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Jim Bridenstine, head of the US aerospace agency NASA, says he hopes to have austronauts back on the moon by 2028. (Photo: AFP)

NASA eager to soon camp on the Moon

NASA heading back to Moon soon and this time to stay.

16 Feb 2019 8:00 PM IST

For too long Pakistan has provided safe haven to the Taliban and many terrorist organisations, but those days are over, Mike Pence told American troops at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Trump administration calls for putting Americans back on moon by 2024

The drive to reach the moon reflects President Donald Trump's desire to champion a bold new national objective.

27 March 2019 1:48 PM IST

By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Germany eyes slice of lucrative space market

Firms likely to benefit from any future spending rise in Germany include Airbus and Bremen-based OHB.

29 April 2019 10:09 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

300 feet deep liquid lake found on Saturn's moon

Titan and Earth are the solar system's two places with standing bodies of liquid on the surface.

16 April 2019 12:43 PM IST

The final manoeuvre on Wednesday brought it into a tight elliptical orbit around the moon, 15-17 km (9-10.5 miles) from the surface at its closest. (Photo: SpaceIL)

Israeli spacecraft crashes onto moon

The unmanned robotic lander suffered periodic engine and communications failures during the landing sequence.

13 April 2019 10:25 AM IST

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA plans to send first woman on Moon by 2024

Until now, only 12 humans -- all American male astronauts, have walked on the Moon, but never a woman.

15 May 2019 1:33 PM IST

Since the moons crust is brittle, these forces cause its surface to break as the interior shrinks, resulting in so-called thrust faults, where one section of crust is pushed up over an adjacent section. (Photo: AFP)

The Moon is shrinking

The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates; its tectonic activity occurs as it slowly loses heat from when it was formed 4.5...

14 May 2019 1:45 PM IST

The proposed increase would bring NASAs total spending level for the 2020 fiscal year to USD 22.6 billion. (Photo:AP)

Trump wants extra USD 1.6 billion in NASA to send Americans to moon

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 IST

More than 15,000 scientists and industry representatives from 105 countries, including India, are attending the four-day mega event beginning May 6 in Washington DC. (Photo:AP)

US VP Mike Pence confident American women will land on moon

The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday.

7 May 2019 9:26 AM IST

FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. Moon dust collected by Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. Theyre just some of the items linked to space travel that Sothebys is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20. (AP Photo, File)

Auction: Apollo 11 moon landing manual to fetch $9 million

The detailed manual was used by US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the moon in 1969.

2 May 2019 10:02 AM IST

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Space rock left big crater on moon during full lunar eclipse

The findings are in the Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices.

2 May 2019 10:01 AM IST

The Indian mission to the Moon would see a landing by the space shuttle in the southern pole since it is the part of the lunar surface that has not been explored by any other country as yet. The landing zone will also give ISRO an opportunity to name the area or site, putting India into the history of space exploration.

India ready for mission to the Moon on July 9, 2019

The mission will make India the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon.

2 May 2019 9:51 AM IST