In this week's Watching the Skies, Brad Klein and Marty McGuire talk about how China landed a spacecraft on the far side of Earth's moon on June 1 to gather rock and soil samples.
Voyager 1 is now the furthest man-made object from Earth, having traveled to a distance of around 15 billion miles away.
On May 23, the orange-red star will appear to be very close to the full moon as it rises in the southeast. Seen from the Lehigh Valley, after the Sun sets, Antares will appear very close to the rising Moon.
WLVR’s Brad Klein reviews the week’s astronomical highlights with Bethlehem’s ‘Backyard Astronomy Guy,’ Marty McGuire. This week it's all about the star Regulus, which is part of the Leo constellation.
This week, Brad and Marty discuss images that McGuire acquired from India’s space program. The images show the first steps by man on the moon.