First cotton seeds germinate on moon onboard China’s Chang’e 4 lunar probe

Scientists said rapeseed and potato seeds had also sprouted and were growing well in the probe that landed on the far side of the moon on January 3.

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· Jan 16, 2019 · 12:34 pm

Gaganyaan mission: Target to launch manned space flight is December 2021, says ISRO chief K Sivan

The agency chief said women astronauts will be part of the Gaganyaan team.

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· Jan 11, 2019 · 12:41 pm

China lands on the far side of moon. Here is the science behind the mission

China has become the first to achieve the feat. And unlike previous uncrewed moon landings, it relied on sophisticated technology rather than luck.

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· Jan 03, 2019 · 11:30 pm

China’s lunar probe becomes first spacecraft to land on far side of the moon

The probe has sent the first close shot of the dark side of the moon, state media said.

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· Jan 03, 2019 · 11:31 am

NASA space probe Osiris-Rex begins orbiting asteroid, makes history

It marked the closest ever orbit of the smallest ever celestial object.

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· Jan 01, 2019 · 06:10 pm

Gaganyaan mission: Union Cabinet allocates Rs 10,000 crore to send three astronauts to space by 2022

If it succeeds, India will become the fourth nation, after Russia, the United States and China, to launch a manned space mission.

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· Dec 28, 2018 · 04:32 pm

NASA’s InSight space probe successfully lands on Mars, sends first picture back to Earth

With the landing at Elysium Planitia, NASA has successfully soft-landed a vehicle on the Red Planet eight times.

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· Nov 27, 2018 · 07:46 am

NASA retires planet hunter Kepler as space telescope runs out of fuel a decade after launch

Launched in March 2009, the unmanned telescope helped NASA discover more than 2,600 planets, some of which may hold life.

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· Oct 31, 2018 · 03:39 pm

Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the Sun than any man-made object has ever been: NASA

The spacecraft, launched on August 12, is on an unprecedented mission to explore the sun’s atmosphere.

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· Oct 30, 2018 · 09:07 pm

Pakistan to send astronaut to space in 2022 with China’s help, says minister

India is also set to send three astronauts to space that year.

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· Oct 26, 2018 · 10:25 am

Rocket science: A scientist explains Europe Space Agency’s landmark mission to Mercury

The spacecraft took off from Kourou, French Guyana, on October 20.

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· Oct 22, 2018 · 11:30 pm

NASA names its new gamma-ray constellations after the Hulk, Godzilla and Doctor Who

The agency’s Fermi Large Area Telescope scans the sky and compiles a list of gamma ray sources in the observable universe.

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· Oct 22, 2018 · 03:23 pm