moon mission

Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) In a last stage snag, communications between India's moon lander Vikram and the orbiter got snapped as the former was only 2.1 km away from its designated landing spot on the moon's South Pole early on Saturday,…

Chennai, July 22 (IANS) It was in 1950s when mission to the moon caught the fancy of several countries. But in sometime they were abandoned. In fact, the moon itself became an abandoned planet, said M. Annadurai, former Director, U.R. Rao…

NPnews24 Online Pune: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that launch of India's Moon mission Chandrayaan-2, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, is now rescheduled at 2.43 pm IST on Monday…

NPnews24 Online: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the memorable Apollo 11 Moon mission with a live two-hour television telecast on Friday (July 19) across the United States…

Washington, May 23 (IANS) NASA advanced its target of returning humans to the Moon by four years, but a request for $1.6 billion funding in addition to the proposed $21 billion for the agency over the 2020 fiscal year has been rejected, the…

Washington, March 25 (IANS) India's second moon mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled for launch in April, would be carrying a NASA science probe, the media reported.Chandrayaan 2 will carry NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays that allow…