• 

  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.

• 

  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meets Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to fly in space, in Bengaluru

  India | November 30, 2023 16:18 IST

  Rakesh Sharma went on to become the first Indian citizen to reach outer space on April 2, 1984, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. Nelson is on his maiden visit to India to oversee the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).

• 

  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.

• 

  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.

• 

  India eyes to beat China in race to reach Mars

  India | September 22, 2014 9:05 IST

  New Delhi: China has beaten India in space in almost every aspect but when it comes to explore the plant Mars, India sees the Mangalyaan, its first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), as an opportunity to

• 

  Not engaged in space race with China: ISRO

  India | October 27, 2013 13:52 IST

  Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan does not believe the November 5 ‘desi' Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will fuel a space race with China which has not yet attempted such a venture to