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From March 2023, the Mexican Space Agency (AEM), an agency belonging to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) Hive, First Mexican space program to reach the moon Technology from Mexico.
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The Colemena project aims to take micro-robots to the Moon to study the details of the star. AEM recently announced that the project is ready for its first space launch, scheduled to take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
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General Director of AEM, Salvador Landeros AyalaColmena shared that the project will send to the moon five micro-robots developed with Mexican technology born at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a team led by Dr. Gustavo Medina Danco.
The head of the program highlighted that this is the first time in Latin America that the event will be recorded in history. The technology used for the development of micro-robots and all the equipment used for this task were developed in the instrument lab. Atomic Science Space Agency (LINX-ICN) belongs to Maximum House of Studies. AM, the National Humanities, Science and Technology Council (Conahcyt) and the Hidalgo State Government are participants in the project.
Work is scheduled to take place in the first half of 2023; However, due to a series of changes made to the launch rocket for the spacecraft “Peregrine Lunar Lander” from Astrobotics.
Micro robots are light in weight 60 grams and 12 centimeters in diameter Each, because in order to launch the said technology, it is necessary to reach that level of miniaturization, according to the head of the mission, something so light weight for lunar exploration has not been achieved until now.
The way the project works is that they will be supported by a telecommunications module, as the micro-robots will be tasked with positioning and electronically connecting to the lunar surface, recognizing each other, and then assembling the power-generating panel. .
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The tentative launch date for the Colmena project is January 8, 2024, when the ship is scheduled to leave the Earth's surface. cohete ULA Vulcan-Centaur.
It is worth mentioning that the rocket launch is subject to the atmospheric conditions and other technical factors that are reported on the day, so it is not certain that the above statement is because everything falls into place. The best way.
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Los Solar eclipses They are known to be a spectacular astronomical phenomenon visible to the naked eye. They occur when the moon covers the sun, creating night in the middle of the day, which lasts a few minutes.
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will occur north of the Americas. According to astronomical estimates, the The Mexican port of Mazatlán And its surroundings will be a great place to watch the event in 2024.
In Mazatan, the eclipse is estimated to begin at 10:51 am. The total phase of the eclipse begins at 12:07 PM and ends at 12:11 PM, when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky.
