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After touching down on the moon’s far side, China’s Chang’e-6 lander is collecting samples to bring back to Earth — and sending back imagery documenting its mission. Chang’e-6, which was launched May 3, went through weeks’ worth of in-space maneuvers that climaxed with its weekend landing in the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin region. The mission plan calls for the probe to collect samples of lunar soil and rock over the course of about two days, and then pack them up for the return trip. If the operation is successful, Chang’e-6 would bring back the first fresh lunar samples ever collected on the moon’s far side — following up on the Chang’e-5 mission in 2020, which returned samples from the moon’s Earth-facing side. The Chinese National Space Administration said the lander used its onboard camera during its powered descent to detect obstacles autonomously and select a safe landing site. Chang’e-6 captured video imagery during the final phase of the lander’s descent and transmitted the views back to Earth. One video frame shows the shadow of the lander itself moments before touchdown. Chang’e-6 is built to collect samples using a drill and a robotic arm. It’s also expected to gather scientific data about its surroundings using a radon detector, a negative-ion detector and a mini-rover. During surface operations, data and telemetry are being relayed between Chang’e-6 and Earth via China’s Queqiao-2 satellite. Up to 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar samples will be stowed inside the lander’s “ascender” stage. The rocket-powered ascender will then lift off from the surface and transfer the samples to the Chang’e-6 orbiter, which is currently in lunar orbit. Following the model set by Chang’e-5, the orbiter will head back toward Earth and release the sample capsule for atmospheric re-entry and touchdown in Inner Mongolia. An image captured by a camera aboard the Chang’e-6 lander shows the spacecraft’s shadow on the lunar surface just moments before touchdown. (Credit: CLEP / CNSA) The moon’s south polar region is of particular interest because it’s thought to harbor reserves of water ice that could support lunar settlement. Studying fresh samples from the South Pole-Aitken Basin could help scientists and mission planners learn more about the region’s resources. Chang’e-6 is the latest spacecraft in an international armada of moon landers — including Russia’s Luna 25, iSpace’s Hakuto-R and Astrobotic’s Peregrine, which were unsuccessful, plus more fruitful missions such as India’s Chandrayaan-3, Japan’s SLIM and Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus. Coming attractions include NASA’s VIPER rover, which is currently due to be delivered to the moon late this year; and China’s Chang’e-7 mission, which features a hopping probe and is set for launch in 2026. Looking further ahead, China aims to send astronauts to the lunar surface by 2030 — not long after NASA’s Artemis 3 crewed lunar landing, currently scheduled for 2026. The post Chinese Probe Lands on Moon’s Far Side to Collect Samples for Return appeared first on Universe Today.

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The Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan is currently promoting his latest solo album "Lighthouse" released last year. To promote the album he already had many scheduled tour dates in Europe and now he announced more shows in the United States. All Duff McKagan 2024 tour dates September 30 - Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Academy October 2 - Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor 3 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy 2 5 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall 7 - Utrecht, Netherlands - TivoliVredenburg 8 - Cologne, Germany - Kantine 9 - Munich, Germany - Freiheitshalle 11 - Brno, Czech Republic, Sono Centrum 13 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola 14 - Berlin, Germany - Heimathafen 16 - Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali 17 - Solothurn, Switzerland - Kofmehl 19 - Liege, Belgium - OM 20 - Paris, France - Trianon 22 - Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen November 4 - Boston, MA - Paradise 6 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 8 - Chicago, IL - Outset 10 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater 13 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey 18 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater 20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1_3exdYijQ&pp=ygUWZHVmZiBtY2thZ2FuIGxpZ2h0b3VzZQ%3D%3D Guns N' Roses doesn't have any scheduled tour dates for 2024 and the guitarist Slash recently revealed that they are trying to write a new studio album. The guitarist is also on the road this year promoting his latest album "Orgy of The Damned". Besides being bandmates in Guns N' Roses, Duff and Slash were also colleagues in the supergroup Velvet Revolver, which was active from 2002 to 2008 and also had Scott Weiland (Vocals), Dave Krushner (Guitar) and Matt Sorum (Drums).The post Duff McKagan announces new 2024 solo tour dates appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The Slayer guitarist Kerry King is currently promoting his first solo album "From Hell I Rise", his solo tour and also the reunion shows Slayer will do this year after five years since they retired. In an interview with Metal Blast (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar), the musician revealed that he actually doesn't like much of the music that was made in the 90s and said he doesn't like Limp Bizkit. The musician used that as an example to say that he really doesn't like the music Slayer did in the 90s, especially the album "Diabolus in Musica" released in 1998. Kerry King says he never liked Limp Bizkit "There's one part of my career that I always look back at and go, 'You should have paid more attention to the '90s. Pay attention to the '90s and don't put out the shitty albums you're probably gonna put out in the '90s.' (Laughs). I don't like the stuff we did in the '90s." "I was very disenchanted by music because bands that were getting popular I didn't understand. And I still don't understand. I never liked Limp Bizkit. I never liked bands of that era. It just bummed me out and turned me off. And it's really visible to me on 'Diabolus in Musica' — I didn't pay attention to that album. I had a couple of songs on there but I didn't contribute as much as I usually do," Kerry King said. Kerry King band 2024 tour dates June 5 to 8 – Mystic Festival – GDÁNSK, Poland 5 to 8 – Sweden Rock Festival – Sölvesborg, Sweden 7 to 9 – Rock Am Ring – Nürburg, Germany 7 to 9 – Rock Im Park – Nürburg, Germany 13 to 16 – Novarock – Nickelsdorf, Austria 27 – Hellfest – Clisson, France 28 to 30 -Tuska Festival – Helsinki, Finland July 19 – Texas Trust CU Theatre – Grand Prairie, TX 20 – Germania Insurance Amphitheater – Austin, TX 21 – Music Hall – Houston, TX 23 – Daily’s Place – Jacksonville, FL 24 – The Orlando Amphitheater at Central Florida Fairgrounds – Orlando, FL 25 – Ameris Bank Amphitheater – Alpharetta, GA 27 – Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, NC 28 – Virginia Credit Union Live! – Richmond, VA 30 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA 31 – Budweiser Gardens – London, Canada August 1 – Bell Centre – Montreal, Canada 3 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT 4 – Snhu Arena – Manchester, NH 6 – Maine Savings Amphitheater – Bangor, ME 8 – Santander Arena – Reading, PA 9 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH 10 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill 13 – Bluestem Center for the Arts Amphitheater – Moorhead, MN 15 – Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, Canada 16 – South Okanagan Events Centre – Penticton, Canada 17 – Accesso Showare Center – Kent, WA 18 – Theater of the Clouds – Portland, OR 21 – Kia Forum – Inglewood, CA 23 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ 24 – Rio Rancho Events Center – Rio Rancho, NM 25 – El Paso County Coliseum – El Paso, TX 27 – The Great Saltair – Magna, UT 29 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO 31 – The Astro – La Vista, NE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fALV3X9jB4&pp=ygUPa2Vycnkga2luZyAyMDI0The post Kerry King says he never liked Limp Bizkit appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The rapper Eminem started his musical career in 1988, releasing his first album "Infinite" in 1996. From then on he became one of the biggest artists from that music genre and even starred a movie semi-autobiographical called "8 Mile", which even won an Academy Award for best original song. So he can certainly be considered one of the most influential rappers from the last three decades and he just released a new song called "Houdini", which samples parts of the Steve Miller Band hit "Abracadabra". The track was originally released by the band on the album of the same name in 1981. In a post on his official social media, Steve Miller praised Eminem for the use of the music. Steve Miller praises Eminem for sampling "Abracadabra" in new song "Houdini" "Hey EM, There is a long chain of stories, poetry, lyrics, and musical roots that have crossed cultures and generations inspiring the whole world for hundreds of years and in all those lines of thought, music, and rhythm there are special artists who take it all in and create new original ideas from their own feelings and experiences. You are one of those timeless originators building something new on a long musical legacy of original artists." "For me it’s Les Paul, T-Bone Walker, Bill Doggett, Johnny Guitar Watson, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Willy Dixon, Leiber & Stoller, Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane & Miles Davis. I have always tried to credit, honor, and respect the major influencers in my life and to always credit, honor royalties and share knowledge of their work through my own work. I didn’t know it would be this way when I was a kid trying to make a living playing music and making records, I only knew I had to respect the art that came before me and fight for it too among all the crooks, thieves, and imposters." "There aren’t many artists who take the time or make the effort to stand up for themselves and credit and respect their influencers at the same time. Marshall Mathers you are an exception and on my short list of people who respect the art. To be included in your process feels good while I’m still singing and playing the music I love. I’m Honored. Thank you," Steve Miller said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tVWwmTie8&pp=ygUOZW1pbmVtIGhvdWRpbmk%3DThe post Steve Miller praises Eminem for sampling “Abracadabra” appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Pete Townshend is The Who's co-founder, guitarist, main songwriter and sometimes singer. He is a crucial part of the music the band made during the past six decades and obviously is now part of Rock and Roll history for his contribution. But besides being one of the most talented musicians of all time, Townshend is also known for being quite sincere when talking about his peers. So he has no problem in sharing his real feelings about a band or artist, whether he likes their music or not. Over the decades he talked about many musicians, including the late legendary American singer and multi-instrumentalist Prince. What is Pete Townshend’s opinion on Prince An interesting thing about Prince is although he was a Pop star and had millions of fans, he was also a respected songwriter and instrumentalist, something that is rare usually when it comes to pop music. There is a big number of pop artists who are quite sucessful but not really respected when it comes to songwriting and playing. But Prince is one of the few who were able to be praised by critics, musicians and the audience. So of course, Pete Townshend also loved his work and praised him many times. One of the biggest examples of that is the message Pete shared in 2016 after Prince' sudden death at the age of 57. He said: "Goodbye sweet Prince. Pure, certified genius at the highest level. Too soon." But much before that, Townshend had already praised the artist. He said in an interview with Guitarist magazine in 1990, that Prince could really do everything. He was asked by the magazine about the use of computers in music back in the early 90s. Then he used Prince as an example of someone who maybe didn't need this technology because he would do himself. "Computers have since helped me a lot there. It's a bit like having always suffered from hay fever and then finding that your computer will analyze the pollen count. Analysis is a lost art, and to replace it with intuition is asking too much of intuition. Intuitive players and composers should have all their armory before they start relying on intuition. That's when they'll make quantum jumps." He continued: "Look at somebody like Prince. He has that armory. He can write an orchestral score, sit at a piano and read a part, knock out a fairly good version of the Moonlight Sonata or study Gershwin if he likes. Then you've got this impetuous, imp-like character grafting all this intuitive waif-like feel. You come up with that kind of magical quality," Pete Townshend said. Pete Townshend watched Prince's "Purple Rain" alongside Eric Clapton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnYmWpD_T8&pp=ygUScHVycGxlIHJhaW4gcHJpbmNl In 1984 the groundbreaking movie "Purple Rain", which was scored and starred by Prince, was released. With many successful tracks, the praised movie cost about 7 million dollars. It made more than 70 million dollars at the box-office. In his autobiography "Who I Am", released in 2012, Pete Townshend recalled that he first went to see that movie alongside his friend and guitarist Eric Clapton. "A few months earlier Eric Clapton and I attended a screening of Prince's film 'Purple Rain'. I was inspired by the way Prince had folded autobiographical references so elegantly into his film. I decided to create a film of my own, combining street scenes from a London district north of Shepherds Bush and music sequences." He continued: "Walter Donahue, an editor at Faber working on the film list, recommended that we also screen a film called Strikebound. (It was) directed by a young Australian called Richard Lowenstein, whom I would eventually approach to direct my next project, White City." "(...) I wanted White City to be entertaining and colorful as well as real. Although 'Purple Rain' indicated how that might be achieved it offered no clear blueprint. Prince, as an artist, was deliberately romantic and distant. He offered a pathway to his inner self only through his music," Pete Townshend said. Prince started his career in 1975 and the end happened with his sudden death in 2016. He released 40 studio albums, almost four times more than The Who. But when it came to records sold, both sold an estimated amount of more than 100 million records worldwide.The post Pete Townshend’s opinion on Prince appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.