Intuitive machines' second moon landing: How the Nova-C Athena mission is advancing lunar exploration and NASA’s artemis goalsIntuitive Machines is making its second attempt to land on the Moon with the Nova-C lander, Athena. Scheduled for March 6, 2025, this missi...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.28 PM IST
Athena lunar lander set for historic landing near moon’s south poleThe robotic lander Athena, developed by intuitive Machines, is set to touch down on the moon near its south pole. If successful, it will be...
06 Mar, 2025, 09.36 PM IST
NASA's Athena to land on Moon's south pole todayNASA is preparing for a moon landing near the Mons Mouton site on March 6. The mission, involving the Athena lander by Intuitive Machines, ...
06 Mar, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer loses contact after deployment: What happened?NASA's Lunar Trailblazer, a small satellite designed to map water on the Moon, lost contact with ground control just hours after its succes...
28 Feb, 2025, 08.13 PM IST
Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch Athena lander for lunar exploration mission today: Here’s what we knowSpaceX plans to launch Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander, aiming for the Moon’s south pole. The lander carries a drill, a rover and a...
26 Feb, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
Texas company aims to recreate history with second successful moon landing this week; details hereThe Artemis lander is expected to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a four-day window starting February 26.
25 Feb, 2025, 06.36 PM IST
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer set for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket: Will it unlock Moon’s water secrets?NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is set to launch on February 26 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Built by Lockheed Marti...
07 Feb, 2025, 12.00 AM IST
Explained: Earth has its own time then why is US working on a lunar standard timeUnlike Earth, where time progresses uniformly, lunar environment has unique challenges. So to develop a standard time, it may be required t...
13 Apr, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moonThe White House directs NASA to establish a unified lunar time standard to set international space norms. The goal is to ensure precise tim...
03 Apr, 2024, 07.58 AM IST
China eventually wants astronauts to stay on moon for long periods of timeChina has mapped out a series of uncrewed missions this decade, including the setting up of a robotic base to explore the moon's south pola...
14 Mar, 2021, 03.26 PM IST
A detailed colour map of the moon is now here to help with future lunar landingsThe Unified Geological Map of the Moon was built by collating aerial survey of the lunar surface dating back decades to the iconic Apollo 1...
01 May, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Chandrayaan-2 missed history by 0.0006%: What happened & what's nextChandrayaan-2 will circle and study the Moon remotely for a year, safely from the lunar orbit.
07 Sep, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
Euphoria grips US scientists ahead of India's Chandrayaan-2 landingChandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram' will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunar surface on Saturday.
06 Sep, 2019, 11.20 AM IST
- Chandrayaan-1 helps scientists confirm water ice on Moon
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) Using data from a NASA instrument aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, a team of scientists has confirmed there i...
21 Aug, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
Space startup raises $90 million to start moon ads by 2020The funds will be used to send a spacecraft into lunar orbit by 2019, and then land one a year later.
14 Dec, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
- India's lunar breakthrough
After Chandrayaan-1, focus should now be on GSLV capacity.
23 Oct, 2008, 12.09 AM IST
- 'Chandrayaan marks new beginning in Indo-US relation'
The US-India Business Council has hailed American cooperation in India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-I, saying it marks the b...
02 Feb, 2008, 11.04 AM IST