Moon Mission

In a major boost for the continually expanding Indo-Japanese ties, the two countries are set to launch a joint lunar mission called 'Lunar Polar Exploration' under which the apex space research agencies of both nations, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will combine forces, reports…

BENGALURU: Even as both the countries continue to battle Covid-19 pandemic, Japan, which will be launching a joint lunar mission with India — Lunar Polar Exploration (LPE) — that hopes to put a lander and rover on Moon’s surface has, for the first time, spelled out details of the project…

NASA picks Astrobotic for moon mission, awards Pittsburgh company almost $200MRead More

NASA picks Astrobotic for moon mission, awards Pittsburgh company almost $200MRead More

NASA is preparing to land a spacecraft on the moon for the first time in nearly half a century. The agency is giving rocket company Astrobotic nearly $200 million to deliver the moon rover in late 2023, through a government program called Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). Commercial partners will…

SUPPLIEDUnfavourable weather conditions put paid to Rocket Lab's latest mission on June 11.Rocket Lab abandoned Thursday night's planned launch because of high winds. The launch from the Rocket Lab base on Māhia Peninsula originally planned for late March was postponed because of the coronavirus lockdown. Thursday's scheduled 5.15pm departure was…

Xplore To Host Space for Humanity Payload on its First Moon Mission Press Release From: Xplore Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service TM today announced that space industry leader Dylan Taylor plans to reserve payload space on Xplore's first mission…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making claims on space that are off course from reality.Over the weekend, he took full credit for the government's role in the launch of SpaceX, the first-ever private spacecraft to attain orbit with astronauts on board. Trump also asserted that he saved the…

IT WAS ONE of those neat bits of symmetry that history seems to enjoy. On May 30th, at 15.22 local time, Douglas Hurley, an American astronaut, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on his way to the International Space Station (ISS). The last time Colonel…

IT WAS ONE of those neat bits of symmetry that history seems to enjoy. On May 30th, at 15.22 local time, Douglas Hurley, an American astronaut, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on his way to the International Space Station (ISS). The last time Colonel…