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Happy Friday, space fans!
We made it to the end of yet another week. But space never stops, and over the weekend, China plans to launch its historic Chang'e 7 moon mission. This will send a lander, rover, hopper and a ton of science experiments to the moon's south pole. This is a seriously major trip to the moon! Millions of miles away from all of this lunar fun, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has captured some incredible footage of the planet from above, creating a stunning flyover that allows you to feel like you're flying right over the Martian surface. And scientists are once again looking at a new possibility to explain dark matter, and new researchers suggest that it could be something they're calling "dark photons".
Check out what's big in space below:
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"Even a bootprint or a rover's tread may create a habitable area."
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Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured stunning telemetry to create a new flyover visualization of the Red Planet's Southern Highlands and Schiaparelli Crater in magnificent detail.
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SpaceX will likely try to make the first-ever catch of its Starship upper stage a few months from now, according to Elon Musk. He had earlier flagged late August as a potential date for the milestone.
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We'll soon get a chance to see a giant curved shadow in space move slowly across the moon during a very deep partial lunar eclipse. There are few more awesome or enlightening sights.
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New research suggests that if dark matter is composed of "dark photons," it would not have heated the early cosmos like scientists thought.
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Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster.
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On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse temporarily darkened skies across Europe and Asia.
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Reminiscing about the summer camp Skylab disaster movie on its 25th anniversary.
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That's it for our space update today!
While we're excited to see continued progress with NASA's Artemis program, they aren't the only ones going to the moon. While uncrewed, China's upcoming Chang'e 7 mission will send a seriously impressive amount of gear to the lunar south pole. A lander, rover, hopper, orbiter and a whole litany of science experiments? It will be interesting to see how all of this gear gets used on the moon and how China's moon operations push forward as NASA gears up for Artemis III.
Chang'e 7 launches on Sunday, Aug. 23 (or Aug. 24 Beijing time) and less than one week later, we will see NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket on Aug. 30 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This flagship mission will send a brand new and incredibly capable space telescope out into the cosmos to help us broaden our understanding. Space.com staff will be reporting live from this launch, and we can't wait to take you along with us. To follow closely along and stay up to date with all things space, you can now get Space.com right in the palm of your hand with our new app available now on iOS and Android.
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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