TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said early Saturday that its unmanned spacecraft is on the moon, but is still “checking its status.” More details will be given at a news conference, officials said. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, came down onto the lunar surface at around 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time (1520…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A partial solar eclipse of the sun, the first stage of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse that is expected to cut across the Americas, began to emerge Saturday morning. NASA’s livestream of the phenomenon showed the moon starting to cover the sun in Eugene, Oregon, at 8:08 a.m. local time….
New Delhi: The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s rover ‘Pragyan’ is now all set to uncover the ‘secrets’ of the Moon. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s account said that the ‘Pragyan’ rover and his ‘friend’ Vikram Lander are in touch and in good health. “Hello earthlings! This is Chandrayaan-3’s…
BENGALURU: The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard ‘Pragyan’ rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements, ISRO said on Tuesday. It also said the instrument also detected aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon and oxygen, as expected. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy…
NEW DELHI: Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, the National President of the All India Hindu Mahasabha, has put forth a new demand, suggesting that the Moon be recognized as a “Hindu Rashtra” before any other religious or national claims are made. This proposal comes in the wake of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 achieving a historic milestone by successfully landing…
NEW DELHI: After about 50 years of humankind’s giant leap to the Moon, there has been a renewed interest to return to the lunar surface. Water, and increased availability of elements such as oxygen, iron, silicon, hydrogen and titanium have been the major attractions for the scientists aiming to return to the Moon. Also it…
ATHENS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said roads built in Indian villages in last nine years can cover the distance between the Earth and the Moon. “The Moon is a hot topic these days, so I will give one example by linking it to the Moon. In the last nine years, the roads built…
New Delhi: India accomplished a great feat on August 23 when Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing on the southern pole of the moon. With this accomplishment, the crucial phase of lunar exploration comes to a close. According to a statement made by ISRO on the social networking site X, formerly known as Twitter, the moon rover…
In a proud moment for India, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India only the fourth country after the US, China, Russia to land a lunar module successfully. Moreover, India became the first ever country to have achieved the historic feat of landing a spacecraft on the South Pole…
Chandrayaan-3’s lander ‘Vikram’ touched down near the south pole of the Moon at 6.03 pm on Wednesday, making India the first country to accomplish the feat. Source link