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2. March 1504 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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   A total lunar eclipse occurred on 1 March 1504, visible at sunset for the Americas, and later over night over Europe and Africa, and near sunrise over Asia.. During his fourth and last voyage, Christopher Columbus induced the inhabitants of Jamaica to continue provisioning him and his hungry men, successfully intimidating them by correctly predicting a total lunar eclipse for 1 March 1504 ...

3. Badr-B - Wikipedia

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   The Badr-B (Urdu: بدر-۲; also known as Badr-II, meaning Full Moon-2) was the second spacecraft and the first Earth observation satellite launched into Sun-synchronous orbit on 10 December 2001 at 09:15 by SUPARCO — Pakistan's national space agency. [2] Badr-B was a microsatellite, weighing approximately 70 kg, and contained a computerized ...

4. Lunar prediction program of SUPARCO - Wikipedia

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   The Lunar prediction program (or SUPARCO New Moon prediction programme) is an active scientific mission of the SUPARCO aims to conduct studies and predicts the appearances and phases of the Moon. [1][2] On a regular and monthly basis, SUPARCO provides illustrative predictions for the visibility and the parameters for the sighting of the full ...

5. List of future astronomical events - Wikipedia

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   Total solar eclipse. 2027 August 7. Asteroid (137108) 1999 AN 10 will pass within 388,960 km (0.0026 AU) of Earth. 2028 January 12. Partial lunar eclipse. 2028 January 26. Small annular solar eclipse. 2028 July 22. A total solar eclipse will be visible across Australia, including Sydney, and New Zealand.

6. Chang'e 2 - Wikipedia

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   Chang'e 2. Chang'e 2 ( / tʃæŋˈʌ /; simplified Chinese: 嫦娥二号; traditional Chinese: 嫦娥二號; pinyin: Cháng'é èr hào) is a Chinese uncrewed lunar probe that was launched on 1 October 2010. [3] It was a follow-up to the Chang'e 1 lunar probe, which was launched in 2007. Chang'e 2 was part of the first phase of the Chinese ...

7. List of Apollo missions - Wikipedia

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   The initial A–G [11][14] list was expanded to include later mission types: [1]: 466 H-type missions—Apollo 12, 13 (planned) and 14—would perform precision landings, and J-type missions—Apollo 15, 16 and 17—would perform thorough scientific investigation. The I-type objective, which called for extended lunar orbital surveillance of the ...

8. Lunar: Eternal Blue - Wikipedia

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   Genre (s) Role-playing video game. Mode (s) Single-player. Lunar: Eternal Blue[c] is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts in association with Studio Alex for the Sega CD as the sequel to Lunar: The Silver Star. The game was originally released in December 1994 in Japan, and later in North America in September 1995 by Working Designs.

9. Badr (satellite) - Wikipedia

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   Badr was a series of satellites operated by Pakistan. The first satellite, Badr-1, was launched in July 1990. It was the first SUPARCO -engineered object to orbit the Earth. That launch took place on July 16, 1990, as part of the International Frequency Registration Bureau. The Urdu word " Badr " literally means "Full Moon," and its launch ...