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NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the MoonNASA is planning a daring experiment to deliberately ignite the Moon's surface, a crucial step for future lunar bases. This "flammability s...
The Future of Humanity: Why 2026 Could Be the Year the Multi-Planet Dream Turned RealHumanity's dream of living on other worlds is becoming a structured plan. In 2026, key technologies for space living started coming togethe...
7 Ways We’ll Turn Moon Dust Into Homes, Fuel and OxygenLunar regolith, once seen as mere dust, is now a vital resource for future moon missions. Scientists are developing technologies to transfo...
China tests spacecraft it hopes will put first Chinese on the moonChina has conducted its first test of the Lanyue lunar lander, aiming to put Chinese astronauts on the moon before 2030. The lander's ascen...
ISRO organises national science meet on Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return MissionISRO organized a national meeting concerning the Chandrayaan-4 mission, which aims to bring lunar samples back to Earth. The meeting, atten...
ISRO's second SpaDeX docking receives 'vote of confidence' for critical techISRO terms this success a “milestone” that will help further refine docking and undocking technologies critical for future missions, includ...
IISc researchers develop bacteria to repair bricks in space; samples to be sent onboard GaganyaanA sample of the bacteria may now be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission to study its behaviour in microgravity. With India plann...
Though it's not the moon yet, it's the next best thing for European astronautsThe European Space Agency has opened the LUNA facility in Germany to simulate lunar conditions for astronaut training. The facility feature...
China's spacecraft takes off from far side of Moon to bring home first samplesChina's Chang'e-6 probe on Tuesday lifted off from the far side of the Moon for its journey back to Earth carrying the first rock samples e...
Road on Moon? Scientists find new tech for construction on lunar surfaceScientists have discovered that lunar dust, consisting of dark gray volcanic rock, could be used to construct roads and landing pads on the...
India's Moonshot Successful: Chandrayaan-3 successfully makes soft landing on MoonIndia's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon on August 23, 2023, making India the fourth nation to achieve a soft lunar...
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...
ISRO gears up for third lunar mission as India eyes to achieve rare featThe propulsion module along with the lander, after gaining speed would proceed for an over a month long journey towards reaching the orbit ...
Could you grow plants on the moon? New study provides answersThis is not the first time that attempts have been made to grow plants in lunar regolith.
China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe finds first on-site evidence of water on moon's surfaceThe study published on Saturday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances revealed that the lunar soil at the landing site contains les...
Indian scientists develop sustainable process for making brick-like structures on the moonThe process developed by the IISc and ISRO team uses urea which can be sourced from human urine and lunar soil as raw materials for constru...
'Space Brick' for future Moon habitats developedIn what holds potential of aiding construction of future settlements on Moon, a team of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Isro researc...
Sun's history hidden in Moon's crust: NASAOur natural satellite took shape, the theory goes, when a Mars-sized object smashed into Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.
ISRO working on ‘igloo’ for future outposts on moonIsro Satellite Centre (Isac) director M Annadurai likened the igloos on the moon to India’s outpost in Antarctica.
A startup team from Bengaluru preparing for an unmanned lunar missionStartup TeamIndus, the most ambitious project of Axiom Research Labs, is the only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE.