Aditya-L1 camera takes a selfie with Earth and MoonThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has released images taken by the camera on-board the Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft. The ...
07 Sep, 2023, 01.23 PM IST
Launch successful: India's maiden solar probe Aditya-L1 well on its way to the SunAditya-L1, India's first-ever solar probe to study the Sun successfully blasted off at 11:50 am on Saturday from the Satish Dhawan Space Ce...
02 Sep, 2023, 01.01 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 will put India into a higher orbitBesides making a giant leap in technology, Chandrayaan-3 burnishes Isro's reputation for amazing frugality. The timing of the mission is al...
23 Aug, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
Race to Moon: India soft lands at moon; where are the rest?Russia's Luna-25 probe met with an untimely end after colliding with the Moon's surface ahead of a planned landing. Meanwhile, China is aim...
23 Aug, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
Chandrayaan 3: ISRO's landmark budget-friendly space odyssey poised for momentous lunar landing todayIndia is getting ready to try landing on the Moon again, this time with Chandrayaan-3. The last time India tried this in 2019, it didn't wo...
23 Aug, 2023, 01.25 PM IST
A failed lunar mission dents Russian pride and reflects deeper problems with Moscow's space industryThe destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon over the weekend, reflects the endemic problems th...
22 Aug, 2023, 10.06 PM IST
Isro may delay landing to August 27 for Chandrayaan-3 in case of any glitch: ScientistISRO has taken comprehensive precautions for Chandrayaan-3, learning from the unsuccessful attempt of Chandrayaan-2. The legs of the Vikram...
22 Aug, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
Top Russian scientist rushed to hospital after Luna-25 crashed into MoonMikhail Marov, a top scientist working on the Luna-25 mission, has been hospitalized after the failure of its space mission. Marov, aged 90...
22 Aug, 2023, 12.53 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
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon: How and why it happenedThe Luna-25 was in a race with India's Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander module the only spacecraft in the race to touch down on the lunar sur...
21 Aug, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
India's Chandrayaan-3 and Russia's Luna-25: Race to Moon's south pole heats upA key factor in the differing arrival times of the two missions is their respective mass and fuel efficiency. Luna-25 has a leaner lift-off...
17 Aug, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
India's Chandrayaan-3 and Russia's Luna-25: Race to Moon's south pole heats upWhile Chandrayaan-3 plans to be the first to land on the Moon's south pole, Luna-25's swift trajectory has cast new light, say experts as a...
17 Aug, 2023, 12.23 PM IST
Russia's moon craft, in race to find ice, starts processing first dataThe Russian Luna-25 mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, to co...
14 Aug, 2023, 04.23 PM IST
Terra’s aftershocks torment cryptoThis week, Terra’s creator Do Kwon was fined $78 million by tax authorities and faces an investigation in South Korea, another stablecoin l...
21 May, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
China's Chang'e-5 completes first orbital correction en route to EarthThe Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender combi...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
Why the world keeps returning to ChandamamaThe first object from Earth to kiss Moon was USSR’s Luna-2 craft, on Sept 14, 1959.
02 Jul, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Own a sizeable chunk of the moon with this lunar watchIt’s expensive, but when you crunch the numbers on how much it costs to harvest genuine moon rocks, $27,500 almost sounds reasonable.
08 Apr, 2016, 04.36 PM IST