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On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus got stuck in Earth's orbit for 50 years and now threatens usKosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft from 1972, is returning to Earth. The mission to Venus failed, trapping the spacecraft in Earth's orbit. No...
Here's a look at moon landing hits and missesFirefly Aerospace became the first private company to achieve a successful moon landing. This milestone follows previous attempts and contr...
Donald Trump’s Task Force to declassify JFK files, Epstein records, UFO reportsPresident Donald Trump’s task force, led by Rep Anna Paulina Luna, plans to declassify files on JFK’s assassination, Jeffrey Epstein, and U...
Exploring the history of lunar landings, as U.S. company achieves first private moon landingA U.S. company, Intuitive Machines, has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon, becoming the first private entity to do so. This achi...
Enough with Chandracheapo!The author expresses admiration for the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) achievement in landing a craft on the moon with limited...
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...
India's historic moon landing marks latest triumph in humanity's lunar exploration odyssey, here's a timelineIndia has successfully landed its spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander, on the Moon's surface. This achievement marks a significant mi...
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...
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...
How and why Russia's Luna-25 moon mission failedRussia's first mission to the moon in nearly 45 years has failed, as its Luna-25 spacecraft reportedly spun out of control and collided wit...
Russia's Luna-25 smashes into the MoonRussia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after it spun into uncontrolled orbit, said Russia's space agency ROSCOSMOS on Sunday. Po...
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...
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...
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...
A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the Moon. It won't be the firstThe very first human-made artefact to make contact with the Moon was the Soviet Luna 2 in 1959 - an extraordinary feat, as it was only two ...
China prepares for return of Chang'e lunar probe with moon samplesThe Chang'e probe is expected to land in the Siziwang district of the vast Inner Mongolia region late Wednesday or early Thursday. It fired...
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...
View: ISRO will use every bit of data and telemetry to get its next moon mission ready againThe first successful moon mission, the Soviet Luna 1, which flew by the moon on January 4, 1959, was preceded by five failed attempts.
- Chandrayaan-2 to get closer to moon
India's second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, a Rs 425 crore project, took a definite shape with Isro on Monday announcing details of ...