NASA SOFIA: Space Agency to Reveal Exciting Moon Discoveries Next Week

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PALMDALE, CA - MAY 20: SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), the largest airborne observatory in the world which makes astronomic observations not possible by even the largest and highest of ground-based telescopes, is seen in the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center hangar on May 20, 2014 in Palmdale, California. NASA provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's hangar in Palmdale, California, and the center's main campus at Edwards Air Force Base to news media representatives. David McNew/Getty Images

NASA will reveal the Lunar Moon findings discovered by the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a revamped Boeing 747, at a media briefing on Monday next week. In a live stream experience this 2020, NASA welcomes all to see new moon discoveries.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made the fresh 'exciting' findings that would add attention to many questions about Earth's very own natural satellite, the Moon. Despite landing on the Moon in 1969 on the Apollo 11 flight, NASA's exploration of the lunar surface never stopped.

According to NASA's press release, SOFIA discovered something new about the Moon that brings exciting facts and information that was never known before. The observation was attributed to the NASA Artemis project's attempts to understand something different about the lunar object.

NASA's Artemis is the space agency's effort to take the first woman and the next guy to the surface of the Moon by 2024. The aim is to profoundly grasp the ancient cosmic heavens that still contain one of the greatest mysteries of the world's life.

The Artemis missions will shortly be supporting and leading to NASA's more in-depth Earth neighbor, Red Planet Mars, space probe. By 2030, far from the Perseverance flights this year, the Space Agency plans to take humanity to the last terrestrial world in the Solar System.

NASA's SOFIA: Livestream Moon Exploration, How to Watch?

Using the unorthodox observatory hybrid, SOFIA, NASA has discovered fresh science and celestial evidence from the Moon. The Space Agency welcomes everyone to see what has been obscured by the Moon for a long time, soon to be found by NASA with SOFIA assistance in 2020.

The Head of NASA's Astrophysics Division, Paul Hertz, will lead the space agency's briefing and declaration. Hertz will be joined by Jacob Bleacher, Chief Exploration Scientist of the Directorate of Human Exploration and Operations Mission, Cassey Honniball of the Goddard Space Travel Center of NASA, and Naseem Rangwala, SOFIA Mission Project Scientist.

The space agency invites everybody to watch on Monday, October 26 (12:00 PM EDT). Teleconference audio can be easily accessible via NASA's live broadcast on its website for home viewers.

What would NASA's announcement be?

NASA has been researching and allocating money to find some of the Moon's saltwater at the lunar south pole, according to CNet. NASA invested a lot of time and money studying all about the ice water that was discovered on the Moon.

The water may be the space department's discovery, allowing for a more detailed research array on the Moon. This observation will help extend space research on the lunar surface, with the Moon being a possible water supply.

What's SOFIA Observatory?

NASA's SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747 aircraft designed to rise higher than the Planet's atmosphere and observe the heavenly skies. As it moves along, SOFIA keeps a 9-foot telescope on its body, providing a direct vision of space and the Solar System.

SOFIA 'can see the celestial bodies using infrared imagery across wavelengths despite traveling through the extremely vaporous atmosphere, collecting further photos that can not be made through visible light.

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