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Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-downJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency has annoounced that it has achieved an unprecedented "pinpoint" moon landing within 100 metres (328 feet...25 Jan, 2024, 04.53 PM IST- Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moonJapan's spacecraft, SLIM, successfully landed on the moon's surface. It is the fifth country to achieve this feat. JAXA confirmed that the ...20 Jan, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
- Capsule with NASA's first asteroid sample heads for Utah touchdownNASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to return to Earth on Sunday, bringing back the largest soil sample ever collected from an asteroid. Th...25 Sep, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
- NASA's Spacecraft to drop first-ever asteroid sample on Earth in Utah Desert | Where to watch & moreInitiated in 2016 and reaching asteroid Bennu in 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft embarked on an ambitious mission: to gather a sample of...24 Sep, 2023, 06.47 PM IST
- Researchers find building block of RNA, vitamin B3 in sample taken from near-Earth asteroid Ryugu; Details hereSamples obtained from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission have been found to contain organic molecules.22 Mar, 2023, 09.43 PM IST
- Water on Earth came from space? Here is a new interesting studyScientists, in a new study, say water on Earth may not have originated here, but was brought to our planet by asteroids from the outer edge...16 Aug, 2022, 11.55 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 space agency finds ample soil, gas from asteroidThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said its staff initially spotted some black particles sitting on the bottom of the capsule's sample-...15 Dec, 2020, 02.38 PM IST
- What has Japan's Hayabusa2 mission accomplished?Launched on Dec. 3, 2014, the unmanned Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down twice on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 300 million kilometres (190...07 Dec, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
- Asteroid dust collected by Japan probe arrives on EarthScientists hope the precious samples, which are expected to amount to no more than 0.1 grams of material, could help shed light on the orig...06 Dec, 2020, 07.15 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
- Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 approaches Earth to drop samples from asteroid RyuguThe spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) away, a year ago. The capsule is to be released 22...04 Dec, 2020, 06.23 PM IST
- China's space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moonChina is a generation behind the United States and Russia, but its secretive, military-linked program is developing rapidly. It is creating...02 Dec, 2020, 04.38 PM IST
- Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears homeThe Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth, a year ago and is expected t...27 Nov, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
- India, France plan satellites for maritime surveillance: French space agency chiefFrance will also share its expertise with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on inter-planetary missions to Mars and Venus, the ...17 Sep, 2018, 10.54 AM IST
- Japan-led probe to Martian moons to carry NASA instrumentWashington, Nov 21 (IANS) NASA will send an instrument to study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos on a Japan-led sample return mission to...21 Nov, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
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