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  Private company aims for historic moon landing amid new lunar race

  World | February 27, 2025 7:59 IST

  Intuitive 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 | June 25, 2024 12:56 IST

  Chinese 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 | August 28, 2023 0:01 IST

  Unlike 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 | August 23, 2023 13:27 IST

  Historically, 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 | August 22, 2023 12:38 IST

  Before 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 | July 09, 2020 13:25 IST

  NASA 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 | January 02, 2020 15:55 IST

  With 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 | June 23, 2014 14:02 IST

  New 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,