A small blog for marine navigation, astronomy, space exploration, Project Orion (DARPA's "100-year starship"), meteorology, boating and matters pertaining to maritime education and the maritime industry.
I am a USCG licensed captain, and an instructor at a number of maritime schools in the Seattle area.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Rock On, Chang'e
At 7:10am PST today, China's Chang'e 5 lander lifted off from the moon, bringing back 2 kilograms of rock samples from Oceanus Procellarum. This is the first lunar sample return since the Soviet Luna 24 mission to Mare Crisium in 1976.
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