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  China's Chang'e-6 spacecraft lands on Moon's 'hidden' side in landmark sample retrieval mission

  World | June 02, 2024 8:46 IST

  China will now collect the world's first samples from the dark lunar hemisphere and present more insights into the Moon's history and the formation of the solar system. This elevates China's space power status as the global space race heats up, with countries planning long-term astronaut missions.

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  China launches lunar probe to explore 'hidden side' of Moon as space race with US heats up

  World | May 03, 2024 16:11 IST

  The 53-day mission involving the Chang'e-6 probe is China's most complex lunar exploration mission to date, marking a major milestone in the country's space ambitions. China is in increasing competition with the US, which also plans to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years.

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  US company forced to abandon first Moon landing attempt in 50 years due to 'crippling' fuel leak

  World | January 10, 2024 8:13 IST

  Astrobotic Technology's lander began to lose fuel possibly due to a ruptured tank as the spacecraft encountered trouble to orient its solar panel towards the sun and generate solar power. The company had been targeting a lunar landing on February 23, the first US attempt in 51 years.

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  US launches Peregrine-1 lander to Moon in first American lunar mission after 51 years | DETAILS

  Science | January 08, 2024 14:56 IST

  The Peregrine lander will study the Moon's surface environment ahead of human missions planned for later this decade. It was launched via the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral and will attempt a soft lunar landing at the "Bay of Stickiness".

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  ISRO chief urges people to take part in Chandrayaan-3 MahaQuiz to celebrate historic lunar landing

  Education | September 25, 2023 12:08 IST

  People willing to participate in the Chandrayaan-3 MahaQuiz can fill the application form and take the quiz through MyGov portal.

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  'We want to find out what is the core of the Moon': ISRO chief S Somanath on Chandrayaan-3

  Science | August 24, 2023 14:31 IST

  Chandrayaan-3: We all know that the core of the Earth is in liquid form but do we know about the formation of the Moon's core, said ISRO chief S Somanath as he spoke on the significance of Chandrayaan-3.

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  Chandrayaan-3: Vikram lander shares new video, pics of Moon after detaching from propulsion module

  Science | August 18, 2023 17:19 IST

  Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander went through a key deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module.

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  Russia's Luna 25 spacecraft reaches Moon's orbit, shares first pics of lunar surface

  World | August 18, 2023 15:53 IST

  The images show the 'Zeeman crater', which is a unique lunar object on the Moon's surface and is hidden from the Earth's view due to synchronous rotation.

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  Russia to launch 'Luna 25' lunar mission on Friday in competition with India's Chandrayaan-3

  World | August 08, 2023 23:05 IST

  The 'Luna 25' lunar exploration program is Russia's first such mission after the 'Luna 24' in 1976 during the Soviet Union regime.

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  India to launch Chandrayaan-2 in 2017

  India | August 25, 2014 10:23 IST

  Salem: Chandrayaan-2, the country's second lunar exploration mission, would be launched in 2017, M Annadurai, project director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan 2, said.Chandrayaan-I, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008