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  NASA is offering Rs 26.5 lakh prize for best design of a loo on Moon

  Science | June 26, 2020 20:45 IST

  Under its Artemis mission, NASA is planning to set up a base on the moon by 2024, for which it is seeking design innovations for a lunar loo.

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  South Africa, NASA collaborate to support human missions to Moon, Mars and beyond

  Science | June 04, 2020 10:32 IST

  South Africa has partnered with NASA to host a deep-space ground station, which will support human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. With this collaboration, South Africa became the fourth country after the US, Spain and Australia to host a deep space ground station.

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  NASA awards US dollar 1.79 billion contract to US firm for future Moon missions

  Science | May 02, 2020 12:15 IST

  In further boost to its Artemis Moon missions which will land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface by 2024, the US space agency on Saturday awarded a $1.79 billion contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, to manufacture 18 additional Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engines to support future missions to the Moon.

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  Chandrayaan 3 Launch: India may again attempt soft landing on Moon in Nov 2020

  Science | November 15, 2019 11:59 IST

  After an unsuccessful bid two months ago, India may attempt another soft landing on the Moon by next year-end, probably in November, sources in ISRO said on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organisation had constituted a high-level committee, headed by S Somanath, Director of Thiruvanathapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the lead centre responsible for all launch vehicle programmes of ISRO, to prepare a report on the proposed Chandrayaan-3.

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  There's no looking back for ISRO. Planning for next moon mission is on

  Science | September 26, 2019 20:22 IST

  There's no looking back for ISRO. The Indian space agency has its eyes on the next moon mission despite hard landing of Chandrayaan-2. Things didn't go as planned, but ISRO's plans for a moon mission in future have already begun.

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  NASA is going to moon, on most powerful rocket ever | Video

  Science | September 20, 2019 18:12 IST

  In what can be termed as the next chapter of human space exploration, NASA is all set to embark on a human mission to the moon, 50 years after its first successful moon mission. Indiatvnews.com brings to you a fascinating story of NASA's plan to stay on the moon till 2024.

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  How Chandrayaan 2 mission is different from Chandrayaan 1

  Science | September 06, 2019 19:22 IST

  Chandrayaan 2 mission has made India the fourth country to carry out soft landing land rover on the surface of the moon after Russia, America, and China. Chandrayaan-2 will probe of earth's only natural satellite. 

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  Chandrayaan-2: How Isro reached out to a Tamil Nadu village in quest to tonight's historic moon landing

  India | September 06, 2019 19:16 IST

  Chandrayaan 2 Moon Landing: Countdown begins for India's historic mission as Chandrayaan-2 will make its most significant move to journey to the moon. As the Vikram Lander will touchdown the lunar surface during the wee hours of Saturday, ISRO will prove its mettle in the space science. But do you know how ISRO created artificial moon surface to test rover, lander?

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  Why all eyes on Vikram, Pragyaan as India attempts soft-landing on Moon?

  Science | September 06, 2019 17:23 IST

  The 1,471-kg lander of Chandrayaan-2 -- first Indian mission to explore the lunar terrain with home-grown technology -- is named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme.

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  Thousands offer prayers in Thanjavur's historic Chandranaar temple for Chandrayaan 2's soft landing

  India | September 06, 2019 15:30 IST

  Chandrayaan 2 Moon Landing: The Chandranaar Temple is one of the Navagraha temples, all located near Kumbakonam, and devotees pray at these temples to get rid of the negative planetary influence on them.

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  PM Modi consoles scientists at ISRO as Chandrayaan-2 loses contact | As it happened

  Science | September 07, 2019 5:59 IST

  India's second moon mission -- Chandrayaan-2 -- lost contact with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) just as it was about to reach moon's south pole. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen consoling ISRO scientists after the news broke out.

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  Chandrayaan 2 Update: Vikram lander inches closer to moon; completes first de-orbiting manoeuvre

  Science | September 03, 2019 11:37 IST

  Vikram is scheduled to roll out 'Pragyaan', a six-wheeled rover, after making a soft landing on the south polar region of the moon on September 7 between 1.30 a.m. to 2.30 a.m. 'Pragyaan' will carry out the research for which it was designed.

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  What time Chandrayaan 2 will make moon landing?

  Science | September 03, 2019 11:38 IST

  After Moon lander 'Vikram' separates from Chandrayaan 2 orbiter on Monday, the ISRO's Moon mission is on its final stage before it lands on the lunar surface. But before that, there will be two deorbit manoeuvres of Vikram Lander to prepare for its landing.

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  Chandrayaan-2 completes final lunar orbit manoeuvre, gets ever closer to the moon

  Science | September 03, 2019 11:41 IST

  The Indian space agency on Sunday successfully completed the fifth and final lunar bound orbit manoeuvre for the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.

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  Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon's orbit on August 20: ISRO

  Science | September 03, 2019 15:49 IST

  The 3,850-kg Chandrayaan-2, a three-module spacecraft comprising orbiter, lander and rover, which was launched on July 22, would make a landing on the moon on September 7, the ISRO chief said.

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  Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised for fifth time

  Science | August 06, 2019 18:00 IST

  According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 was raised to an orbit of 276x142,975 km by firing the spacecraft's onboard motors for 1,041 seconds. All spacecraft parameters were normal.

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  India closer to Moon landing as Chandrayaan-2 completes fourth orbit raising

  India | August 02, 2019 18:48 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the orbit of the Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 277 x 89,472 km by firing the onboard motors for 646 seconds.

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  China's moon mission chief congratulates India on successful launch of Chandrayaan-2

  Science | July 22, 2019 22:25 IST

  China's lunar exploration programme chief on Monday congratulated India on its successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 and said Beijing was actively pursuing its own moon mission and is not in competition with any other country in planning its space explorations.

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  Moonshot 2: ISRO bounced back with flying colours, says chief after Chandrayaan-2 lift off

  Science | July 22, 2019 15:25 IST

  Originally, the rocket was to fly on July 15 at 2.51 a.m. Due to technical glitch that was detected about an hour prior to the rocket's lift off, the mission was called off that day.

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  Giant leap for India: 'Bahubali' rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is off the mark

  Science | July 22, 2019 15:05 IST

  At exactly 2.43 pm, the Rs 375 crore GSLV-Mk III rocket began its ascent into space from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.