At 1.21 pm IST on December 25, Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft entered into orbit around the moon after a months-long journey, and ahead of its planned moon-landing attempt on January 19. If the attempt succeeds, Japan will become only the fifth country to soft-land a robotic craft on the natural satellite, …
Curated By: Nibandh Vinod Last Updated: August 23, 2023, 19:43 IST Remember this image (left) of teary-eyed K Sivan, the chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was taken after the space agency lost contact with the Chandrayaan 2 lander ‘Vikram’ in 2020. Today, Sivan was all smiles …
Chandrayaan-3, India’s latest lunar mission, is expected to make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on August 23. The spacecraft was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 14. After completing a journey of almost 40 days, the Chandrayaan-3 mission will finally make India the fourth nation to land …