Nasa is pushing the boundaries of space communication by testing laser technology that could enable live broadcasts from the moon during future Artemis missions. Instead of relying on traditional radio waves, this new method uses laser beams to transmit data and video between Earth and astronauts on the moon.Nasa is working on a new way…
An uncommon celestial occurrence is set to take place on July 25, as the Moon will move across the face of the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest in the solar system, the Saturn, temporarily hiding the planet from sight, referred to as an occultation for stargazers and astronomers to witness.According to…
MUMBAI: Chandrayaan-3, whose success made India world’s first country to have landed near lunar South Pole, has been awarded World Space Award by International Astronautical Federation.Besides India, only the US, Russia and China have achieved the milestone of soft landing on the moon.The award ceremony is scheduled for October 14 during the opening ceremony of…
NEW DELHI: Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA) are collaborating to establish a standardized time system for the moon as part of the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface. This new initiative will address the need for a unified timekeeping system to coordinate missions from various countries and private…
NEW DELHI: China is gearing up to put a robotic spacecraft on a mission to the dark side of the moon. This mission is the first of three challenging missions that will eventually lead to a Chinese crewed landing and the establishment of a base on the lunar South pole.Since the initial Chang’e mission, which…
NEW DELHI: The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space gave up its hopes on Moon landing after the lander faced a “critical” fuel leak on Tuesday.Informing that there was “no chance of a soft landing on the Moon”, the company said, “given the propellant fuel leak, there is, unfortunately,…
BENGALURU: Showing that India can not only send objects to the Moon but also bring them back, ISRO has successfully returned the Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module (PM), initially intended for lunar operations, to Earth‘s orbit after surpassing its lunar mission objectives.This marks another achievement, following the lunar hop by Vikram (lander), showcasing the capability of reigniting…
BENGALURU: New research led by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) planetary scientist, Shuai Li, has led to a discovery that may help explain the origin of the water ice previously discovered in the lunar permanently shaded regions. The researchers analysed remote sensing data collected by Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument.University of Hawai‘i…
