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In 1999, treasure hunters illegally dug up a strange disk in Germany, and it turned out to carry a 3,600-year-old map of the night sky- China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
- China's new lunar mission will conduct environment and resource surveys of Moon's south pole
- Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...12 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
- Curiosity finds molecules needed for ancient life on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover has discovered over 20 organic molecules, including proto-DNA-like structures, in Mars' Gale Crater. This groundbrea...08 May, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
- NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the MoonNASA is planning a daring experiment to deliberately ignite the Moon's surface, a crucial step for future lunar bases. This "flammability s...30 Apr, 2026, 04.07 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
- Artemis II astronauts to shed light on space health risksArtemis II astronauts are venturing farther than ever, exposing them to deep space radiation. NASA is closely monitoring their health using...10 Apr, 2026, 12.46 PM IST
- Chandrayaan-4 to bring back 2-3 kg moon samplesIndia's Chandrayaan-4 mission, set for 2029 and costing ₹2,104.06 crore, plans to return lunar surface samples. The mission will utilize fi...02 Oct, 2024, 09.44 AM 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's Chang'e-6 probe brings back first-ever samples from Moon's far sideThe development came after India in August 2023 became the first country to land near the little-explored lunar South Pole region when its ...25 Jun, 2024, 02.58 PM IST
- China's spacecraft takes off from far side of Moon to bring home first samplesChina's Chang'e-6 probe on Tuesday lifted off from the far side of the Moon for its journey back to Earth carrying the first rock samples e...04 Jun, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
- China's space probe brought 1,731 grams of samples from the moonScientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the extra-terrestrial object, th...19 Dec, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
- China's Chang'e-5 mission a success, spacecraft brings home first moon samples in 40 yearsThe spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China...17 Dec, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
- China's Chang'e-5 completes first orbital correction en route to EarthThe Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a returner was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender combi...14 Dec, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
- China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbitThe manoeuvre was part of the ambitious Chang'e-5 mission -- named after a mythical Chinese Moon goddess -- to bring back the first lunar s...06 Dec, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
- China's spacecraft takes off from moon with lunar samplesChina's Chang'e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender, and a returner, was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender...04 Dec, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
- China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...03 Dec, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
- New leak detection system to better preserve Moon samplesChinese scientists have developed a system to measure the leak rate for a vacuum environment to figure out a better way to preserve samples...16 Feb, 2016, 04.05 PM IST
- China's lunar probe tests orbit for moon samplingThe Chang'e-5 probe, expected for launch in 2017, will be tasked with landing on the moon, collecting samples and returning to Earth.08 Feb, 2015, 03.16 PM IST
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