The first images from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission taken after the probe's historic moon touchdown reveal a pockmarked surface near the lunar south pole.
If water ice is really there, it could be used for fuel, oxygen, and drinking water; and provide insight into past lunar volcanoes and the origins of our own oceans. Image:Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) staff celebrate the successful landing...
The main purpose forChandrayaan-3was to successfully land on the south side of the Moon, something that no one had managed to do before. The ambition was to characterize the landing region with the scientific objective of conducting in-situ studies of the lunar surface and the near-surface pl...
India's Chandrayaan-3 probe has photographed the far side of the moon, testing out landing optics that will be put to use during an Aug. 23 touchdown try.
Lunar landing success for IndiaJennings, PhilipJournal of the British Astronomical Association
I am extremely happy with the mission so far,” said ISRO chairman K Sivan to NDTV. The images also suggest the lander will perform as expected during the “15-terrifying moments when it goes in for the lunar landing,” added Sivan....
Days before Chandrayaan-3's landing, Russia attempted to land its first spacecraft on the moon in almost 50 years. But the Luna-25 mission smashed into the lunar surface on Saturday, with Russian space agency Roscosmos confirming the spacecraft spun of control. ...
Jeenah Moon—Bloomberg/Getty Images Billionaire Ray Dalio believes India is the next big investment opportunity. The nation’s historic moon landing this week only strengthened his conviction. On Wednesday, India successfullyon the lunar south pole, thought to be the moon’s richest region for wa...
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team released the first mosaic (acquired September 17) of the site on September 26 and many people have downloaded the mosaic to search for signs of Vikram. Shanmuga Subramanian contacted the LRO project with a positive identification of debris. After receiving...
Chandrayaan-3 Mission Soft-landing LIVE Telecast “India is now on the moon,” Modi said in an address shortly after the successful lunar landing, adding that the mission’s success “belongs to all of humanity” and was “not just India’s alone.” ...