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
Chinese scientists find traces of water in lunar soil brought by Chang'e-5 missionBased on lunar soil samples returned by Chang'e-5 mission in 2020, Chinese scientists have found a hydrated mineral "enriched" with molecul...
24 Jul, 2024, 05.10 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
Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3Japan's first moon lander, SLIM, survived harsh lunar nights, monitored by JAXA. Scientists compare moon rocks with Earth for clues on moon...
24 Apr, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair calls Chandrayaan-3's planned Moon landing 'very complex manoeuvre'Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday called Chandrayaan-3 mission's planned landing on the M...
21 Aug, 2023, 02.08 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 rover will ‘leave a mark of India’ on Moon surfaceWhen the Chandrayaan-3 rover will roll out on Moon after a safelanding on August 23, it will leave an impression of the national emblem and...
14 Jul, 2023, 11.56 PM IST
China plans to send two rockets for crewed moon landingBoth the rockets will enter the moon's orbit and after a successful docking the astronauts will enter the lunar lander to descend onto the ...
12 Jul, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
China to test out 3D printing technology on moon to build habitatsChina, which made its first lunar landing in 2013, plans to land an astronaut on the moon by 2030.
24 Apr, 2023, 02.33 PM IST
China to test out 3D printing technology on moon to build habitatsChina wants to start building a lunar base using soil from the moon in five years, Chinese media reported earlier this month. A robot taske...
24 Apr, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
Moon Mission: Chinese scientists claim discovery of new moon mineral. All you need to knowIn a statement last week, China's Communist Party claimed Chinese scientists had discovered a new mineral on the Moon. Upon finding a lunar...
13 Sep, 2022, 07.14 PM IST
Could you grow plants on the moon? New study provides answersThis is not the first time that attempts have been made to grow plants in lunar regolith.
13 May, 2022, 07.34 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
First anniversary of Chandrayaan-2 launch, all 8 payloads performing well: ISROThe global mapping of the lunar surface and polar coverage are being carried out as per the mission plan, while public release of science d...
22 Jul, 2020, 09.46 PM IST
India’s Moonshot: All about Chandrayaan-2With Chandrayaan-2, India will become the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to land a spacecraft on the moon.
23 Jul, 2019, 06.57 AM IST
Chandrayaan-2 Ready for moonwalkThe landing on the moon near the South Pole, an uncharted territory, would be on Sept 6 or 7.
13 Jun, 2019, 08.03 AM IST
- Moon's water may be widely distributed: Study
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) A new analysis of data from India's Chandrayaan-1 mission and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that M...
24 Feb, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
- Chinese rover discovers new type of Moon rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising ...
23 Dec, 2015, 01.28 PM IST