Widespread Water on Moon But Not Easy to Retrieve
A new study, led by Joshua Bandfield of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, suggests that water is widely spread across our moon’s surface. It can be found day or night and in many locations and types of terrain. The findings reported in this study were found to contradict previous research. But the study, […]
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Two Martian Probes Set to Orbit Red Planet
Two unmanned spacecraft headed to Mars, one launched by the United States and the other by India, will soon reach the Red Planet within days of each other. NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe, launched November 18 is set for insertion into Mars orbit (MOI) on Sunday, September 21. India’s first interplanetary spacecraft, […]
US, India Prep for Unmanned Missions to Mars
Both the United States and India are gearing up for unmanned missions to Mars. India will launch its first interplanetary spacecraft when the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) sends its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to the Red Planet on Nov. 5. The spacecraft will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located in Sriharikota, […]
India Celebrates Historic Space Milestone
India’s space program celebrated an historic milestone Sunday after successfully launching its 100th space mission. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) put a French satellite and Japanese micro-satellite into polar orbit aboard its Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV). The mission’s payload included SPOT 6, an observation satellite from France’s space agency (CNES), and Proiteres, a […]