Moon Landing

Chandrayaan-3’s Moon landing will come down to one critical manoeuver, says former ISRO chief

Former ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair believes that the success of Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander, will come down to one single manoeuvre - of tilting the Vikram module from a horizontal to a vertical position, while decelerating from 6,000 kmph to about 1000 kmph

Why Chandrayaan-3 stands out from all other moon missions

With Chandrayaan-3, India is hoping to become only the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the moon. The ISRO mission is even more important, as it is attempting a landing on the South Pole of the moon, which is considered to have the toughest terrain and also very low temperatures

Space Travel: Japanese space startup tries to be the first commercial space org to land on the Moon

Japan's iSpace is a startup that may become the first commercial player to land on the moon. Before this, all rovers that have landed on the moon were from government organisations like NASA or ISRO.

Blue Origin launches its New Shepherd rocket to test NASA's lunar landing tech

Delayed three weeks by technical issues, this was the 13th New Shepard flight for Blue Origin. The first was in 2015.

Earth to get a mini-moon in November: NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

The object appears to be an old rocket from a failed moon-landing mission decades ago, finally making its way back to Earth.

Researchers from Jadavpur University work on simulation for ISRO to ensure soft landing for the lander on the moon, other planets

The project is part of ''Respond programme'' by ISRO with premier academic institutions related to space science, space technologies.

Space Week: Moon, Moonshot, Do We Really Need the Moon? Best movies, documentaries about the Moon

Here's a curated list of eight movies, TV Shows, and documentaries about the Moon I go back to.

Modi talks about the lessons learnt from Chandrayaan 2 mission in monthly Mann ki Baat

He announced a quiz competition where the winners will get to visit Sriharikota & witness the moon landing.

Team Indus partner OrbitBeyond drops out of NASA contract for 2020 moon lander mission

The 2 other contracts for lunar landers, with Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines, are slated to launch in 2021.

Chandrayaan 2: A stepping stone for ISRO to larger, more complex missions to the Moon and beyond

When it comes to ISRO, everyone focuses on cost, but this comparison is pointless on several grounds.