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.
Rakesh Sharma went on to become the first Indian citizen to reach outer space on April 2, 1984, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. Nelson is on his maiden visit to India to oversee the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).
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.
New Delhi: China has beaten India in space in almost every aspect but when it comes to explore the plant Mars, India sees the Mangalyaan, its first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), as an opportunity to
Bangalore: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan does not believe the November 5 ‘desi' Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will fuel a space race with China which has not yet attempted such a venture to
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