Moon News

The United States has pulled off its first lunar landing in more than half a century with a spacecraft built and operated by a Texas-based private company. Odysseus, an uncrewed robot lander built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines with funding from NASA, touched down near the lunar south pole at around 23:23 GMT, the company announced in a webcast on Thursday.

India's premier space research and exploration agency ISRO is now planning to explore other planetary systems after the successful completion of India's most recent mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-3, and the successful launch of a mission to observe the sun, Aditya L1. But before ISRO launches missions to explore other planetary systems, ISRO is all set to send India's first manned mission to space, the Gaganyaan. Watch the full video to find out more details about ISRO's plans.

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After the moon, ISRO has its eyes set on the sun. A groundbreaking scientific endeavour, Aditya -L1 which is India's first solar mission is all set to take off on September 2nd from Sriharikota. This is a result of collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and various other institutions. The mission will unlock new insights about the Sun over the next 5 years.

On 23rd August at 6:04 pm IST, India created history when lander Vikram soft-landed on the south pole of the moon. Just hours later, the rover Pragyan rolled out of the lander, off the ramp and onto the moon. ISRO tweeted to say ‘India took a walk on the moon’. Watch.

On August 23rd at 18;04 hours India will create history. This has been made possible by innumerable ISRO scientists, engineers, and mission experts among others. Watch the full video to familiarise yourself with the key ISRO scientists who are taking India to the Moon.

A billion plus Indians along with the rest of the world are praying with one purpose - for the safe landing of the Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface. From the famous Ganga ghat in Rishikesh to Mahakal temple in Ujjain special pujas, havans and namaz were performed across the country. Watch.

If the world ever stood a chance at landing on and exploring Moon’s south pole, it is now. And there’s just one country that can make it happen, India. Interestingly, India has managed to do it at a price that is far less than what it costs to make a road. Don't believe us? Consider this, the 29.6 km long Dwarka expressway is being built at a cost of ₹9000 crores. Now compare that with 615 crores - the final cost of India's second moonshot. How did ISRO manage to keep the cost so low? Watch the full video to find out.

In less than 60 hours from now, India’s moon mission, the Chandryaan-3 will make a soft landing here. It is now just, one step away from achieving a historical first. Chandrayaan-3 is now the only spacecraft which stands a chance to land on the moon’s south pole. This after the Chandrayaan was expected to lose the unofficial race to the lunar surface to Russia’s Luna25. Russia's luna 25 crashed into the moon on Sunday.

Another important day for India's moon mission on Wednesday. As per ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 will undergo the fourth and final orbit reduction manoeuvre today. Chandrayaan is expected to land on 23rd August on the moon.