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There are happy faces in NASA and ISRO and excited tour operators have already begun to chalk up programs for visit to the Moon. There is water on the Moon, water that supports life forms. Earthlings can now expect to take off on Lunar adventures. The...
Tags: nasa, isro, chandrayaan-I, moon mission
Edward Michael Fincke on Friday said the Indian moon mission 'Chandrayan' was not a failure, but an "amazing success". "There is a lot of speculation about the mission being failed...We can do a lot to promote interest in space exploration in the region.
Tags: Indian Institute of Technology, landing site, moon mission
India has abandoned its inaugural Moon mission, 10 months after it was launched. Science writer Pallava Bagla examines the mission's performance. So was India's inaugural Moon mission a success or a failure?...This was an expensive scientific experiment...
The unmanned craft was launched last October in what was billed as a two-year mission of exploration. The launch was seen as a major step for India as it seeks to keep pace with other space-faring Asian nations. Despite the termination of the mission,...
Tags: Indian Space Research Organisation, G Madhavan Nair, moon mission, Isro, Madavan Nair, low cost, ISRO
BANGALORE: India has lost all contact with an unmanned spacecraft conducting its first moon mission, the national space agency said on Saturday. Communications with the Chandrayaan-1 craft broke down early on Saturday. "It is a serious problem. If we...
Tags: Indian Space Research Organization, Indian Space Research Organisation, lose contacts, moon mission, moon, G Madhavan Nair, india lose, radio contacts, space scientists
Radio contact with the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was lost abruptly early on Saturday, said India's Bangalore-based Space Research Organization. The unmanned craft was launched last October in what was billed as a two-year mission of exploration. The launch...
Tags: Indian Space Research Organisation, Indian Space Research Organization, radio contact, moon mission, Chandrayaan, Isro Deep Space Network, abruptly lost, lost radio
Three months later, the ship recovered the crew of Apollo 12, whose three astronauts had completed the second successful lunar mission. The Hornet is now a museum docked at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, where from Friday through Sunday, veterans...
Tags: Clancy Hatleberg, moon mission
India's first mission to the Moon has experienced a technical problem, India's space research officials say. A sensor of the unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft has "malfunctioned" and steps have been taken to ensure it is able to continue its work, they...
Tags: Indian Space Research Organisation, G Madhavan Nair, moon, Isro, Mooncraft, moon mission, lunar surface, star sensors, Chandrayaan, sensors failure
On 20th July 1969, Man landed on the Moon. It was a historic moment. In the 40th anniversary year of that glorious moment, one recollects the words of the astronaut Neil Armstrong – ‘It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’....
Tags: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins, apolo-11, moon mission, Yuri Gagarin
A priceless picture of the 1969 Moon Mission, presented by the three American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins when they visited Mumbai in 1969 after return from the Moon, has gone missing from the premises of the Tata Institute...
Tags: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, moon mission, Nobel Prize medallion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, vishwa bharati