'I sometimes think the three of us missed 'the big event',' Aldrin said during a 50th anniversary gala at the Ronald Reagan Library.
17 Jul 2019 12:44 PM
As per US space agency NASA, the lunar eclipse will be at its peak at precisely 10.31pm BST on July 16 (3:01 am IST on July 17).
15 Jul 2019 3:39 PM
So a mission like Chandrayaan-2 will not only serve erudite scientists but also the common man.
15 Jul 2019 1:49 AM
It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission control in Houston.
14 Jul 2019 10:03 AM
At this point in time, it is difficult to envisage the kind of scientific discoveries likely by Chandrayaan-2.
14 Jul 2019 4:43 AM
NASA felt it required an onboard computer to handle all these functions in case the Soviets tried to jam radio communications.
12 Jul 2019 12:49 PM
Some experts are calling to grant them heritage status to protect them from future tourists and human activity.
11 Jul 2019 3:02 PM
Engineers intend for launch abort thrusters to be rarely needed, as they would be used only during a rocket failure in flight.
03 Jul 2019 7:38 AM
It was an anxious moment for Armstrong, a brilliant test pilot and aeronautical engineer, but a man of famously few words.
14 Jun 2019 4:49 PM
Trump's comment came ahead of NASA's 2024 moon mission which will carry humans around the moon for the first time after five decades.
08 Jun 2019 5:32 PM
Until now, only 12 humans -- all American male astronauts, have walked on the Moon, but never a woman.
15 May 2019 1:33 PM
The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates; its tectonic activity occurs as it slowly loses heat from when it was formed 4.5 billion years ago.
14 May 2019 1:45 PM
The Trump administration asked Congress on Monday to increase NASA spending next year by an extra USD 1.6 billion.
14 May 2019 9:20 AM
The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday.
07 May 2019 9:26 AM
The detailed manual was used by US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the moon in 1969.
02 May 2019 10:02 AM
The findings are in the Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices.
02 May 2019 10:01 AM
The mission will make India the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
02 May 2019 9:51 AM
Firms likely to benefit from any future spending rise in Germany include Airbus and Bremen-based OHB.
29 Apr 2019 10:09 AM
Titan and Earth are the solar system’s two places with standing bodies of liquid on the surface.
16 Apr 2019 12:43 PM
The unmanned robotic lander suffered periodic engine and communications failures during the landing sequence.
13 Apr 2019 10:25 AM