Moon Mission

Author of the article: Associated Press Jim Heintz And Emma Burrows Published Aug 10, 2023  •  Last updated Aug 11, 2023  •  2 minute read In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the…

Media are invited to see the new test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the hardware teams will use to recover the capsule and astronauts upon their return from space during the Artemis II mission. The event will take place at 11 a.m. PDT on Wednesday...Read More

NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission in 2024 will send the first astronauts around the moon in nearly 50 years. The mission will launch four astronauts around the moon on a lunar flyby aboard an Orion spacecraft using a Space Launch System rocket.  Artemis 2 is an eight day mission that…

NASA/Lockheed Martin NASA has shared an image of three spacecraft that will play a central role in its next three Artemis missions to the moon. Having already successfully tested the Orion spacecraft on a lunar flyby at the end of last year after being blasted into space by NASA’s new…

Chandrayaan-3 Launch Live Update: India's third lunar moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 was successfully launched on July 14 at 2:35 pm IST. The rocket launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh has reached the precise orbit and started its journey towards the moon. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aims to put the lander…

ADVERTISEMENT ESA ground facilities support ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission by Staff Wr Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2023 The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to support the Chandrayaan-3 mission, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This Moon mission features a lunar lander and a rover, tasked to perform…

India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission lifts off from the Sriharikota space center. Image: ISRO. For the third time in its space program, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched a mission to the Moon. India is hoping for a more successful outcome this time around after a failed attempt to…

National award-winning filmmaker-writer Vinod Mankara's new book was released from the rocket launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. The unique launch of 'Prism: The Ancestral Abode of Rainbow', a collection of science articles, was held at the SDSC-SHAR on Thursday evening, as preparations were going on full…