Japan's ispace says still unable to establish communication with moon lander after touchdown attemptThe company's live-streamed flight data showed Resilience's altitude suddenly falling down to zero shortly before the planned touchdown tim...
06 Jun, 2025, 01.17 AM IST
Japan's Resilience set to land in Moon's northern frontierJapan's ispace is attempting a moon landing with its Resilience lander. The mission aims for the moon's far north, carrying a mini rover. T...
05 Jun, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Japanese startup attempts Moon landingA Japanese startup will attempt a tricky lunar touchdown on Friday with an unmanned lander named Resilience, two years after its first try ...
05 Jun, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
Elon Musk's SpaceX arranges rideshare for US and Japan's journey to MoonSpaceX launched two lunar landers for US and Japanese companies to the moon. Tokyo-based ispace's lander, Resilience, and Texas-based Firef...
15 Jan, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
Peas in a podcast: Apollo, and lunar mortalsIn a riveting 1 hr 15 min episode of The Rest is History podcast, 'Tom Hanks On The Moon Landings & What He Learnt Working With Astronauts'...
09 Apr, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdownThe first U.S. spacecraft since the Apollo astronauts, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus, tipped over near the lunar south pole but lasted longe...
01 Mar, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
Private US spacecraft topples to its side during lunar landing, some antennas covered up, the company saysA private U.S. lunar lander, Odysseus, tipped over during touchdown near the moon's south pole, ending up on its side and hampering communi...
24 Feb, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
Private US moon lander launched half century after last Apollo lunar missionIntuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus, launched to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in 50 years. China aims for crewed lunar la...
15 Feb, 2024, 03.55 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts historic lunar landingWith its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan wants to become the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky soft la...
19 Jan, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
Solar mission 'Aditya' will be ready for launch in September: ISRO chief Somanath sets next goalAs the country rejoiced the successful placement of the ISRO lander - Vikram - on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the agency's chairman S ...
24 Aug, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Chandrayaan - 3: Here's why ISRO's lunar ambitions are critical for Indian economyIndia will attempt a Moon landing this week, with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. This third mission from the Indian Space Research Organisation...
23 Aug, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: Poet-diplomat Abhay K pens 'Moon Anthem' ahead of attempted lunar landingAs India prepares for its third lunar mission, 'Chandrayaan-3', poet and diplomat Abhay K has written a 'Moon Anthem' to commemorate the ev...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.09 AM IST
Rocketing to the moonThe recent launch of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission has captured global attention as it embarks on a voyage to reveal the concealed enigmas of...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.40 AM IST
Here is ISRO's Plan-B for safe landing of Chandrayaan-3's 'Vikram in case of engine, sensors failISRO has developed a new plan to ensure successful landing of its 'Chandrayaan-3' Vikram lander even if its sensors or engines malfunction....
09 Aug, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within about 80 miles.It's the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA's Apollo programme 50 years ago, and represented a huge milestone in the $4.1...
21 Nov, 2022, 07.07 PM IST
ISRO thanks all Indians for support after it lost contact with lander"Thank you for standing by us. We will continue to keep going forward propelled by the hopes and dreams of Indians across the world!" ISRO ...
18 Sep, 2019, 12.24 PM IST
This is what ISRO's Vikram and Pragyan are talking before landing on Moon"It was great travelling with you so far, Vikram," the orbiter tells the moonlander.
06 Sep, 2019, 05.14 PM IST