NASA already has next Artemis flight in its sights following astronauts' triumphant moon flybyArtemis II has successfully completed its lunar journey, marking a significant milestone for NASA. The mission brought back unprecedented v...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.22 PM IST
Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from moon toward splashdownThe four Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft after a historic 10-day mission, marking the first crewed...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
A space odyssey: Artemis 2 has been a spot check to see if humans can be safely operational for weeks in deep spaceThe Artemis 2 crew is returning to Earth after a historic journey. This mission tested NASA's spacecraft and life support systems in deep s...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Humanity should have a moon base, cities on Mars: MuskElon Musk urges space expansion beyond Moon; calls for human moon base, Mars cities, and interstellar exploration. Disappointed with the 50...
18 Dec, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
NASA Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II passed away at age of 87. Check achievements, key detailsApollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II is no more, NASA has stated. The cause of death is yet to be known.
04 Nov, 2023, 02.01 AM IST
Thomas K. Mattingly: Astronaut who saved Apollo 13 crew dies aged 87The astronaut who helped in saving the Apollo 13 mission passed away at the age of 87 years. However, Mattingly is equally renowned for bei...
03 Nov, 2023, 11.34 PM IST
Here's why Chandrayaan-3 will take 41 days to reach the MoonIndia's Chandrayaan-3 mission will reach the Moon after a journey of over 40 days, in contrast to NASA's Apollo 11, which arrived at the lu...
23 Aug, 2023, 02.31 PM IST
Chandrayaan-2's journey to moon, after leaving earth's orbit, to start on WednesdayThe Bengaluru-headquartered space agency has said it will carry out the manoeuvre called Trans Lunar Insertion (TLI) between 03:00 and 04:0...
13 Aug, 2019, 05.15 PM IST
Why Chandrayaan-2 is taking 48 days to reach Moon when Apollo-11 took just 4The answer lies in the build of the rocket, the amount of fuel it’s carrying and the speed of the lunarcraft.
09 Aug, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
NASA's InSight completes halfway to Mars.NASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to land on Mars this November, has passed the halfway mark, covering 277 million kilometres since its l...
21 Aug, 2018, 01.14 PM IST
Isro wants Chandrayaan-2 lander to orbit moon firstThe team hasn’t decided how many times the lander should orbit before landing, but they know the orbit will be elliptical. This changed the...
12 Aug, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Remembering Neil Armstrong and Co: The first manned mission to the moonApollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969, after a four-day mission.
23 Jul, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
Buzz Aldrin shares the story behind the iconic moon-landing imageThe mission was mankind’s first venture on the moon. The hand that clicked this picture was Neil Armstrong’s.
12 May, 2017, 09.03 AM IST
- Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on moon, dies
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Eugene A. Cernan, the commander of the Apollo 17 lunar-landing mission in 1972 and the last man to walk on the mo...
17 Jan, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
Edwin Aldrin, a government astronaut, claimed travel expenses to the moon and backAll the astronauts on Apollo 11 had to sign a customs form upon their return to Earth from the Moon. They declare that they had brought bac...
04 Aug, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
Apollo 11 artifacts discovered in Neil Armstrong's closetThe artifacts discovered by Armstrong's widow, Carol, after his death in 2012, were objects flown in the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apol...
10 Feb, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
- Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
13 Jul, 2009, 04.49 PM IST