U.S. company Firefly Aerospace says that on March 14, their Blue Ghost spacecraft, which is now on the surface of the moon, will attempt to take a unique picture. On Earth at this time it will be possible to observe a lunar eclipse, and on our moon, respectively, a solar eclipse.
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Firefly Aerospace said it was preparing to get a photo of the total solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon on March 14. The Blue Ghost module, which is now on the surface of our moon and is conducting scientific research for NASA, will help them do this.
Firefly Aerospace is the company that Ukrainian businessman Max Polyakov once rescued. But another thing is important now — this is the first private company to have a vehicle operating on the surface of the Moon during the moment when it lines up with the Earth and the Sun.
Why exactly will the solar eclipse be observed?
So you can expect some really impressive photos of the solar eclipse from Blue Ghost. But if after hearing this news you decide to observe it yourself, we should disappoint you: it will be impossible to do this from Earth. Because the situation when the Earth appears between the Sun and the Moon from our planet looks like a lunar eclipse.
And it will indeed be observable on April 14 in some areas of our planet. You can read more about it in this article here. And from the side of the Moon that is turned to the Earth everything will look as if the sun hides behind our planet.
The Moon’s orbit is inclined to the ecliptic plane. This is why lunar eclipses are not observed during every full moon. Accordingly, the opportunity to take a photo of a solar eclipse from the Moon is quite rare.
According to x.com/Firefly_Space
