Page 5 - Lunar Mission

Successful Chandrayaan-3 will place India among top players: Isro scientist

Ahead of India's ambitious space programme Chandrayaan-3, former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan on Thursday said its successful landing will make India only the fourth nation to achieve this and it would increase the potential for space science development in the country. Talking to PTI here, he said this will also help India boost its share in the global space business. Currently India's share in the 600 billion-dollar industry is an abysmal 2 per cent. The former ISRO scientist said that as India is now inviting private participation in technology development, it would also increase the scope for more startups to enter the area. "It means a lot for many players to start their work. For example, I would imagine that many startups will come, and even the startups that we have will have better funding. Many foreign countries may also land here with their startups or add to an existing startup," Narayanan said. He said a successful Chandrayan-3 mission would be a big boost for space

Chandrayaan-3 should succeed in all respects: ex-Isro cheif Madhavan Nair

Veteran space scientist G Madhavan Nair said on Thursday the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon should succeed in all respects so that India can cross a major milestone in space exploration, and described the planned soft landing on the lunar surface as a very difficult and complex maneuver. Speaking to PTI, the former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, said the mission is an important milestone for ISRO, and noted that the national space agency had made a number of simulations and strengthened the systems to resolve the problem faced during Chandrayaan-2 lander's soft- landing, which was unsuccessful, nearly four years ago. "This moment I can only say that this mission should succeed in all respects so that we will cross a major milestone in space exploration", said Nair, under whose six year tenure as ISRO Chairman and Secretary in the Department of Space from 2003, as many as 25 successful missions were accomplished. On the soft-landing which the ISRO planned to .

July Supermoon 2023: Timing of much-awaited lunar event in India today

The current year's most mesmerising full moon, also called buck moon, will show up on July 3, today. In India, the full moon sight will show up at around 5:08 pm

Chandrayaan-3, India's third venture to moon, set to be launched on July 13

The Chandrayaan-3 has undergone rigorous testing and validation processes to reduce risks and ensure mission success

Lunar dreams, powered by atom

The US' biggest rival in space exploration, China, too, is banking on nuclear energy to power its moon base

NASA scientists successfully extracts oxygen from lunar soil simulant

The same technology could be applied to Artemis missions, and one day to journeys deeper into the solar system

Chennai-based MSME plays crucial role in Arab world's first lunar rover

The Indian enterprise made key structural parts for the rover, from materials many times lighter and several times stronger than steel

Beaver Blood Moon lunar eclipse on November 8; here's all you need to know

Commonly known as the Blood Moon, a total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon moves into the deep umbral shadow of the Earth and receives light only first filtered by Earth's atmosphere

Nasa rover to search for water, other resources on Moon in late 2023

The US space agency has announced its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 in search of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface

Talking to the moon: European Space Agency pitches lunar satellites plan

The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth's closest neighbour

China spacecraft lands on Moon to bring back rocks for 1st time since 1970s

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced

China to launch Moon mission to collect first lunar rocks in decades

It has been four decades since lunar samples were brought to Earth, and the Chang'e-5 spacecraft's bounty could have great scientific value

China positions rocket ahead of ambitious lunar mission next week

The mission aims to bring back materials from the moon for the first time in decades

Jeff Bezos' Blue origin launches NASA's new lunar-landing tech into space

The entire flight - barely skimming space with a peak altitude of 66 miles (106 kilometers) - lasted just 10 minutes

Isro receives patent for highland soil simulant for future lunar missions

The simulant can be used to control the mobility of the rover for scientific exploration and for the study of geo-technical or mechanical properties of lunar soil

50th anniversary of Apollo 11: How we came to know a lot about the Moon

Here's a brief timeline of the landmark moments of lunar exploration in modern times

Google doodle celebrates 50th anniversary of Nasa's Apollo 11 Moon mission

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon

Chandrayaan-2 launch planned by first quarter of 2018

India's second lunar foray is a 100% indigenous mission consisting of an orbiter, lander and rover

India's private lunar mission to carry students projects

TeamIndus, which received a $1 mn funds from XPRIZE last year, is among top three contenders