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India launches cut-price mission to land on Moon
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
The heavyweight LVM3-M4 rocket lifted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, as thousands of enthus...
India to try again to land spacecraft on the moon
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
Liftoff is planned for 5:05 p.m. EDT from the Satish Dhawan Space Station in Andhra province of Sriharikota just above Chennai on the southeast coast. However, ...
ESA Astronauts Embark on Lunar Geology Training in Norwegian Wilderness
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
Adorned in state-of-the-art gear, Alexander and Samantha carry instruments resembling those of a seasoned geologist: a microscope, a spectrometer, and a chest r...
NASA advances Orion modules for upcoming artemis missions
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
The Orion spacecraft designed for Artemis II is the farthest along in the production process, with the heat shield having been recently installed. Upcoming task...
Artemis instruments to study volcanic terrain on the Moon
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
The DIMPLE instrument suite, short for Dating an Irregular Mare Patch with a Lunar Explorer, will investigate the Ina Irregular Mare Patch, discovered in 1971 b...
India launches Chandrayaan-3 mission on path toward moon landing
Jul 14, 2023 (UPI)
The Mark-3 rocket with Chandrayaan-3 on top blasted off shortly after 5 a.m. EDT from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the coastal island of Sriharikota. "Chan...
ESA ground facilities support ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission
Jul 14, 2023 (ESA)
Chandrayaan-3, the most recent addition to ISRO's Chandrayaan (which translates to 'Moon craft') series of lunar missions, is expected to test and validate nove...
China unveils preliminary plan on manned lunar landing
Jul 13, 2023 (XNA)
The plan is to launch two carrier rockets to send a lunar lander and a manned spacecraft to a lunar orbit, respectively. The craft and lunar lander will rendezv...
Robot team on lunar exploration tour
Jul 13, 2023 (SPX)
The researchers equipped three ANYmal - a type of legged robot developed at ETH - with a range of measuring and analysis instruments that would potentially make...
GMV tests lunar rover at unprecedented speeds
Jul 13, 2023 (SPX)
With more than 3,000 employees worldwide and its headquarters in Madrid (Spain), GMV develops systems and technology for various space applications. One of thes...
SwRI delivers plasma spectrometer for Moon mission
Jul 12, 2023 (SPX)
"MAPS is the latest generation of the spectrometer that originally flew on ESA's Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko," said SwRI's Dr. Jorg-Micha...
Man in the Moon gets his clock reset by 200 million years
Jul 12, 2023 (SPX)
Researchers from Norway and France have found a way of coordinating and recalibrating two conflicting systems of dating the surface of the Moon. This new evalua...
India shoots for the moon with latest rocket launch
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
If successful, the mission would make the world's most populous nation only the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to achieve a controlled...
Advanced Space Commemorates One Year Since CAPSTONE Separation
Jul 11, 2023 (SPX)
A Rocky Start One year ago, we were sweating a bit. On July 4, after CAPSTONE separated from its launch vehicle, it had deployed its solar arrays; started charg...
Train me to the Moon and back
Jul 11, 2023 (ESA)
ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti are spending a week exploring a mountain of crystalised magma in Lofoten, a remote Arctic location in ...
Evidence of new volcanic process on Moon discovered
Jul 08, 2023 (SPX)
Senior Scientist at PSI and primary author of the research paper "Remote Detection of a Lunar Granitic Batholith at Compton-Belkovich," published in Nature, Mat...
Gravity goes lunar: putting LESA to the test
Jul 02, 2023 (ESA)
This picture shows the Lunar Equipment Support Assembly (LESA) being tested during a partial-gravity parabolic flight. In April, ESA, along with the French spac...
Lunar rover prototype conquers steep, scary lander exit test
Jul 01, 2023 (SPX)
Recent tests using VIPER rover and Griffin lander prototypes conducted at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley were designed to push VIPER...
ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 Set for Mid-July Launch, Reveals ISRO Chief
Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)
A high-ranking ISRO official mentioned, "We have the launch window between July 12 and July 19. The exact date has not been finalised." The Chairman of ISRO and...
Four teams win prizes to advance energy technology for moon missions
Jun 28, 2023 (SPX)
NASA is working to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon and beyond. The next major step in this effort will be Artemis II, the first crewed test fli...
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