Moon Mission

Washington: Indian-origin Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX's first flight surgeon, has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to the Moon someday. Born and raised in Minneapolis,…
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Beijing: China's Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mystery object on the horizon while working its way across Von Karman crater on the far side of the moon, media reports said. Yutu 2 spotted a cube-shaped object on the horizon to the north and…
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Beijing: The orbiter-returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe conducted its second orbital manoeuver on Sunday and entered the Moon-Earth transfer orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. Four 150N…
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Washington: NASA has shared an update on its Artemis programme, including the latest plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024 at a cost of nearly $28 billion. However, according to NASA…
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Washington, May 2 (IANS) In further boost to its Artemis Moon missions which will land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface by 2024, the US space agency on Saturday awarded a $1.79 billion contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne of…
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New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday applauded the entire team of space scientists and researchers at ISRO for their incredible and praiseworthy efforts on the Chandrayaan 2 Mission. In a statement, the Congress leader…
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Bengaluru:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the best is yet to come in our space programme and India is with their scientists, hours after communication with the Chandrayaan 2 lander Vikram was lost. "Learnings from today will…
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Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched its second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The powerful booster Geosynchronous Satellite Launch…
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Beijing: China’s scientists have now been successful in cultivating cotton on Moon. The cultivation was a part of China’s lunar mission. Chang'e-4 lunar probe was specially crafted to undertake the biopsy test. Pictures sent back on…
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New Delhi: ISRO chief K Sivan has said that the space research organisation's most complex mission, Chandrayaan 2 is scheduled to be launched in January 2019. At a press conference, Sivan said that the project was reviewed by eminent…
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