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A billion-year secret: How Lunar ice could turn the Moon into a Space ‘gas station', provide fuel for Mars tripScientists have confirmed lunar polar ice has been accumulating for 1.5 billion years. This ancient ice, scattered across different regions...18 Apr, 2026, 12.44 PM IST- Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...11 Apr, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
- China’s new space tech could help Astronauts survive on the moon without resupply missionsResearchers in China have discovered a new way to make the Moon more livable. The team extracts water from lunar soil. They use it to conve...17 Jul, 2025, 05.35 AM IST
- IISc researchers develop bacteria to repair bricks in space; samples to be sent onboard GaganyaanA sample of the bacteria may now be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission to study its behaviour in microgravity. With India plann...01 Apr, 2025, 07.17 PM 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
- 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
- Moon's surface once an ocean of magma, Chandrayaan-3 data suggestsData from ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the theory that the Moon was once covered in a magma ocean. Analysis of the lunar soil by t...21 Aug, 2024, 10.04 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
- 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 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
- New research finds more water on the Moon; How does this impact our future plans for space exploration?The discovery of water molecules and hydroxyls in lunar soil is an exciting development for space exploration. However, scientists caution ...15 Apr, 2023, 01.25 PM IST
- China wants to start using moon soil to build lunar bases as soon as this decadeMore than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers and space contractors recently met at a conference in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to di...12 Apr, 2023, 09.46 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
- 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
- First global map of water on Moon createdThe study, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule - hydroxyl, which consists of one atom each of hydrogen ...15 Sep, 2017, 01.00 AM 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
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