Tag: Moon
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Live coverage: Mission control loses contact with Indian moon lander
Live coverage of the final descent and touchdown of India’s Vikram lander on the moon. Text updates will appear automatically below. ISRO’s live video webcast of Vikram’s landing on the moon begins at 1940 GMT (3:40 p.m. EDT) Friday.
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India loses contact with Chandrayaan 2’s lander at climax of historic moon mission
Kailasavadivoo Sivan. the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, briefs Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the status of the Chandrayaan 2 mission. (ISRO via YouTube) India’s Mission Control lost contact with the lander for its Chandrayaan 2 mission today, just as it was about to make a touchdown near the moon’s south pole. Chandrayaan…
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ISRO lose contact with Chandrayaan-2 lander during final descent
Following a historic July 22 launch on a GSLV Mk-III rocket from the east coast of India, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft – the robotic lander and rover, specifically – attempted a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on Friday. All was proceeding to plan until just 2km above the surface when telemetry was lost…
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Open Lunar Foundation comes out in the open with its plan to build a moon village
As shown in this artist’s conception, the European Space Agency is already laying plans for a “Moon Village” on the lunar surface, complete with 3-D-printed habitats. (ESA / RegoLight / Liquifer Systems Group) After spending five years in semi-stealth mode, a San Francisco venture called the Open Lunar Foundation is talking about its plan to…
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Indian moon lander ready for final descent
Artist’s concept of the Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander. Credit: ISRO The Vikram lander, part of India’s Chandrayaan 2 mission launched in July, will attempt to land near the lunar south pole Friday and deploy a rover to conduct the first on-the-ground scientific surveys away from the moon’s equatorial regions. The robotic spacecraft is set for…
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ispace alters Moon mission timelines for greater response to customer needs
The Japanese company ispace, inc, has announced new, strategic partnerships and plans to alter its mission schedule for the HAKUTO-R program, designed to provide responsive commercial lunar exploration services to various customers. As part of this plan, ispace is scrapping its lunar demonstration mission next year in favor of a direct moon landing in 2021…
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Chandrayaan 2 arrives in lunar orbit, targets moon landing next month
Artist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft, including the lander and orbiter, at the moon. Credit: ISRO India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft braked into orbit around the moon Tuesday, positioning the robotic science mission for a landing in the moon’s south pole region Sept. 6. The spacecraft ignited its main engine at 0332 GMT Tuesday (11:32…
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Astrobotic lunar lander to launch on ULA’s first Vulcan rocket
Artist’s concept of a Vulcan Centaur rocket with two solid rocket boosters. Credit: United Launch Alliance Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company developing a robotic lunar lander, will launch its first moon mission under contract to NASA on the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2021, officials announced Monday. If successful, Astrobotic’s Peregrine…
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NASA Advances Plans for Robotic and Crewed Moon Landings
NASA’s plans to land both robots and humans on the moon have taken several steps forward. A solicitation for scaled-up robotic landers has been released by the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, and plans for human moon landers have changed to make room for more innovation by private partners. NASA will be supporting the development…
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National Space Council meeting highlights moon and Mars plan – plus nuclear power
Vice President Mike Pence delivers opening remarks during the sixth meeting of the National Space Council at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The space shuttle Discovery towers over him. (NASA Photo / Aubrey Gemignani) The latest meeting of the National Space Council provided a forum to build…