<![CDATA[io9: kaguya]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: kaguya]]> http://io9.com/tag/kaguya http://io9.com/tag/kaguya <![CDATA[Kaguya Satellite Shoots Stunning Earthrise and Earthset Videos]]> This is an absolutely stunning (and completely real) video of Earthrise on the Moon. Every once and a while we need a jolt to remind us just how small and fragile our little blue marble Earth is. The Japanese Kaguya satellite has delivered with these jaw-dropping high-definition videos of what Earthrise and Earthset look like in lunar orbit. See Earthset below.


These videos were recently screened at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Yes, they look fake. Yes, they look like special effects. They aren't. Damn, it must've been a lonely feeling being aboard one of the Apollo missions forty years ago, watching Earth dip out of view for the first time. (via The Planetary Society)

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389392&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nationalist Robots Swarm To Conquer Space]]> There are more robot space probes now than any other time in history, says MSNBC. Blame the new space race: Europe, Japan, China, India, Canada and South Korea have all launched probes, or will soon. A gallery of this international flotilla, after the jump.

Image of the Venus Express from the European Space Agency. [MSNBC]

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