Moon articles Tag

Cutting Hair with the Moon: The Lunar Calendar 2024

What is the principle? The Moon, which is Earth's only natural satellite, has captivated humanity since time immemorial. Many civilizations have deified this celestial body, elevating it to the status of a god or goddess, and even today, festivals are dedicated to it. It is therefore not surprisin ...

18
Oct
2018

Artemis 1 Mission: 5 things to know about NASA's program to the Moon

ts first test flight. With the launch of this giant next-generation rocket, NASA is also launching its Artemis Program to send astronauts back to the moon. The SLS (for Space Launch System) rocket will propel an unmanned capsule called Orion around the Moon for a 6-week test flight. The rocket ...

29
Aug
2022

Space: 5 events expected in 2022

gram is the most ambitious aerospace project of the decade. With this manned space program, NASA the U.S. space agency aims to bring a crew to the moon by 2025. This program aims to explore the Moon through the organization of regular missions and should lead to the installation of a permanent ...

13
Jan
2022

Moon Boots: the history of iconic après ski boots

The star shoe of the après ski More than 50 years after its invention, the Moon Boot is the indisputable after-ski boot in resorts around the world. It must be said that this boot has no equal in combining comfort and design at the foot of the slopes. At once light, warm and waterproof, it has ...

26
Dec
2022

Chinese New Year: date and traditions

ries from year to year, but always falls between January 21 and February 20. Like all Chinese lunar month beginnings, it is the first day of a new moon. By convention, the astronomical alignment that signals the new moon is determined at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Beijing. Each Chinese ...

06
Feb
2007

Barbie: 6 things to know about this iconic character

businesswoman, surgeon, race car driver, or police officer! With the astronaut doll released in 1965, four years before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, Mattel somewhat rewrote history. So it is not wrong to say that "the first woman on the moon is Barbie!" In sixty years of existence, the doll ...

24
May
2019

Hobbies: why garden?

with Nature. Growing a garden forces gardeners to follow the rhythm of the seasons and, for some, the lunar calendar indicating the phases of the Moon. Many make the choice to garden with the moon to have more beautiful and abundant crops. The success of urban vegetable gardens and shared gar ...

21
Sep
2022

Mardi Gras: origins and traditions

ning of Lent and falls on a different date every year, set in relation to the date of Easter (a feast whose date varies according to the cycle of the Moon). For Catholics, Ash Wednesday is a day of penance. Among the first Christians, this day was the day of public penance and the penitents prese ...

06
Feb
2007

Vulcania Park: discover the volcanoes.

oes of our solar system, whether they are made of fire or ice! You will discover the volcanoes of the planets Mars and Venus, as well as Mercury and the Moon, not to mention the cryovolcanoes of Enceladus, one of Saturn's icy moons. In addition to the inauguration of this new attraction, the park h ...

27
Nov
2007

The Cannes Film Festival: the biggest cinema event in the world.

of the entire "Indiana Jones and the Fate Frame" team on Thursday, May 18th. On Saturday, May 20th, Martin Scorsese's new film "Killers of The Flower Moon" with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio will be presented out of competition. This is a major event as the two actors had not worked togethe ...

23
Apr
2009

Leisure: 5 good reasons to return to the Futuroscope

wn for offering thrills. But that all changed with the new Objective Mars attraction. Short of being able to borrow Tintin's rocket in the Objective Moon album, you board a chariot for a thrilling rollercoaster ride. With its super-powerful motors and a loss of sense of direction, this roller ...

17
Aug
2021

Chinese New Year 2022: what does the Water Tiger symbolize?

impulsiveness. How is the New Year celebrated? As a reminder, Chinese new year is the first day of the first Chinese calendar month based on the Moon. The precise date of the New Year changes each year but is always between January 21 and February 20. Unlike the Western New Year, which ce ...

01
Feb
2022

Computing: 3 women who have marked the history of computing

he software for the Apollo 8 mission. While computer programming is still in its infancy, she is asked to code a program that could put men on the moon. Although this was a huge challenge at the time, Margaret Hamilton succeeded in developing the computer system that was used to guide the craf ...

08
Mar
2022

10 Chinese Dramas for Beginners

, loving justice who travel through ancient China. This series tells the story of the struggle between two sects of swordsmen, The Snow Tower and the Moon Sect, an eternal struggle between good and evil between men who love justice and others blinded by power. Exceptionally filmed fights, lavish set ...

26
June
2022