodall,professor at Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies

日付：2020年10月22日

RM 147058565

NASA set for historic attempt to collect asteroid sample

Date:OCTOBER 20, 2020, RECENT ***PART OF THE VIDEO AUDIO QUALITY IS AS INCOMING*** NASA hopes to make history on Tuesday (October 20) with its first-ever attempt to collect a sample from an asteroid to return it to earth for experiments. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a complex maneuver to drill into the Bennu asteroid for five seconds to retrieve the sample. Scientists believe the mission will yield bits of water and organic matter from four and a half billion years ago, before the Earth was even formed, which will provide information about the building blocks of the solar system. Due to the many boulders scattered around Bennu, NASA scientist Lucy Lim said that problems may arise during the mission. However, NASA has several contingency plans in place and will make another attempt should this one fail. According to NASA, Bennu has a one in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth in the late 2100s. (Production: Liza Feria) (Caption:2212WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_ASTEROID_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月20日

RM 147058562

NASA set for historic attempt to collect asteroid sample

Date:OCTOBER 20, 2020, RECENT ***PART OF THE VIDEO AUDIO QUALITY IS AS INCOMING*** NASA hopes to make history on Tuesday (October 20) with its first-ever attempt to collect a sample from an asteroid to return it to earth for experiments. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a complex maneuver to drill into the Bennu asteroid for five seconds to retrieve the sample. Scientists believe the mission will yield bits of water and organic matter from four and a half billion years ago, before the Earth was even formed, which will provide information about the building blocks of the solar system. Due to the many boulders scattered around Bennu, NASA scientist Lucy Lim said that problems may arise during the mission. However, NASA has several contingency plans in place and will make another attempt should this one fail. According to NASA, Bennu has a one in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth in the late 2100s. (Production: Liza Feria) (Caption:2212WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_ASTEROID_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月20日

RM 147058561

NASA set for historic attempt to collect asteroid sample

Date:OCTOBER 20, 2020, RECENT ***PART OF THE VIDEO AUDIO QUALITY IS AS INCOMING*** NASA hopes to make history on Tuesday (October 20) with its first-ever attempt to collect a sample from an asteroid to return it to earth for experiments. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a complex maneuver to drill into the Bennu asteroid for five seconds to retrieve the sample. Scientists believe the mission will yield bits of water and organic matter from four and a half billion years ago, before the Earth was even formed, which will provide information about the building blocks of the solar system. Due to the many boulders scattered around Bennu, NASA scientist Lucy Lim said that problems may arise during the mission. However, NASA has several contingency plans in place and will make another attempt should this one fail. According to NASA, Bennu has a one in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth in the late 2100s. (Production: Liza Feria) (Caption:2212WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_ASTEROID_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月20日

RM 147058560

NASA set for historic attempt to collect asteroid sample

Date:OCTOBER 20, 2020, RECENT ***PART OF THE VIDEO AUDIO QUALITY IS AS INCOMING*** NASA hopes to make history on Tuesday (October 20) with its first-ever attempt to collect a sample from an asteroid to return it to earth for experiments. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a complex maneuver to drill into the Bennu asteroid for five seconds to retrieve the sample. Scientists believe the mission will yield bits of water and organic matter from four and a half billion years ago, before the Earth was even formed, which will provide information about the building blocks of the solar system. Due to the many boulders scattered around Bennu, NASA scientist Lucy Lim said that problems may arise during the mission. However, NASA has several contingency plans in place and will make another attempt should this one fail. According to NASA, Bennu has a one in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth in the late 2100s. (Production: Liza Feria) (Caption:2212WD-SPACE-EXPLORATION_ASTEROID_INTERVIEW)

日付：2020年10月20日

RM 146791849

Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on the moon

Date:OCTOBER 19, 2020, FILE Struggling to get a phone signal at home on planet Earth? Perhaps you'll have better luck on the moon. Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the Finnish company said on Monday (October 19), as the U.S. space agency plans for a future where humans return there and establish lunar settlements. NASA aims to return humans to the moon by 2024 and dig in for a long-term presence there under its Artemis program. Nokia said the first wireless broadband communications system in space would be built on the lunar surface in late 2022, before humans make it back there. It will partner with a Texas-based private space craft design company, Intuitive Machines, to deliver the equipment to the moon on their lunar lander. The network will configure itself and establish a 4G/LTE communications system on the moon, Nokia said, though the aim would be to eventually switch to 5G. The network will give astronauts voice and video communications capabilities, and allow telemetry and biometric data exchange, as well as the deployment and remote control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices, according to the company. The network will be designed to withstand the extreme conditions of the launch and lunar landing, and to operate in space. It will have to be sent to the moon in an extremely compact form to meet the stringent size, weight and power constraints of space payloads. Nokia said the network would be using 4G/LTE, in use worldwide for the last decade, instead of the latest 5G technology, because the former was a more known quantity with proven reliability. The company would also "pursue space applications of LTE's successor technology, 5G." (Production: Sarah Mills, Ben Dadswell) (Caption:1176BU-NOKIA-NASA_MOON)

日付：2020年10月19日

RM 146791848

Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on the moon

Date:OCTOBER 19, 2020, FILE Struggling to get a phone signal at home on planet Earth? Perhaps you'll have better luck on the moon. Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the Finnish company said on Monday (October 19), as the U.S. space agency plans for a future where humans return there and establish lunar settlements. NASA aims to return humans to the moon by 2024 and dig in for a long-term presence there under its Artemis program. Nokia said the first wireless broadband communications system in space would be built on the lunar surface in late 2022, before humans make it back there. It will partner with a Texas-based private space craft design company, Intuitive Machines, to deliver the equipment to the moon on their lunar lander. The network will configure itself and establish a 4G/LTE communications system on the moon, Nokia said, though the aim would be to eventually switch to 5G. The network will give astronauts voice and video communications capabilities, and allow telemetry and biometric data exchange, as well as the deployment and remote control of lunar rovers and other robotic devices, according to the company. The network will be designed to withstand the extreme conditions of the launch and lunar landing, and to operate in space. It will have to be sent to the moon in an extremely compact form to meet the stringent size, weight and power constraints of space payloads. Nokia said the network would be using 4G/LTE, in use worldwide for the last decade, instead of the latest 5G technology, because the former was a more known quantity with proven reliability. The company would also "pursue space applications of LTE's successor technology, 5G." (Production: Sarah Mills, Ben Dadswell) (Caption:1176BU-NOKIA-NASA_MOON)

日付：2020年10月19日

RM 146431093

Canada signs Artemis Accords

NASA and several partner countries have signed the Artemis Accords to establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA's lunar exploration plans. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JIM BRIDENSTINE, NASA Administrator "I am here to talk about the future. A future that is peaceful, free of conflict, and one where humanity explores and develops the Moon and Mars in harmony. Achieving this future will require both vision and action, which is why it's my pleasure to sign on behalf of the United States of America the Artemis Accords." The founding member nations that have signed the Artemis Accords include the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Jason Woods of the Canadian Space Agency says the Artemis Accords are a good first step for Canada and for space exploration. Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell expressed Canada's pleasure to be part of this agreement. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LISA CAMPBELL, Canadian Space Agency President "Canada's space sector is gearing up for missions to the Moon and beyond. We are a proud partner of the Lunar Gateway, to which we're contributing CanadArm 3, a smart robotic system. We're also funding science and technology developments in fields like Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and health through our Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program. Canada recognizes the exciting opportunities presented by emerging exploration, science and commercial space activities." NASA is leading the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon in 2024. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ottawa. (XHTV)

日付：2020年10月16日

RM 144653843

Colombian indigenous people take down statue of Spanish conquistador

Colombian Indigenous people take down a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar,a 16th century Spanish conquistador,as a form of protest against the violence they have faced throughout history,according to their spokesman. IMAGES

日付：2020年9月17日

RM 144651912

Colombian indigenous people take down statue of Spanish conquistador (2)

Colombian indigenous people take down a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar,a 16th-century Spanish conquistador,following a mobilization called by the Misak,Nasa and Pijao communities to protest what they describe as the physical and cultural extermination of the indigenous peoples of Cauca. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Juan Carlos López Castillo,Popayán mayor - Coronel Nelson Díaz Pinzón,Commander of the Popayán Metropolitan Police

日付：2020年9月16日

RM 144640159

Europe and U.S. join forces to test astroid deflection technology

Date:SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, FILE The European space agency (ESA) signed a 129.4 million euros($153.80 million) contract on Tuesday for the production of a spacecraft that will be part of a joint project with NASA to explore how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. NASA is due to launch a spacecraft in June 2021 set on a collision course with the Dimorphos that orbits the Didymos asteroid to test whether it would be possible to nudge objects that might be threatening Earth onto a safer path. ESA will then launch its spacecraft - named Hera after the Greek goddess of marriage - in October 2024 to map the resulting impact crater and measure the asteroid's mass, reaching the Didymos system in late 2026 for a six-month survey. If the NASA mission succeeds, ESA said it would be the first celestial body to be deliberately shifted by a human craft. Dimorphos has a diameter of 160 metres, about the width of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which ESA said was big enough to destroy an entire city if it were to hit Earth. Hera, set to be only the size of a desk, should navigate autonomously around the asteroid while it collects data. It will also launch mini satellites - 10 cm cubes which will be able to fly much closer to the asteroid's surface. The contract signed with a consortium led by German space and technology group OHB covers the complete development, integration and testing of the Hera craft, including the guidance, navigation and control system. The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon, in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth. (production: Tanya Wood, Hakan Erdem, Niklas Diemer) (Caption:2034GE-EUROPE-SPACE_)

日付：2020年9月15日

RM 144640158

Europe and U.S. join forces to test astroid deflection technology

Date:SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, FILE The European space agency (ESA) signed a 129.4 million euros($153.80 million) contract on Tuesday for the production of a spacecraft that will be part of a joint project with NASA to explore how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. NASA is due to launch a spacecraft in June 2021 set on a collision course with the Dimorphos that orbits the Didymos asteroid to test whether it would be possible to nudge objects that might be threatening Earth onto a safer path. ESA will then launch its spacecraft - named Hera after the Greek goddess of marriage - in October 2024 to map the resulting impact crater and measure the asteroid's mass, reaching the Didymos system in late 2026 for a six-month survey. If the NASA mission succeeds, ESA said it would be the first celestial body to be deliberately shifted by a human craft. Dimorphos has a diameter of 160 metres, about the width of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which ESA said was big enough to destroy an entire city if it were to hit Earth. Hera, set to be only the size of a desk, should navigate autonomously around the asteroid while it collects data. It will also launch mini satellites - 10 cm cubes which will be able to fly much closer to the asteroid's surface. The contract signed with a consortium led by German space and technology group OHB covers the complete development, integration and testing of the Hera craft, including the guidance, navigation and control system. The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon, in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth. (production: Tanya Wood, Hakan Erdem, Niklas Diemer) (Caption:2034GE-EUROPE-SPACE_)

日付：2020年9月15日

RM 144640157

Europe and U.S. join forces to test astroid deflection technology

Date:SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, FILE The European space agency (ESA) signed a 129.4 million euros($153.80 million) contract on Tuesday for the production of a spacecraft that will be part of a joint project with NASA to explore how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. NASA is due to launch a spacecraft in June 2021 set on a collision course with the Dimorphos that orbits the Didymos asteroid to test whether it would be possible to nudge objects that might be threatening Earth onto a safer path. ESA will then launch its spacecraft - named Hera after the Greek goddess of marriage - in October 2024 to map the resulting impact crater and measure the asteroid's mass, reaching the Didymos system in late 2026 for a six-month survey. If the NASA mission succeeds, ESA said it would be the first celestial body to be deliberately shifted by a human craft. Dimorphos has a diameter of 160 metres, about the width of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, which ESA said was big enough to destroy an entire city if it were to hit Earth. Hera, set to be only the size of a desk, should navigate autonomously around the asteroid while it collects data. It will also launch mini satellites - 10 cm cubes which will be able to fly much closer to the asteroid's surface. The contract signed with a consortium led by German space and technology group OHB covers the complete development, integration and testing of the Hera craft, including the guidance, navigation and control system. The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon, in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth. (production: Tanya Wood, Hakan Erdem, Niklas Diemer) (Caption:2034GE-EUROPE-SPACE_)

日付：2020年9月15日

RM 144238021

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年9月9日

RM 144238022

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年9月9日

RM 144238020

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年9月9日

RM 144238018

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年9月9日

RM 143728488

Assange's father, Vivienne Westwood speak ahead of extradition hearing in London

Supporters of Julian Assange,including his father Richard Assange,and British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood protest in front of the Old Bailey in London as the extradition trial for the Wikileaks founder resumes. IMAGES

日付：2020年9月8日

RM 143503866

韓国を襲う台風「メイサーク」

One person was killed, local reports said, as Typhoon Maysak brought heavy wind and rain to Busan, South Korea, on September 3.According to Yonhap, a woman in Busan died after a window shattered in her home.Winds hit sustained speeds of 170 km/h, NASA’s Earth Observatory said, as the storm was recorded as a category 2, only the sixth typhoon of that strength or higher to hit the Korean Peninsula since 1951. Credit: @tigergmc_korea via Storyful (Original Title: Fatality Reported as Typhoon Maysak Hits South Korea)

日付：2020年9月3日

RM 143446367

Watch the 'Corn Moon' descend and set over London

Timelapse footage captured the setting of the "Corn Moon" above East London's Ilford in the early hours of September 2. The "Corn Moon" is classified as the last full moon of summer by NASA. (Original Title: Watch the 'Corn Moon' descend and set over London)

日付：2020年9月2日

RM 144568670

ブラジルの森林火災で多くの動物が犠牲に

Blackened land and charred animals - blazes in Brazil's wetland deliver climate warning Date:RECENT, FILE A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City. This massive fire is one of thousands of blazes sweeping the Brazilian Pantanal - the world's largest wetland - this year in what climate scientists fear could become a new normal, echoing the rise in climate-driven fires from California to Australia. The Pantanal is smaller and less-known than its famous cousin, the Amazon jungle. But the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location - sandwiched between the rainforest, Brazil's vast grasslands and Paraguay's dry forests - make it a magnet for animals. The fires are now threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, biologists say. The Pantanal is home to roughly 1,200 vertebrate animal species, including 36 that are threatened with extinction. Across this usually lush landscape of 150,000 square kilometres (57,915 square miles) in Brazil, rare birds flutter and the world's densest population of jaguars roam. Fire is not new here. For decades, ranchers have used flames to cheaply return nutrients to the soil and renew pasture for their beef cattle. But those blazes, fuelled by drought, now burn with historic force, racing across desiccated vegetation. The biggest fires in the Pantanal this year are quadruple the size of the largest fire in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, NASA satellites show. A record 23,490 square kilometres have burned through Sept. 6 - nearly 16% of the Brazilian Pantanal, according to a Federal University of Rio de Janeiro analysis. Last month, Reuters witnessed a fire that flashed from forest to pasture near the tourist gateway of Pocone in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The rush of air sucked in by the blaze spun a strong wind into a tornado of smoke. The temperature on the ground soared to 46.5 Celsius (115.7 Fahrenheit). Dorvalino Conceicao Camargo, a 56-year-old farmhand in a straw hat common among local cowboys, helped beat back the flames. Sweating from the effort, Camargo said he had never seen fires this bad. The Pantanal is known for being wet, not dry. The world's largest flood plain normally fills with several feet of water during the rainy season from around November to April each year. Scientists blame the drought on warming in the Atlantic Ocean just above the equator that's drawing moisture away from South America and will send it north, likely in the form of stronger hurricanes. Amazon deforestation has surged 34.5% in the 12 months through July, compared to the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data from government space research agency Inpe. Under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has also weakened environmental enforcement. Bolsonaro's press office directed questions to the Environment Ministry, which did not respond to a request for comment. Environment Minister Ricardo Salles visited the Pantanal in August, saying that federal environmental agencies had sent five aircraft and additional workers to assist the more than 100 state firefighters battling the blazes. No humans have died in the Pantanal fires, according to Mato Grosso's state firefighting department. The victims, are wildlife. While there aren't exact counts, at a minimum thousands of animals have perished, according to biologist Rogerio Rossi at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. A team of veterinarians, biologists and local guides arrived in late August to prowl the bumpy dirt road known as the Trans-Pantanal Highway in pickup trucks, looking to save what injured animals they could. Jaguars were wandering the blackened wasteland, they said, starving or going thirsty, with paws burnt to the bone, lungs blackened by smoke. They saw bodies of alligator-like caiman, jaws frozen in silent screams, the last act of creatures desperate to cool off before being consumed by flames. The roving veterinary team is able to save only a tiny fraction of the injured animals. Many of these creatures are difficult to catch, far from accessible roads. Local guide Eduarda Fernandes, who is working with the rescue team said the outlook for the animals looks bleak. (Production: Amanda Perobele, Pablo Garcia, Liamar Ramos, Geraldine Downer) (Caption:1037LA-CLIMATE-CHANGE_BRAZIL_PANTANAL)

日付：2020年9月1日

RM 144568668

Blackened land and charred animals - blazes in Brazil's wetland deliver climate warning

Date:RECENT, FILE A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City. This massive fire is one of thousands of blazes sweeping the Brazilian Pantanal - the world's largest wetland - this year in what climate scientists fear could become a new normal, echoing the rise in climate-driven fires from California to Australia. The Pantanal is smaller and less-known than its famous cousin, the Amazon jungle. But the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location - sandwiched between the rainforest, Brazil's vast grasslands and Paraguay's dry forests - make it a magnet for animals. The fires are now threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, biologists say. The Pantanal is home to roughly 1,200 vertebrate animal species, including 36 that are threatened with extinction. Across this usually lush landscape of 150,000 square kilometres (57,915 square miles) in Brazil, rare birds flutter and the world's densest population of jaguars roam. Fire is not new here. For decades, ranchers have used flames to cheaply return nutrients to the soil and renew pasture for their beef cattle. But those blazes, fuelled by drought, now burn with historic force, racing across desiccated vegetation. The biggest fires in the Pantanal this year are quadruple the size of the largest fire in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, NASA satellites show. A record 23,490 square kilometres have burned through Sept. 6 - nearly 16% of the Brazilian Pantanal, according to a Federal University of Rio de Janeiro analysis. Last month, Reuters witnessed a fire that flashed from forest to pasture near the tourist gateway of Pocone in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The rush of air sucked in by the blaze spun a strong wind into a tornado of smoke. The temperature on the ground soared to 46.5 Celsius (115.7 Fahrenheit). Dorvalino Conceicao Camargo, a 56-year-old farmhand in a straw hat common among local cowboys, helped beat back the flames. Sweating from the effort, Camargo said he had never seen fires this bad. The Pantanal is known for being wet, not dry. The world's largest flood plain normally fills with several feet of water during the rainy season from around November to April each year. Scientists blame the drought on warming in the Atlantic Ocean just above the equator that's drawing moisture away from South America and will send it north, likely in the form of stronger hurricanes. Amazon deforestation has surged 34.5% in the 12 months through July, compared to the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data from government space research agency Inpe. Under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has also weakened environmental enforcement. Bolsonaro's press office directed questions to the Environment Ministry, which did not respond to a request for comment. Environment Minister Ricardo Salles visited the Pantanal in August, saying that federal environmental agencies had sent five aircraft and additional workers to assist the more than 100 state firefighters battling the blazes. No humans have died in the Pantanal fires, according to Mato Grosso's state firefighting department. The victims, are wildlife. While there aren't exact counts, at a minimum thousands of animals have perished, according to biologist Rogerio Rossi at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. A team of veterinarians, biologists and local guides arrived in late August to prowl the bumpy dirt road known as the Trans-Pantanal Highway in pickup trucks, looking to save what injured animals they could. Jaguars were wandering the blackened wasteland, they said, starving or going thirsty, with paws burnt to the bone, lungs blackened by smoke. They saw bodies of alligator-like caiman, jaws frozen in silent screams, the last act of creatures desperate to cool off before being consumed by flames. The roving veterinary team is able to save only a tiny fraction of the injured animals. Many of these creatures are difficult to catch, far from accessible roads. Local guide Eduarda Fernandes, who is working with the rescue team said the outlook for the animals looks bleak. (Production: Amanda Perobele, Pablo Garcia, Liamar Ramos, Geraldine Downer) (Caption:1037LA-CLIMATE-CHANGE_BRAZIL_PANTANAL)

日付：2020年9月

RM 144568669

Blackened land and charred animals - blazes in Brazil's wetland deliver climate warning

Date:RECENT, FILE A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City. This massive fire is one of thousands of blazes sweeping the Brazilian Pantanal - the world's largest wetland - this year in what climate scientists fear could become a new normal, echoing the rise in climate-driven fires from California to Australia. The Pantanal is smaller and less-known than its famous cousin, the Amazon jungle. But the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location - sandwiched between the rainforest, Brazil's vast grasslands and Paraguay's dry forests - make it a magnet for animals. The fires are now threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, biologists say. The Pantanal is home to roughly 1,200 vertebrate animal species, including 36 that are threatened with extinction. Across this usually lush landscape of 150,000 square kilometres (57,915 square miles) in Brazil, rare birds flutter and the world's densest population of jaguars roam. Fire is not new here. For decades, ranchers have used flames to cheaply return nutrients to the soil and renew pasture for their beef cattle. But those blazes, fuelled by drought, now burn with historic force, racing across desiccated vegetation. The biggest fires in the Pantanal this year are quadruple the size of the largest fire in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, NASA satellites show. A record 23,490 square kilometres have burned through Sept. 6 - nearly 16% of the Brazilian Pantanal, according to a Federal University of Rio de Janeiro analysis. Last month, Reuters witnessed a fire that flashed from forest to pasture near the tourist gateway of Pocone in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The rush of air sucked in by the blaze spun a strong wind into a tornado of smoke. The temperature on the ground soared to 46.5 Celsius (115.7 Fahrenheit). Dorvalino Conceicao Camargo, a 56-year-old farmhand in a straw hat common among local cowboys, helped beat back the flames. Sweating from the effort, Camargo said he had never seen fires this bad. The Pantanal is known for being wet, not dry. The world's largest flood plain normally fills with several feet of water during the rainy season from around November to April each year. Scientists blame the drought on warming in the Atlantic Ocean just above the equator that's drawing moisture away from South America and will send it north, likely in the form of stronger hurricanes. Amazon deforestation has surged 34.5% in the 12 months through July, compared to the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data from government space research agency Inpe. Under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has also weakened environmental enforcement. Bolsonaro's press office directed questions to the Environment Ministry, which did not respond to a request for comment. Environment Minister Ricardo Salles visited the Pantanal in August, saying that federal environmental agencies had sent five aircraft and additional workers to assist the more than 100 state firefighters battling the blazes. No humans have died in the Pantanal fires, according to Mato Grosso's state firefighting department. The victims, are wildlife. While there aren't exact counts, at a minimum thousands of animals have perished, according to biologist Rogerio Rossi at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. A team of veterinarians, biologists and local guides arrived in late August to prowl the bumpy dirt road known as the Trans-Pantanal Highway in pickup trucks, looking to save what injured animals they could. Jaguars were wandering the blackened wasteland, they said, starving or going thirsty, with paws burnt to the bone, lungs blackened by smoke. They saw bodies of alligator-like caiman, jaws frozen in silent screams, the last act of creatures desperate to cool off before being consumed by flames. The roving veterinary team is able to save only a tiny fraction of the injured animals. Many of these creatures are difficult to catch, far from accessible roads. Local guide Eduarda Fernandes, who is working with the rescue team said the outlook for the animals looks bleak. (Production: Amanda Perobele, Pablo Garcia, Liamar Ramos, Geraldine Downer) (Caption:1037LA-CLIMATE-CHANGE_BRAZIL_PANTANAL)

日付：2020年9月

RM 143330852

台風9号が日本、韓国に接近

A powerful typhoon approached the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa late Monday, August 31.Typhoon Maysak was forecast to affect Japan overnight Monday into Tuesday and the Korean peninsula Tuesday into Wednesday.US Air Base Kadena, in Okinawa, declared a Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1-Caution on Monday afternoon, meaning that winds had reached 45 mph.The typhoon was expected to pass 64 miles southwest of the Kadena Air Base at 5 am Tuesday, according to the 18th Wing Weather Flight. Sustained winds could exceed 138 mph by 9 am, with gusts higher than 167 mph, according to reports.As of Monday evening, the high winds from Maysak had caused damage to buildings in Okinawa.This video shows strong winds in Okinawa on Monday evening. Maysak would bring with it heavy rains, destructive winds, and the potential for high tides, according to NASA. Credit: Síle Nic Chormaic via Storyful (Original Title: Powerful Typhoon Maysak Approaches Japan, South Korea)

日付：2020年8月31日

RM 144568667

Blackened land and charred animals - blazes in Brazil's wetland deliver climate warning

Date:RECENT, FILE A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City. This massive fire is one of thousands of blazes sweeping the Brazilian Pantanal - the world's largest wetland - this year in what climate scientists fear could become a new normal, echoing the rise in climate-driven fires from California to Australia. The Pantanal is smaller and less-known than its famous cousin, the Amazon jungle. But the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location - sandwiched between the rainforest, Brazil's vast grasslands and Paraguay's dry forests - make it a magnet for animals. The fires are now threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, biologists say. The Pantanal is home to roughly 1,200 vertebrate animal species, including 36 that are threatened with extinction. Across this usually lush landscape of 150,000 square kilometres (57,915 square miles) in Brazil, rare birds flutter and the world's densest population of jaguars roam. Fire is not new here. For decades, ranchers have used flames to cheaply return nutrients to the soil and renew pasture for their beef cattle. But those blazes, fuelled by drought, now burn with historic force, racing across desiccated vegetation. The biggest fires in the Pantanal this year are quadruple the size of the largest fire in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, NASA satellites show. A record 23,490 square kilometres have burned through Sept. 6 - nearly 16% of the Brazilian Pantanal, according to a Federal University of Rio de Janeiro analysis. Last month, Reuters witnessed a fire that flashed from forest to pasture near the tourist gateway of Pocone in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The rush of air sucked in by the blaze spun a strong wind into a tornado of smoke. The temperature on the ground soared to 46.5 Celsius (115.7 Fahrenheit). Dorvalino Conceicao Camargo, a 56-year-old farmhand in a straw hat common among local cowboys, helped beat back the flames. Sweating from the effort, Camargo said he had never seen fires this bad. The Pantanal is known for being wet, not dry. The world's largest flood plain normally fills with several feet of water during the rainy season from around November to April each year. Scientists blame the drought on warming in the Atlantic Ocean just above the equator that's drawing moisture away from South America and will send it north, likely in the form of stronger hurricanes. Amazon deforestation has surged 34.5% in the 12 months through July, compared to the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data from government space research agency Inpe. Under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has also weakened environmental enforcement. Bolsonaro's press office directed questions to the Environment Ministry, which did not respond to a request for comment. Environment Minister Ricardo Salles visited the Pantanal in August, saying that federal environmental agencies had sent five aircraft and additional workers to assist the more than 100 state firefighters battling the blazes. No humans have died in the Pantanal fires, according to Mato Grosso's state firefighting department. The victims, are wildlife. While there aren't exact counts, at a minimum thousands of animals have perished, according to biologist Rogerio Rossi at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. A team of veterinarians, biologists and local guides arrived in late August to prowl the bumpy dirt road known as the Trans-Pantanal Highway in pickup trucks, looking to save what injured animals they could. Jaguars were wandering the blackened wasteland, they said, starving or going thirsty, with paws burnt to the bone, lungs blackened by smoke. They saw bodies of alligator-like caiman, jaws frozen in silent screams, the last act of creatures desperate to cool off before being consumed by flames. The roving veterinary team is able to save only a tiny fraction of the injured animals. Many of these creatures are difficult to catch, far from accessible roads. Local guide Eduarda Fernandes, who is working with the rescue team said the outlook for the animals looks bleak. (Production: Amanda Perobele, Pablo Garcia, Liamar Ramos, Geraldine Downer) (Caption:1037LA-CLIMATE-CHANGE_BRAZIL_PANTANAL)

日付：2020年8月27日

RM 144238019

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年8月11日

RM 144238023

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年8月11日

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Perseid Meteor Shower Hits Hawaii

NASA predicted people would see "one of the best" meteor shows of the year, and here is the Perseid meteor shower as it Waipahu, Hawaii on Tuesday. (August 11, 2020) The video featuring the fireballs was captured at 4:54 a.m. HST. (Original Title: Perseid Meteor Shower Hits Hawaii)

日付：2020年8月11日

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Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Date:SEPTEMBER 9, 2020, FILE Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday (September 9), after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August. Brazil reported 8,373 fires in its portion of the Amazon rainforest for the first seven days of September, more than double the number of fires in the same period a year-ago, according to data from Brazil's national space research agency Inpe. A pressing concern is that 27% of the major fires so far in September have been in virgin forest, rather than in recently deforested areas or farmland where blazes are more contained, according to an analysis of satellite images by U.S.-based non-profit Amazon Conservation, reviewed exclusively by Reuters. That's up from 13% in August. Considering all types of fires, September has already averaged 53 major blazes per day in the first week, up from 18 a day in August, according to Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation defines major fires as those that emit enough smoke to indicate a large amount of biomass is burning, whereas Inpe's data is based on heat points, which also detect smaller fires. The Inpe figure showing fires doubled may be an underestimate because an issue with a NASA satellite caused partial data to be reported until September 2, although the issue has been resolved in subsequent days, according to NASA and Inpe. Revised Inpe data is expected to show fires increased to a ten-year high for August, even worse than the same month last year when Amazon fires provoked global outcry. (Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Sebastian Rocandio, Paul Vieira) (Caption:3204LA-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT_FIRES)

日付：2020年8月8日

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Aerial images of fires burning in Amazon forest

Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Brazil's Manaus,as official data show that the number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon jumped 28 percent in July from a year ago,fueling fears the world's biggest rainforest will again be devastated by fires this year. IMAGES

日付：2020年8月5日

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【映像】クルードラゴンが地球帰還　メキシコ湾洋上に無事着水

ペンサコーラ、フロリダ州、８月３日（AP）― NASA（米航空宇宙局）の宇宙飛行士２人を載せた米民間宇宙開発企業スペースＸの宇宙船｢クルードラゴン｣が８月２日、打ち上げから約２カ月ぶりに米南東部フロリダ州ペンサコーラ沖のメキシコ湾に無事着水した。 　米国の宇宙飛行士がパラチュートで洋上に着水するのは、アポロ計画以来実に45年ぶり。 　NASAのダグ・ハーレー飛行士とボブ・ベンケン飛行士は５月31日、フロリダ州ケープカナベラルから打ち上げられた後、ISS（国際宇宙センター）にドッキングに成功。 　今回のミッションの結果、クルードラゴンがNASAのお墨付きを得たことで、スペースＸは早ければ９月にも日本人宇宙飛行士野口聡一さんら次のクルーを載せ、来年には初の民間人をISSに送り届ける計画でいる。 （（日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2020年8月3日

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SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic splashdown off Florida

The SpaceX Crew Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts parachuted to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida on Sunday, completing a two-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 2:48 p.m. EDT (1848 GMT) Sunday. The weather conditions appeared "great" for the parachute splashdown, tweeted NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. The SpaceX recovery vessel GO Navigator was waiting at the landing zone. The recovery teams reached the SpaceX Dragon capsule and gathered the parachutes in the water. SpaceX engineers did a purge of vapor fumes around the Dragon Endeavour to ensure the safety of the crew when they opened the hatch. The spacecraft hatch was later opened. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were safely brought out of the capsule. The return began at 7:35 p.m. EDT Saturday when the Crew Dragon spacecraft autonomously undocked from the ISS Harmony module. After an approximately 19-hour return journey, the spacecraft began to deorbit burn at 1:56 p.m. EDT Sunday, and deployed four main parachutes. The return of the test flight with the two astronauts from the ISS marks the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years, said NASA. It also wrapped up the test flight for the first commercially owned and operated crewed spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Astronauts Behnken and Hurley took off from U.S. soil on May 30, riding aboard Crew Dragon spacecraft in a historic test flight to the ISS. They arrived at the ISS in the Crew Dragon on May 31, where they performed tests on Crew Dragon in addition to conducting research and other tasks with the space station crew. The mission, dubbed Demo-2, is the first crewed launch to orbit from U.S. soil since NASA's shuttle program ended in 2011, and also the first-ever manned space launch by a private company, ushering in a new era of U.S. space exploration. This is SpaceX's final test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program and will provide critical data on the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft, and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking and landing operations, according to NASA. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington, D.C. (XHTV)

日付：2020年8月3日

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スペースX社の有人宇宙船「クルードラゴン」無事にISSから帰還_US SpaceX Astronauts Return

NASA crew make first splashdown in 45 years

日付：2020年8月2日

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SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from space station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley undocked from the forward end of the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday to complete a two-month mission. The spacecraft undocked from Harmony module of the ISS at 7:35 p.m. EDT (2335 GMT), said NASA. Two very small engine burns separated Crew Dragon from the ISS, and the spacecraft is slowly maneuvering away from the orbital laboratory into an orbital track that will return the astronaut crew and its cargo safely to Earth, according to NASA. Once flying free, the spacecraft will autonomously execute four departure burns to move the spaceship away from the ISS and begin the flight home. "'Dragon departing.' The @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour undocked and separated from @Space_Station. @AstroBehnken & @Astro_Doug are on their way home to planet Earth," NASA tweeted. NASA later confirmed the spacecraft has exited the "approach ellipsoid" around the space station and is on a safe trajectory. Crew Dragon will be traveling at orbital velocity prior to re-entry, moving at approximately 17,500 miles (28,000 km) per hour. The maximum temperature it will experience on re-entry is approximately 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,927 degrees Celsius). NASA and SpaceX are targeting Pensacola in the Gulf of Mexico as the primary return location for splashdown and recovery for Crew Dragon with two American astronauts, scheduled at 2:41 p.m. Eastern Time (1841 GMT) on Sunday. Recovery ships at splashdown sites will have personnel, including spacecraft engineers, trained water recovery experts, medical professionals, the ship's crew, cargo experts and others to assist in the recovery, said NASA. The two astronauts arrived at the ISS in the Crew Dragon on May 31 following a launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, dubbed Demo-2, is the first crewed launch to orbit from U.S. soil since NASA's shuttle program ended in 2011, and also the first-ever manned space launch by a private company, ushering in a new era of U.S. space exploration. This is also SpaceX's final test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program and will provide critical data on the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft, and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking and landing operations. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

日付：2020年8月2日

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NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of former life

NASA launched its Mars rover Perseverance Thursday morning in a bid to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The rover lifted off at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida. "The rocket has separated from the first stage and is being boosted to orbit by the Centaur second stage. @NASAPersevere is now preparing for a second burn that will put it on a trajectory towards Mars," the agency tweeted. After a seven-month journey, the rover is expected to characterize the planet's geology and climate, and collect rock and soil samples for a possible return to Earth, according to NASA. Perseverance is the fifth Mars rover sent by NASA to Mars, after Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. NASA said the rover also ferries a 1.8-kg helicopter to the surface of Mars, marking it the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. Every 26 months, Mars reaches the closest point to Earth in its orbit, and this summer is the latest launch window to the Red Planet, when launching a spacecraft will use the least amount of fuel. The liftoff of Perseverance is the third Mars exploration of the international community this year following China's first Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, and the first Mars orbiter of the United Arab Emirates earlier this month. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Houston, U.S. (XHTV)

日付：2020年7月31日