Chandrayaan 2: NASA finds no trace of crashed Vikram lander from its orbiter flyby
• 6 years agoNASA used an approach used to find new meteorite impacts on the Moon, which also helped locate the crashed Beresheet lander.
Chandrayaan 2: NASA's LRO performs second flyover to locate Vikram's landing site on the moon
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe LRO has on a previous occasion tried to image the landing site of Vikram lander but failed.
NASA releases detailed 3D map of the Moon for CGI artists and creators
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoIn order to capture the depth data, two instruments on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was used.
Chandrayaan 2: Orbiter’s payloads are powered, to start sending data, images soon, says ISRO chief
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe orbiter has capabilities to make 3-D maps of the lunar surface, and identify traces of water ice and minerals.
Chandrayaan 2: NASA to process multiple images of Vikram's landing site snapped by its lunar orbiter
• 6 years agoThe LRO also captured images during a flyby of Vikram’s landing site on 7 September, near the moon’s south pole.
Chandrayaan 2: NASA to share photos of Vikram's landing site before and after its ill-fated descent
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoSunlight is quickly fading and a 14-day lunar night descending on the South Polar region as quickly as 20 September.
ISRO chief K Sivan reportedly tells scientists to concentrate on future missions
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoISRO has several future missions planned which include the human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan.
Crashed Beresheet lander may have colonised the moon with 'water bears' from Earth
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoTardigrades, or water bears, can survive without water for at least 10 years, as per recent research.
Shrinking Moon: Sporadic quakes from tectonic activity has left wrinkles on the Moon
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe delicately-shrivelled exterior seen by NASA’s Orbiter suggests gradually cooling of the interior.
NASA's target for its next manned moon mission in 2024 is the lunar South pole
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoRobotic probes from the US, Japan & India have made the South pole the best-studied area on the moon.