China launches mission to retrieve asteroid samplesChina has launched its Tianwen-2 spacecraft. The mission aims to collect samples from a nearby asteroid. The Long March 3B rocket carried t...
29 May, 2025, 07.46 AM IST
China goes to asteroid, launches Tianwen-2 spacecraft to collect samplesTianwen-2 is more than just a scientific sleuth. It is also a technological steppingstone for China's ambitious Tianwen-3 mission.
29 May, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses threat to Moon, NASA says chances of collision happens once 1,000 years. All detailsAsteroid 2024 YR4: Asteroid 2024 YR4 might spare Earth but it poses a threat to Moon. The asteroid that had a good chance of crashing onto ...
04 Mar, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Moon to the rescue? Scientists say Earth’s ‘bodyguard’ could absorb deadly 'city-killer' asteroid's impactAsteroid 2024 YR4, a potential “city-killer,” has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032—but scientists say it might strike the Moon inste...
15 Feb, 2025, 10.34 PM IST
At odds on multiple fronts, the U.S. and China may need to collaborate on this significant, Earth-shattering project; here's everything about itAsteroid 2024 YR4, with a diameter of 40-90 metres, has a 2.2% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Scientists and agencies like ESA are closel...
13 Feb, 2025, 03.59 AM IST
Could Asteroid 2024 YR4 wipe us out? Scientists reveal what would happenAstronomers are closely tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small but notable chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. While the risk re...
12 Feb, 2025, 11.14 PM IST
Why are space agencies racing to the moon's south pole?India's space agency is aiming to land a spacecraft on the south pole of the moon, with the goal of advancing India's space ambitions and g...
22 Aug, 2023, 11.42 AM IST
Bennu explorer, dearMoon project & SpaceX Starship: 5 space exploration missions to watch out for in 20232023 is set to be another busy year.
11 Jan, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
China set to send 3 astronauts on longest crewed mission yetChina is preparing for its longest-ever crewed space mission, the country will send 3 astronauts to live on its space station for 6 months....
14 Oct, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033The ambitious plan, which will intensify a race with the United States to plant humans on Mars, was disclosed in detail for the first time ...
25 Jun, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for explorationLast year the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China all launched missions to Mars, taking advantage of the relatively short jou...
16 Jun, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
Japan awaits spacecraft return with asteroid soil samplesJapan's space agency said its final checks confirmed the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track to return to Earth a capsule containing samples f...
05 Dec, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
India, France to collaborate on human space missionThe announcement was made at the sixth edition of Bengaluru Space Expo by French space agency President Jean-Yves Le Gall.
06 Sep, 2018, 12.15 PM IST
China looks to Mars, Jupiter explorationChina plans its first Mars probe by 2020, said Wu Yanhua, vice director of the China National Space Administration.
30 Jan, 2017, 04.27 PM IST
After US, India missions to Mars, China aims for deep spaceUnder criticism that its well developed space programme focussed more on the Moon while the US and India stole a march over China by branch...
15 Oct, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
China preparing for Mars, asteroid explorationHowever, he added, the projects are only at the technical preparation stage, which suggests that it will be some time before an official pr...
03 Mar, 2015, 09.33 PM IST
NASA, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in talks to set up Joint Mars Working GroupBoth the missions of NASA & ISRO will arrive at Mars just in time to join the fleet of Mars-based spacecraft that could witness the effects...
11 Sep, 2014, 02.10 PM IST