Moon

Japan becomes fifth country to put spacecraft on moon

January 19, 2024

Japan becomes fifth country to put spacecraft on moon

Japan is the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky 'soft landing' after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.

November 16, 2023
Part of rocket that launched Chandrayaan-3 makes uncontrolled reentry, to hit North Pacific Ocean

The rocket body has reentered the Earth's atmosphere 124 days after it was launched.
October 17, 2023
PM Modi sets ambitious goals for ISRO: Space station by 2035, Indian on moon by 2040

Modi's directions came during a briefing by ISRO Chairman S Somanath on the progress of the Gaganyaan mission, which is to have its first demonstration flight of the crew escape system on October 21.
September 07, 2023
Aditya-L1 camera takes a selfie, images of Earth, Moon

"Aditya-L1, destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point, takes a selfie and images of the Earth and the Moon," the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said on 'X'.
September 02, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 rover goes into sleep mode to prepare for Moon's long and extremely cold night

If 'Pragyan' doesn't wake up at next lunar sunrise on September 22, it will 'forever remain India's lunar ambassador'.
August 30, 2023
India’s moon rover Pragyan takes snaps of moon lander Vikram

The image was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam)
CHANDRAYAAN-3

August 29, 2023
Pragyan rover confirms presence of sulphur on moon, search for hydrogen progressing: ISRO

It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected.

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