The Science of Chandrayaan Missions

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has marked a significant milestone in lunar exploration by successfully landing near the Moon’s south pole in August 2023. The landing site, officially named Statio Shiv Shakti, has been identified as a crucial location for future human missions due to its potential for water mining. Led by Durga Prasad of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, a team of

March 9, 2025
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US Space Shuttle Returns From Secret Mission

The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle, the X-37B, has returned to Earth after completing a secret mission that lasted 434 days. Launched by SpaceX from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023, the vehicle carried military experiments but no crew members.The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in the early hours, with the touchdown not being announced until

March 8, 2025
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NASA’s Athena To Land On Moon’s South Pole At 11:02 pm IST Today

NASA’s second private Moon mission, Athena, is set to land near the Moon’s south pole today, March 6, 2025. Developed by Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based private space firm, Athena aims to explore the Mons Mouton region, a site of significant scientific interest due to its potential water ice deposits.The mission follows a precise lunar orbit insertion on March 3 and is part of NASA’s

March 6, 2025
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NASA Uses GPS On the Moon For the First Time

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: On March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost made history, becoming the first commercial lunar lander to successfully touchdown on the moon’s surface. The groundbreaking lander is wasting no time …

March 5, 2025
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SpaceX Postpones Eighth Test of Starship Rocket After Booster Issue

SpaceX has postponed the eighth test flight of its Starship rocket due to technical issues that arose during the countdown.The launch, which was scheduled to take place from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas, was halted at the T-40 second mark after problems with both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft were identified.Initially, an issue with the Super Heavy booster was

March 5, 2025
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NASA Photo Captures Sound Barrier Being Broken

NASA used specialized Schlieren photography to capture an image of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft breaking the sound barrier on February 10, 2025 and producing shock waves as it exceeded Mach 1. The flight produced no audible sonic boom, …

March 4, 2025
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