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
US firm Firefly’s Blue Ghost lands on uncharted lunar terrain—What’s at stake?Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander is touched down on the Moon’s Mare Crisium. This is the second private company to achieve this m...
02 Mar, 2025, 02.48 PM IST
Private US spaceship hours from Moon landing attemptFirefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 is scheduled for a lunar landing attempt near Mons Latreille, marking only the second private luna...
02 Mar, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
China may use Moon's soil to make bricks for lunar baseChina is experimenting with lunar soil bricks to build a permanent base on the Moon by 2035. Prototype bricks, stronger than standard ones,...
15 Nov, 2024, 03.26 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
ISRO working on ambitious lunar missions LUPEX, Chandrayaan-4: OfficialThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on two lunar exploration missions following the successful soft-landing of Chandra...
17 Nov, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Road on Moon? Scientists find new tech for construction on lunar surfaceScientists have discovered that lunar dust, consisting of dark gray volcanic rock, could be used to construct roads and landing pads on the...
18 Oct, 2023, 01.45 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3's lunar innings end as Vikram and Pragyan stay stumpedIndia's lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, has suffered a setback as the lander and rover have not reawakened after their soft landing on the Mo...
05 Oct, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Chandrayaan 3: Post touchdown, Rover to embark on 14-day activities on lunar surfaceAccording to ISRO, Lander and the Rover have five scientific payloads which have been placed inside the Lander Module (LM). Rover's Alpha P...
24 Aug, 2023, 10.39 AM IST
ISRO plans proper touchdown of 'Vikram' lander even if its sensors and engines fail: S SomanathIndia's lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, has been designed to ensure its lander, Vikram, can make a safe landing even if all sensors and two o...
09 Aug, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
Chandrayaan-3: RAMBHA, ILSA to help ISRO understand moon betterThe Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar expedition, launched on February 22 is carrying six payloads that would help ISRO understand the lun...
14 Jul, 2023, 07.41 PM IST
China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe finds first on-site evidence of water on moon's surfaceThe study published on Saturday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances revealed that the lunar soil at the landing site contains les...
10 Jan, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
The Moon's top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 yearsAlthough the Moon does have an atmosphere, it's very thin and composed mostly of hydrogen, neon and argon. It's not the sort of gaseous mix...
15 Nov, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
Big Discovery: Scientists find presence of water on sunlit surface of MoonData from the current study revealed that the Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from the Earth, has water in concentration...
27 Oct, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
A startup team from Bengaluru preparing for an unmanned lunar missionStartup TeamIndus, the most ambitious project of Axiom Research Labs, is the only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE.
03 Jan, 2017, 08.49 AM IST
New technique to produce 'green' steelMIT researchers have found a new method through which steel making can be made completely 'green' and carbon-free.
09 May, 2013, 03.59 PM IST