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Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters into Lunar orbit
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon since its launch, successfully entered into the Lunar orbit on Saturday, according to ISRO.
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"Nothing to worry...," Jitendra Singh on Chandrayaan-3 lunar orbit injecti
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface would be attempted on August 23.
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Bezos firm wins Nasa bid to build astronaut lunar lander
Updated : 3 years ago IST
NASA said Blue Origin will design, develop, test, and verify its Blue Moon lander to meet NASA's human landing system requirements for recurring astronaut expeditions to the lunar surface, including docking with Gateway, a space station where crew transfer in lunar orbit.
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Launch of CAPSTONE to evaluate new orbit for NASA's Artemis Moon Missions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): The first leg of NASA's CubeSat mission to the Moon has been successfully completed in space. It was built to test a novel lunar orbit.
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USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbour in space.
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Mission Chandrayaan 2: Vikram, Orbiter extend good wishes to each other
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Hours before India's ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-2's soft landing on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday posted a humorous message on Twitter featuring the spacecraft's Lunar Orbiter extendin
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Fifth and final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft pe
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 1 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the fifth and final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on Sunday.
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Chandrayaan 2 captures first image of moon
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): In a big achievement, Chandrayaan-2 has captured the first image of the moon, two days after entering the lunar orbit.
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Modi congratulates ISRO on Chandrayaan 2 entering lunar orbit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Chandrayaan 2 entering the moon's orbit.
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Chandrayaan-2 enters lunar orbit, soft landing on September 7: ISRO Chief
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation chief K Sivan on Tuesday announced Chandrayaan- 2's successful completion of lunar orbit insertion while stating that the mission would carry out a soft landing on the moon on September 7.
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Chandrayaan 2 successfully placed in moon's orbit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed in the moon's orbit on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver which took a little over 28 minutes was completed at 9:02 am.
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Russia to create own Lunar Orbital Platform project: Roscosmos
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Korolev [Russia], Sept 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia has announced that it will not participate in the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway project with the United States in its current form and will create its own station.
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