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Chandrayaan-3: India becomes fourth country to land on the moon
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 11:37
India set soft landing on the Moon
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 09:52
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In an eagerly awaited announcement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module is on track for a soft landing on the Moon's surface on August 23 at approximately 6:04 pm Indian Standard Time. This development has further ignited nationwide interest and excitement.
ISRO, showcasing its commitment to transparency and public engagemen India’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon
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The ‘fit check’ is that moment in a mission’s lifetime when a satellite is first attached to the launcher adapter that will cradle it on its flight to orbit. This is supposed to be a mere formality, but uncertainty is present in its very name: what if these two items, typically manufactured in different parts of Europe, don’t fit together as planned?
Landslides at the foot of Olympus Mons
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ESA’s Mars Express has turned its trusty High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) towards Mars’s most imposing volcano, revealing its dramatic surroundings and turbulent past.
India's historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown
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India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, days after a Russian probe crashed in the same region.
The latest attempted Moon landing is a historic moment for the world's most populous nation, as it rapidly closes in on milestones set by global space powers.
Chandrayaan-3, which means "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit, is scheduled to touch down shortly after 6:00 pm India time (1230 GMT) near the little-explored lunar south pole.
"India reaches for the Moon", The Times of India front-page headline read Wednesday, with the hoped-for lunar landing dominating local news. "It's D-Day for Moon Mission", The Hindustan Times said.
A previous Indian effort failed in 2019, and the latest attempt comes just days after Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, destined for the same region, crashed on the lunar surface.
India's spacecraft is preparing to land on the moon in the country's second attempt in 4 years
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India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, days after a Russian probe crashed in the same region.
The latest attempted Moon landing is a historic moment for the world's most populous nation, as it rapidly closes in on milestones set by global space powers.
Chandrayaan-3, which means "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit, is scheduled to touch down shortly after 6:00 pm India time (1230 GMT) near the little-explored lunar south pole.
"India reaches for the Moon", The Times of India front-page headline read Wednesday, with the hoped-for lunar landing dominating local news. "It's D-Day for Moon Mission", The Hindustan Times said.
A previous Indian effort failed in 2019, and the latest attempt comes just days after Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, destined for the same region, crashed on the lunar surface.
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Sustainability is often an afterthought in space exploration—that needs to change as the industry grows, say researchers
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Aotearoa New Zealand is the latest country to enter the expanding and competitive international space market.
In the aerospace strategy and national space policy, the government lays out how it intends to grow the domestic space sector by launching rockets and satellites and promoting Earth observation research.
The documents indicate the government's general priorities in "protecting New Zealand's national interests" and the "responsible use of space".
Sustainability is a focus in both strategy and policy but is used interchangeably in three different contexts:
- To "sustain" the economic development of the industry
- to describe the benefits of aerospace technology for sustainability efforts, like monitoring climate change
- to describe the environmental impacts of aerospace activities, largely focused on space debris, while reducing emissions (though the latter is largely a concern for the aviation industry, not space).
When a part from India's recent rocket launch landed on Australian shores last month, it captured people's attention—and delivered a reminder that Earth's orbits are teeming with the discards of human endeavors in space.
