Moon

India had successfully launched its first Mars Orbiter Mission called Mangalyaan on November 5, 2013, which started orbiting the red planet from September 24, 2014. The orbiter lost contact in October 2022 and thus the Mangalyaan-1 mission came to an end.

China's manned lunar mission came as the US space agency NASA aims to send a second manned mission to the moon by 2025 to explore the south pole for frozen water.

The winning entry in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) is a human-powered rover designed for manned missions to the Moon and Mars by theBITS Pilani students.In the competition, the group "Inspired Karters Gravity" won first place for the Project Review Award.

NASA announced the names of four astronauts, who will be the first humans to return to the Moon in over 50 years. Among the four is astronaut Christina Koch, who will be the first woman to go around the Moon.

NASA will introduce four astronauts who are headed to the Moon. The four — three Americans and one Canadian — will be the crew of Artemis II, a 10-day mission occurring no earlier than the end of 2024 that will travel around the moon before heading back to Earth.

NASA’s Orion capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after making an uncrewed voyage around the Moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the US space agency’s Artemis lunar programme 50 years to the day after Apollo’s final Moon landing.

The moon looks spectacular in images captured by NASA's Orion spacecraft as it cruised just 81.1 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface during the Artemis 1 mission's closest approach to Earth's natural satellite. Check out the stunning photos here.

NASA's Artemis spacecraft has successfully arrived at the moon after finally blasting off from Earth last week. The spacecraft also sent back images of Earth looking extremely tiny like a 'pale blue dot' from 230,000 miles( 370149.12 km) away. Check them out.

NASA's Orion spacecraft, designed to "carry humans to Moons and beyond" shared, sent first images from space hours after its thunderous launch on space agency's mightiest rocket in a dress rehearsal for astronaut flights.

A solar eclipse takes place when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, obstructing the sun's light from reaching the earth. With this, the moon casts a shadow on the earth, resulting in a solar eclipse.