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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)

To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown

It was an anxious moment for Armstrong, a brilliant test pilot and aeronautical engineer, but a man of famously few...

14 Jun 2019 4:49 PM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

Trump calls moon 'part of Mars', asks NASA to focus on 'bigger things'

Trump's comment came ahead of NASA's 2024 moon mission which will carry humans around the moon for the first time after...

8 Jun 2019 5:32 PM IST

The launch of Chandrayaan-2 was originally slated for July 16 when it had a window of over an hour but had to be aborted an hour before lift-off because of a fuel leak. (Photo: ISRO | Twitter)

A giant leap: From church of Mary Magdalene to Moon

Indian scientists have come a long way from assembling rockets inside a church to Chndrayaan-2.

23 July 2019 6:44 AM IST

ISRO tweeted: Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Photo: PTI)

Moon mission a giant leap for India

India will become the fourth nation to be able to reach the moon after America, Russia and China.

21 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

The discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter four centuries ago gave astronomers a first hint that giant planets must form surrounded by a circumplanetary disc. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Space race notwithstanding, moonwalk a feat of mankind

f the Soviets were reaching for the moon, the Americans were determined to beat them to it.

18 July 2019 2:42 AM IST

Aldrin recounts feeling sure-footed in the one-sixth gravity of the lunar surface while gazing at the magnificent desolation around him. (Photo: AFP)

Buzz Aldrin, second man on moon, recalls 'Magnificent Desolation'

'I sometimes think the three of us missed 'the big event',' Aldrin said during a 50th anniversary gala at the Ronald...

17 July 2019 12:44 PM IST

According to Begley, the apocalypse will happen in the middle of two partial solar eclipses. (Photo: Pixabay)

All you need to know about India's partial lunar eclipse on July 17

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...

15 July 2019 3:39 PM IST

A perfect touchdown will catapult India into a super-exclusive club of the US, Russia and China, and open avenues for international programmes to turn the Moon into a stop-over station for missions to Mars.

India counts down as Isro reaches for Moon

So a mission like Chandrayaan-2 will not only serve erudite scientists but also the common man.

15 July 2019 1:49 AM IST

The first four days of Apollo 11s journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems. (Photo: NASA handout)

To moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into unknown

It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission...

14 July 2019 10:03 AM IST

Completion of soft landing by Vikram the first attempt by any country to reach the Moons south pole and exploration of Pragyan would begin.

A launch pad for future explorations

At this point in time, it is difficult to envisage the kind of scientific discoveries likely by Chandrayaan-2.

14 July 2019 4:43 AM IST

Despite an infamous false alarm during lunar descent that sent Commander Neil Armstrongs heart rate racing, it was a resounding success that laid the groundwork for everything from modern avionics to multitasking operating systems. (Photo: AFP)

The machine that made the Moon missions possible

NASA felt it required an onboard computer to handle all these functions in case the Soviets tried to jam radio...

12 July 2019 12:49 PM IST

It all started on September 13, 1959 when Soviet probe Luna 2 smashed into Mare Imbrium, its 390 kilograms (859 pounds) of mass vaporizing, no doubt, on impact. (Photo: AP)

The Moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?

Some experts are calling to grant them heritage status to protect them from future tourists and human activity.

11 July 2019 3:02 PM IST