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Apr.'s Full Pink Moon will rise

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April's Full Pink Moon will rise as a 'micromoon' this weekend — what to expect from the smallest full moon of 2025
Skywatchers, get ready for a dazzling lunar display this weekend: April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon or Paschal Moon, will rise on the evening of Saturday, April 12.
Micromoon, also a 'pink moon,' to occur on Saturday. What it is and when you can see it?
A micromoon is set to occur Saturday as the full moon for April is set rise when the celestial body is at its farthest point from Earth.
Micromoon 2025: When and where to see the smallest full moon of the year
The micromoon, coinciding with the first full moon of spring, "The Pink Moon," will reach peak illumination at 8:22 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.

Mars, NASA and moon

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NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman supports a return to the moon, argues for a parallel path to Mars
Jared Isaacman, President Trump's nominee to lead NASA, tells lawmakers the space agency can return astronauts to the moon while pursuing flights to Mars.
Jared Isaacman, Trump’s Top NASA Nominee, Sets a Course for Mars
Billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman told the U.S. Senate that, under his leadership, NASA will return humans to the moon while also prepping for crewed voyages to the Red Pla
Trump’s Billionaire NASA Pick Argues US Can Do Moon and Mars
President Donald Trump’s pick to run NASA sought to reassure US Senators on Wednesday that he wouldn’t abandon the agency’s multibillion-dollar push to put US boots on the moon in favor of Elon Musk’s longstanding goal of a human mission to Mars.
Trump’s NASA Nominee Questioned Over Moon Plans and Elon Musk
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur who has twice launched to orbit in a SpaceX vehicle, faced pointed questions from ...
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SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027
Intuitive Machines may have crashed its latest moon lander on the lunar surface, but that's not keeping the company down for ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit
A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...
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NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more
Under pressure from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force, NASA is cancelling grants and contracts for everything from lunar dust ...
Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon
Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see ...