China will now collect the world's first samples from the dark lunar hemisphere and present more insights into the Moon's history and the formation of the solar system. This elevates China's space power status as the global space race heats up, with countries planning long-term astronaut missions.
The 53-day mission involving the Chang'e-6 probe is China's most complex lunar exploration mission to date, marking a major milestone in the country's space ambitions. China is in increasing competition with the US, which also plans to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years.
Astrobotic Technology's lander began to lose fuel possibly due to a ruptured tank as the spacecraft encountered trouble to orient its solar panel towards the sun and generate solar power. The company had been targeting a lunar landing on February 23, the first US attempt in 51 years.
The Peregrine lander will study the Moon's surface environment ahead of human missions planned for later this decade. It was launched via the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral and will attempt a soft lunar landing at the "Bay of Stickiness".
People willing to participate in the Chandrayaan-3 MahaQuiz can fill the application form and take the quiz through MyGov portal.
Chandrayaan-3: We all know that the core of the Earth is in liquid form but do we know about the formation of the Moon's core, said ISRO chief S Somanath as he spoke on the significance of Chandrayaan-3.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander went through a key deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module.
The images show the 'Zeeman crater', which is a unique lunar object on the Moon's surface and is hidden from the Earth's view due to synchronous rotation.
The 'Luna 25' lunar exploration program is Russia's first such mission after the 'Luna 24' in 1976 during the Soviet Union regime.
Salem: Chandrayaan-2, the country's second lunar exploration mission, would be launched in 2017, M Annadurai, project director of Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan 2, said.Chandrayaan-I, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008
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