Chandrayaan-3 landed on a 3.85 bn-year-old lunar crater, says researcherIndia's Chandrayaan-3 mission has possibly landed in one of the Moon's oldest craters, dating back 3.85 billion years. Images from the Prag...
29 Sep, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
Chandrayaan-3 discovers ancient 160-km crater on Moon, sheds new light on lunar historyIndia's Chandrayaan-3 mission has identified a 160-km-wide crater near its landing site on the Moon. The discovery, made by the Pragyan rov...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
China calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the USChina's space officials announced that scientists worldwide could apply to study lunar rock samples from the Chang'e 6 mission. Cooperation...
27 Jun, 2024, 03.00 PM IST
All about China's lunar probe that returned with samples collected from far side of the moonChina's latest lunar probe has brought back some amazing artefacts, including samples like a volcanic rock that may be nearly 2.5 million y...
26 Jun, 2024, 08.01 PM IST
China's Chang'e-6 probe brings back first-ever samples from Moon's far sideThe development came after India in August 2023 became the first country to land near the little-explored lunar South Pole region when its ...
25 Jun, 2024, 02.58 PM IST
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...
04 Jun, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
China makes historic landing on far side of the moonChina landed the Chang'e-6 craft on the far side of the moon to retrieve rocks and soil, elevating its space power status in a global rush ...
02 Jun, 2024, 06.33 AM IST
China's new Moon mission is about to launch, and it's a rare example of countries working togetherChina's Chang'e 6 mission, with international collaboration and advanced research goals, signifies a significant leap in lunar exploration,...
04 May, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon's far sideA rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan prov...
03 May, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer makes first observations of global distribution of Argon-40 in Exosphere of MoonThese observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species, as well as on the radiogenic activities in the first fe...
08 Mar, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
Lander and rover of China's Chang'e 4 probe completes 1,003.9 metres of travel on far side of moonThe Chang'e-4 probe, launched on December 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin...
08 Jan, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
China to launch its first spacecraft to moon to collect samples, return to earthThe rocket, which will send the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to Earth-moon transfer orbit, is scheduled to be launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft...
23 Nov, 2020, 06.58 PM IST
China successfully launches satellite to explore dark side of MoonIt was carried by a Long March-4C rocket that blasted off at 5:28 AM (local time) from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, t...
21 May, 2018, 05.37 PM IST
- What will be NASA's next big solar system mission?
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A new mission to Saturn's moons Titan or Enceladus to find signs of life beyond Earth cannot be ruled out as NASA ...
06 May, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
China to send lunar probe to dark side of moon in 2018With its special environment and complex geological history, the far side of the moon is a hot spot for scientific and space exploration.
14 Jun, 2016, 04.16 PM IST
Unique volcanic process found on MoonA giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface.
18 Oct, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
NASA unveils 'dark side' of the MoonJust like the near side, the far side goes through a complete cycle of phases. But the terrain of the far side is quite different, NASA sai...
10 Feb, 2015, 01.22 PM IST