Bangalore, India (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 - India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was joined Friday by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt of Alabama and Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center i
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 - If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That's how NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has seen our neighbor in space for the p
New Delhi, India (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 - The final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out August 14, 2019 at 02:21 am IST. During this maneuver, the spacecraft's liquid engine was fired for about 1
New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2019 - India's second moon mission the 'Chandrayaan-2' is expected to reach the orbit of the moon on 20 August and land on the lunar surface on 7 September, ISRO chief Dr K. Sivan said on Monday. Ind
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 14, 2019 - On Tuesday night, Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will leave Earth's orbit and begin making its way toward the moon. Early Wednesday morning, after leaving Earth's orbit, engineers with the Indian Sp
Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2019 - The Kilopower technology, which is aimed at manufacturing nuclear reactors for space travel, could be deployed during night operations on the Moon and other extended surface missions, Jan Wittry, th
Beijing (XNA) Aug 12, 2019 - China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 271 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration on the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe swi
Ontario, Canada (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 - In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada is joining the international effort to explore the Moon with robots and, eventually, humans. In order to prepare for these future mi
New Delhi (IANS) Aug 08, 2019 - The Indian space agency on Tuesday successfully raised Chandrayaan-2's orbit for fifth time at 3:04pm. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 was ra
New Delhi (IANS) Aug 05, 2019 - The fourth orbit raising activity for India's moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was performed successfully at 3:27pm on Friday, the ISRO said. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the orbi
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 - Earth's Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's LRO and MESSENGER spacecraf
Beijing (XNA) Aug 05, 2019 - China's micro lunar orbiter Longjiang-2 has crashed into the Moon under ground control after it completed its mission, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China Nation
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 - In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering's Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind's presence in space and the development of the economy in the cislunar reg
London, UK (The Conversation) Aug 05, 2019 - We've just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, glorying in the achievements of three astronauts and the team of engineers and scientists behind them. From that perspective, we
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 - Now all the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing have died down it's worth considering where we are with future lunar missions half a century on. Australia has long played
