Chandrayaan-4 to bring back 2-3 kg moon samplesIndia's Chandrayaan-4 mission, set for 2029 and costing ₹2,104.06 crore, plans to return lunar surface samples. The mission will utilize fi...
02 Oct, 2024, 09.44 AM IST
India is not far from sending astronauts to moon: Indian scientists community after Chandrayaan 4 announcementThe Indian scientific community is optimistic about sending a cosmonaut to the moon following the Union cabinet's approval of India's fourt...
19 Sep, 2024, 07.27 AM IST
What the Chinese discovered about the dark side of the moonChina's Chang'e-6 mission has successfully returned with lunar samples from the moon's far side, revealing distinct characteristics compare...
18 Sep, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
China successfully launches lunar probe mission to collect samples for first time from far side of moonThe lunar probe was carried by a Long March-5 Y8 rocket which blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of China's south...
03 May, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
ISRO's Chandrayaan-4 to bring back Moon rocks and soil to Earth, use dual-rocket systemIndia's space agency, ISRO, is preparing for its next lunar mission, Chandrayaan-4, which aims to collect moon rocks and soil and bring the...
10 Apr, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Isro gears up for Spadex mission, aims to transport both lunar samples and astronautsIsro achieves a milestone with Chandrayaan-3, showcasing prowess by returning a module from the Moon. With steps toward lunar sample retrie...
07 Dec, 2023, 03.50 PM IST
Isro planning a bigger, more challenging Chandrayaan-4. Here is India's ambitious planThe Chandrayaan-4 spacecraft will travel to the moon, land, collect samples, and then connect to another module in space. The module will t...
21 Nov, 2023, 01.20 PM IST
China says lunar samples offer new clues to volcanic activityChina in December brought back the first rocks from the moon since missions by the U.S. and former Soviet Union in the 1970s. On Saturday, ...
19 Oct, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
China's space probe brought 1,731 grams of samples from the moonScientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the extra-terrestrial object, th...
19 Dec, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
China's Chang'e-5 mission a success, spacecraft brings home first moon samples in 40 yearsThe spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China...
17 Dec, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
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...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbitThe manoeuvre was part of the ambitious Chang'e-5 mission -- named after a mythical Chinese Moon goddess -- to bring back the first lunar s...
06 Dec, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
China's spacecraft takes off from moon with lunar samplesChina's Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender, and a returner, was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender...
04 Dec, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
China prepares moon probe to bring back lunar rocksBeijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually se...
24 Nov, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
China successfully launches its first spacecraft to moon to collect samples, return to earthChina has successfully launched the Chang'e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, stat...
24 Nov, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
Neil Armstrong's moon dust bag may fetch $4 mn at auctionThe bag brought back to Earth 48 years ago contains traces of the moon dust and is a rare relic of humanity's greatest achievement.
23 May, 2017, 03.06 PM IST