Moon
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Chandrayaan-I data confirms presence of ice on Moon
Aug 21, 2018, 01:15 PM ISTThe ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly be ancient, according to the study published in the journal PNAS.
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Children's Moon: Have you ever seen moon in daytime? This week you can! Know interesting details
Aug 02, 2018, 09:53 AM ISTThe Moon is undergoing a waning gibbous phase, as it resumes getting closer to the Earth in its orbit, EarthSky.org reported.
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Chandrayaan-2: India's second Moon mission launch postponed to October
India | Mar 23, 2018, 04:26 PM ISTThe experts had met recently and suggested the tests, following which the mission will now be launched in October, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said.
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ISRO aims to launch Chandrayaan-2 satellite to moon by April
Mar 11, 2018, 07:20 PM ISTIf the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October.
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Vodafone to install 4G network on Moon in 2019 to assist lunar rovers
Mar 01, 2018, 08:38 AM ISTThe planned network will enable PTScientists' lander to broadcast a live video from lunar surface to the audience on earth and facilitate the communication among the lander and rovers.
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Witness 'Blood Moon' with a total lunar eclipse on January 31
India | Jan 16, 2018, 01:30 PM ISTThe January 31 total lunar eclipse will start around moonrise in the evening. It can be viewed anywhere in India, with naked eyes, facing the eastern sky, at the time of sunset.
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Chandrayaan-2 mission on schedule, flight models going through various tests: ISRO
India | Jan 12, 2018, 04:10 PM ISTIn Chandrayan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, ISRO is planning to rover to explore the lunar surface.
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Donald Trump wants to send man back to moon, on to Mars
Dec 12, 2017, 08:23 AM ISTThe move, Trump said, "marks an important step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972 for long-time exploration."
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India-Japan working towards a joint lunar mission: ISRO
Nov 17, 2017, 08:22 PM ISTJapan had also launched Hiten Spacecraft in 1990, the country's first lunar probe. India had launched its first lunar probe in 2008 through Chandrayaan-1, and is now gearing up for its next lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 in March next year.
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Chandrayaan II, India's second mission to Moon, to be launched in 2018
Oct 25, 2017, 09:13 AM ISTThe minister even said that India has emerged as the world's frontline nation in the field of Space Technology.
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Tunnels on moon, Mars carved out by volcanoes could serve as human colonies
Sep 26, 2017, 03:33 PM ISTLava tubes - underground caves created by volcanic activity - could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets or even towns on the Moon and Mars
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In rare occultation, Moon blocks out Venus, Mars, Mercury and a star after 28 years
Sep 19, 2017, 01:49 PM ISTIn a rare celestial show that came as treat for sky-watchers, the Moon aligned itself with three planets and of the biggest stars visible from Earth
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India's Chandrayaan-1 helps scientists map water on Moon
World | Sep 14, 2017, 05:14 PM ISTUsing newly-calibrated data taken from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper, which flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have created the first global map of water in the Moon's soil
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China plans to install cabin on moon
World | May 11, 2017, 11:36 AM ISTChina is reportedly planning longer stays on Moon although it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface.
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ISRO plans to mine energy from Moon by 2030: Report
India | Apr 20, 2017, 04:11 PM ISTThe Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is reportedly planning to help India meet its energy needs from the Moon by 2030.
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ISRO’s lost Chandrayaan-1 found orbiting the Moon, says NASA
World | Mar 10, 2017, 05:10 PM ISTIndia’s first lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which had gone missing after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with it on August 29, 2009, has been found orbiting the Moon by US space
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Near miss: Alert scientists help NASA orbiter avoid collision with Mars moon
World | Mar 03, 2017, 07:06 PM ISTA timely alert by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, prompted an unscheduled manoeuvre by the MAVEN spacecraft that helped it avoid a potentially catastrophic collision with Mars’ moon Phobos. The
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NASA assessing possibilities of manned Orion mission to orbit moon
World | Feb 25, 2017, 06:12 PM ISTUS space agency NASA is considering to assess the feasibility of sending humans to space with the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket as it aims to orbit the Moon. NASA is building
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Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on moon, dies at 82
World | Jan 17, 2017, 11:16 AM ISTUS astronaut Gene Cernan - the last man to walk on the Moon – passed away here on Monday. He was 82.
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Scientists pinpoint the exact age of Moon and it’s older than we thought
World | Jan 13, 2017, 06:09 PM ISTScientists have claimed that our closest neighbour Moon is 4.51 billion years old, and was born just 60 million years after the solar system first formed. The revelation has come through a new study