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Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts, on a historic journey to the Moon, will study its surface with what lead scientist Kelsey Young calls “the best camera that could ever or will ever exist”—their own eyes. As of early Sunday, the four-member crew, comprising three Americans, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch—and Canadian…
Screengrab from video released by Nasa A new video released by Nasa captures a defining moment of the Artemis II mission, the ignition of the Orion spacecraft’s main engine. The footage posted on social media by the space agency shows the service module engine firing in deep space, marking a crucial step as the spacecraft…
BENGALURU: In the early hours of Wednesday, while most of India sleeps, four astronauts will ride a column of fire into a chapter of history that has been waiting 53 years to be written. At 3.54am IST on April 2, Nasa’s Artemis II is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida —…
Indian research into the Moon is shifting toward deeper geological exploration rather than surface-level research alone. Research conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, in association with the Physical Research Laboratory, explores the formation of ancient rocks on the Moon and the implications for its internal structure. The research is based on the processes…
BENGALURU: Scientists from Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) have identified a promising landing zone in the rugged south polar region of the Moon for India’s first lunar sample return mission, Chandrayaan-4. A detailed terrain study using images from the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) has shortlisted a one-square-kilometre patch near Mons Mouton as the…
