Private US moon lander launched half century after last Apollo lunar missionIntuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus, launched to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in 50 years. China aims for crewed lunar la...
15 Feb, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
Moon cargo like human ashes, drink containers sparks legal debateAn array of unconventional, privately funded plans to exploit the moon, including using it as a site for capsules of human remains, adverti...
06 Feb, 2024, 05.16 PM IST
Why space agencies are racing to conquer the moon?Embark on a celestial journey as global space agencies, including India, rekindle lunar exploration. The Moon, teeming with vital resources...
28 Jan, 2024, 06.11 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts precision lunar landingJapan's precision "Moon Sniper" began its "power descent sequence" early Saturday towards the lunar surface, one of several new missions sp...
20 Jan, 2024, 02.47 PM IST
Japan hopes to join an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer lookJapan hopes to make the world's first "pinpoint landing" on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in ...
19 Jan, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
More delays for NASA's moon missions, with crewed landing delayed till 2026The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around the moon late this year, but pushed the flight to September 2025. The first hum...
10 Jan, 2024, 10.33 AM IST
First US lunar lander in more than 50 years launched but develops problem on way to moonThe Pittsburgh company's lander caught a ride on a brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. The Vulcan streaked through the Flori...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.24 AM IST
Privately built moon lander suffers problem after Vulcan launch, imperiling US moonshotSpace robotics firm Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander launched at 2:18 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the first flight of Vulca...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.23 AM IST
First US lunar lander in five decades blasts off on private missionA new era in lunar exploration begins as the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, a private industry-led initiative, successfully launc...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
After Chandrayaan 3, India set to leave its footprint again on moon thanks to world’s 2nd pvt lunar missionThe Peregrine lander, carrying over 80,000 messages from children worldwide, is scheduled to lift off on Monday from Cape Canaveral Air For...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
Meet the India-origin engineer leading America's first moon landing mission in 50 yearsNASA has launched five payloads to the Moon aboard Astrobotic's Peregrine lander, marking the inaugural mission under NASA's CLPS initiativ...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.20 AM IST
Peregrine Mission-1: Lander carries DNA of former US presidents and Star Trek icons on moonPeregrine Mission – 1, is the first US spacecraft to be landing on the moon's surface, after Apollo 17 in 1972. Here's everything to know m...
08 Jan, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
What is Lunar mining? Here's what you should knowAccording to the United Nations 1966 treaty, no nation can claim property rights in space. But the officials have warned that China could i...
02 Dec, 2023, 08.47 PM IST
Tiny robots made in Mexico to explore moon in scientific firstThe so-called nano robots developed by researchers at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) will work together like a swarm of bee...
25 Feb, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
2022 is full of first steps to the moon2022 is the year for those initial steps toward the moon. Two new rockets central to NASA’s lunar plans will launch to space for the first ...
03 Jan, 2022, 06.48 AM IST