"Landing on the south pole (of the moon) would actually allow India to explore if there is water ice on the moon. And this is very important for cumulative data and science on the geology of the moon," said Carla Filotico, a ...
Posted in Astrobotic, Astronomy from the Moon, Blue Origin, CLPS, Firefly, Intuitive Machines, ispace, Japan, Moon Exploration, South Pole Moon, Water on Moon Tuesday / 5 November 2024 NASA Names New Possible Artemis Landing Sites, Reduces Choices from 13 to 9 NASA updated landing sites for ...
The Chang'e-3 and Chang'e-5 missions successfully landed on the moon's near side, while Chang'e-4 and Chang'e-6 achieved historic touchdowns on the far side. Therefore, Chang'e-7's planned landing at the lunar south pole will test the capability of China's lunar probe to reach any...
America returned to theMoonon Thursday with theOdysseus landertouching down near the unexplored region of the lunar South Pole. While about half of all lunar landings end in failure,Houston-based Intuitive Machines is the first private company to succeed, also marking the first U.S. Moon landing...
India’s space rocket was launched on the 14th of July from India’s east coast. 41 days later the spacecraft made a soft landing on the moon’s southern region for the first time ever. Wednesday 23 August 2023 15:48, UK This is a modal window. ...
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.The unmanned Chang'e-4 probe(探测器)-the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess - (1) touched( touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin.Landing on t...
The Chang'e-5 probe was launched in 2020, having retrieved a total of 1,731 grams of lunar samples. China is currently operating Chang'e-4 lander and the Yutu 2 rover on the far side of the moon. They made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Ait...
NASA's VIPER rover, by the way, could still make it to the moon, albeit not on Griffin-1. Earlier this week, the agency asked private companies for partnership proposals that would allow the rover to perform its planned science work near the lunar south pole. Join our Space...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.
A . The walls of the Basin are more reflective than those of most other craters B . Testing of rocks from the Basin’s floor proves them to be as old as the Moon itself C . Many small craters have been detected at the bottom of the Basin D . A large amount of dust has ...