The Blood Moon is back! The total lunar eclipse will take place in May 2022.
The last spacewalk at the Mir Space Station took place on May 12.
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Tonight, a Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse will occur, but it will be more of a problem for the astronauts on the moon than it will be for Earth-bound viewers.
That's because of the three currently active lunar spacecraft. The sunlit half of the moon will be dark as the moon enters the Earth's shadow on May 16 and the spacecraft will not be able to charge their batteries.
It is not the first experience with a total lunar eclipse. You can watch the lunar eclipse on the internet. The sun rises at 0130 GMT. The eclipse will end at 2:50 a.m. The sun rises at 0650 GMT.
What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse?
The LRO has experienced 11 total lunar eclipses since it started its mission in 2009, so its team knows how to prepare for this eclipse.
LRO Project Scientist Noah Petro told Space.com that when LRO goes through long eclipses, any drain on the battery is not ideal, so they turn off the instruments and wait until they can completely replenish the battery. We have done this a number of times and it is a well-rehearsed set of procedures.
The preparations began several weeks ago. The burn and subsequent maneuvers put LRO in the best position to minimize time in darkness and prepare us for Sunday night/Monday morning.
There is a Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse.
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It is likely that Chandrayaan-2 will have the same procedures. The Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22nd, 50 years to the day from Apollo 11's lunar landing. On May 26, 2021, it experienced a total lunar eclipse.
It is powered by the same solar array as LRO, which indicates that it will probably shut down during the eclipse. The Indian Space Research Organization has not responded to a request for comment.
The total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021, will not affect Yutu-2. Yutu-2 is a rover that landed on the far side of the moon as part of China's Chang'e 4 mission. The Von Kármán crater has been explored.
Yutu-2 is subject to lunar days and nights, each of which lasts approximately 14 days at the rover's location. Yutu-2 can't operate during lunar nights because it's a solar-powered vehicle. The rover will be powered down on May 15 when the moon is in total darkness, because it is only during full moons that total lunar eclipses occur.
The next total lunar eclipse will occur in the early morning hours of Nov. 8, 2022.
If you want to take pictures of the moon, read our best cameras andlenses. You can check out our guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse, as well as how to photograph the moon with a camera, for more helpful tips to plan out your lunar photo session.
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