NASA aims to put boots on the moon with itsArtemis 3mission in late 2025 or 2026. No astronauts have walked on the lunar surface since NASA'sApollo 17in December 1972. The largerArtemis programseeks to set up a sustainable human presence on and around the moon by the end of the 2020s....
India has also done more with less than its top global counterparts, with ISRO's annual budget a fraction of NASA's. In 2020, ISRO estimated the Chandrayaan-3 mission would cost about $75 million. The mission was originally slated for 2021, but was delayed by the Covid pandemic. NASA Ad...
The possibility of ice deposits has triggered a new space race of sorts. NASA's Artemis program plans to send astronauts to the south polar region in the next few years and China is working on plans to launch its own astronauts, or "taikonauts," to the moon's south pole around the end...
In the US, NASA's chief Bill Nelson has said he's "looking forward" to what could be learned. After the successful landing, he said the US and NASA were "glad to be your partner on this mission". The American agency is planning its own quest...
NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India's Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project
ISRO Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan called the launch "the beginning of a historical journey." He said the mission aims to land on the moon's south pole, which is believed to host reservoirs of ice that could be used for rocket fuel. It is also the destination ofNASA's 2024 mission to...