Lunar Operations
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Private company aims for historic moon landing amid new lunar race
World | Feb 27, 2025, 07:59 AM ISTIntuitive Machines' Athena lander, launched with SpaceX, aimed for a historic moon landing near the lunar south pole. CaThe mission could unlock lunar ice resources vital for future space exploration by carrying NASA-funded experiments and a pioneering drone.
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China's MILESTONE: Lunar probe returns to Earth from moon with samples of 2.5-million year old rock
World | Jun 25, 2024, 12:56 PM ISTChinese scientists expect the retrieved samples to contain 2.5-million-year-old volcanic rock and other materials that researchers believe will provide insights into geographic disparities between the moon's two hemispheres.
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Japan to launch satellite, lunar lander on Monday after success of India's Chandrayaan-3
World | Aug 28, 2023, 12:01 AM ISTUnlike Chandrayaan-3, Japan's SLIM lander will enter the Moon's orbit about three to four months after launch, orbit the moon for a month, and descent after four to six months.
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Chandrayaan-3: All set for smooth landing on Moon I What has unfolded so far
India | Aug 23, 2023, 01:27 PM ISTHistorically, spacecraft missions to the Moon have primarily targeted the equatorial region due to its favourable terrain and operating conditions.
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Russian space agency chief reveals reasons for Luna-25 lander's crash on Moon I Details inside
World | Aug 22, 2023, 12:38 PM ISTBefore the launch, Roscosmos said it wanted to show Russia “is a state capable of delivering a payload to the moon,” and “ensure Russia's guaranteed access to the moon's surface.”
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NASA picks 4 US small businesses to build Artemis lunar tech
Science | Jul 09, 2020, 01:25 PM ISTNASA has selected four US small businesses to develop a range of technologies for sustainable exploration of the Moon under the Artemis programme which aims to land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface in 2024.
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After Chandrayaan-2 setback in 2019, ISRO plans another lunar mission
India | Jan 02, 2020, 03:55 PM ISTWith 13 accomplished missions, including the launching of 50 foreign satellites, to an unsuccessful Chandrayaan-2 in 2019, ISRO has resolved to alight its lander on the lunar surface with Chandrayaan-3 in addition to a maiden solar expedition in 2020.
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US Marine claims he was posted on Mars for 17 years and protected 5 human colonies
World | Jun 23, 2014, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: A retired US Marine has claimed to have lived on Mars as a part of a secret mission to save five human colonies from the life forms present on the planet. The infantryman,