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1 year, 4 months ago

‘Fly me to the moon’ seems to be global ambition in 2023

Year 2023 seems to be the year of the Moon as a number of lunar missions are scheduled to take place this year. They include the Commercial Lunar Payload Services and Lunar Trailblazer from the U.S. NASA’s CLPS initiative, according to the U.S. space agency, allows rapid acquisition of lunar delivery services from American companies for payloads that advance capabilities …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Luna-25 crash: Here’s a look at some other failed lunar missions

Live Mint

Russia's Luna 25 crashed into the Moon on Sunday, ending the country's dream of being the first to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole. Luna 25 was Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years, since the launch of the Soviet Union's Phobos 2 probe in 198 We take a look at some of the previous lunar missions …

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1 year, 8 months ago

'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says

Huff Post

This time exposure photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, launching from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022. A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, April 26, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm

Firstpost

The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s surface overnight, but about 25 minutes after the landing was to have occurred, the company could not establish contact A Japanese startup’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the lunar surface early on Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending its controllers …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon

NPR

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon Enlarge this image toggle caption ispace via AP ispace via AP A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed. The 7-foot lander Japanese lander carried a mini lunar rover for the United Arab Emirates …

Japanese Lander Lunar Land Company Ispace Spacecraft Attempting Moon Contact

3 years, 7 months ago

Scientists fire world’s most resilient creature from a Nasa gun to find out if aliens could travel the stars

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have shot tardigrades, one of the world’s most indestructible life forms, out …

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4 years, 1 month ago

A Year After Crash, Israel Unveils New Plan for Moon Landing

News 18

Israel is again aiming for the moon. SpaceIL, the nonprofit Israeli initiative whose spacecraft crashed as it tried to land on the moon last year, announced on Wednesday that it is launching another lunar mission with its Israeli government partners. President Reuven Rivlin, who hosted a launch ceremony for the new project, said the country was filled with pride during …

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5 years, 2 months ago

NASA finds no trace of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander during Moon flyby

India TV News

No evidence of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander has been found in the images captured by NASA, during the latest flyby of its Moon orbiter of the lunar region where India's ambitious mission attempted a soft landing. "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the area of the targeted Chandrayaan-2 Vikram landing site on October 14 but did not observe any evidence of the …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Latest Moon flyby finds no trace of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander: NASA

The Hindu

NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander in the images captured during a latest flyby of its Moon orbiter of the lunar region where India’s ambitious mission attempted a soft landing, the US space agency said. On September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation attempted a soft landing of Vikram on the uncharted lunar south pole, before losing communication …

India Moon Landing Vikram Lander Lro Flyby Finds

5 years, 4 months ago

So close, yet so far: On Chandrayaan 2 lander failure

The Hindu

The Indian Space Research Organisation came tantalisingly close to creating history in the early hours of September 7 when the robotic lander Vikram followed the predetermined descent trajectory and came just within 2 km of the lunar surface before contact was lost. While the powered landing of Vikram and exploration of the moon’s surface for 14 earth days by the …

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5 years, 4 months ago

Chandrayaan-2: India's historic Moon landing seems to end in failure as lunar spacecraft goes missing

The Independent

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5 years, 4 months ago

How Chandrayaan-2 will reduce speed from 21,600 kmph to 7 kmph for soft landing

India Today

The intervening night of Friday and Saturday is going to be an anxious one for not only the scientists of the Indians Space Research Organisation and people in the Narendra Modi government but for many others - who have been following the flight of Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on July 22. In simple terms, soft landing is the …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Hordes of tardigrades, Earth’s toughest creatures, may now be living on Moon

Hindustan Times

There might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food. They likely made it out alive following a crash landing on the lunar surface by Israel’s Beresheet probe in April, the US-based organization responsible for their trip said Tuesday. …

Earth Moon Tardigrades

5 years, 5 months ago

Crashed spacecraft may have left tiny tardigrades on the moon

CNN

CNN — You’ve heard of men on the moon – but what about moss piglets? Thousands of tardigrades – also known as “water bears” or “moss piglets” – were on board the Beresheet spacecraft when it crash landed on the moon in April. The tiny creatures are incredibly hardy and can survive extremely low temperatures and harsh conditions– and The …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Chandrayaan trial run successful

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Those bright orange flames were missing, as was the earth-shaking roar of rocket engines, but the task was successfully completed as Indian space scientists carried out the first full dress rehearsal ahead of launch of Chandrayaan-2, India's second probe to the Moon, ahead of its flight on Monday, July 15, onboard the gigantic GSLVMkIII rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Dark smudge, about 10 meters wide: Israeli spacecraft Beresheet's crash site spotted on Moon

India TV News

NASA's Moon orbiting spacecraft has spotted the impact site of the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on a region of the Moon called "Sea of Serenity" where it crash landed on April 11. As soon as its orbit placed NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter over the landing site on April 22, LRO imaged Beresheet's impact site, NASA said in a statement on late …

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5 years, 8 months ago

David Copperfield's magic trick secrets on the moon after Israel's failed Beresheet space launch

The Independent

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5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes in attempt to land on moon

Al Jazeera

Spacecraft’s engine turned off shortly before landing and it was in pieces scattered at the landing site. An Israeli spacecraft has crashed into the moon moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing. Beresheet, whose name is Hebrew for the biblical phrase ‘In the beginning’, had travelled through space for …

Land Spacecraft Earth Moon Landing Beresheet

5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the Moon after engine and communication failures

ABC

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has crashed on the Moon after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering scientists' hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface. Key points: Beresheet's engine had shut down as it approached the surface of the Moon By the time power was restored it was moving too rapidly to land safely …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Israel's Beresheet: Everything you should know about the first private Moon landing that almost made it

Firstpost

If SpaceIL’s mission is a success, Israel will become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Israel’s first mission to the moon, the Beresheet spacecraft, was expected to make a much-awaited touchdown on the Moon Thursday night. Following today’s maneuver Beresheet is again in an elliptical orbit, with its perilune only 15-17 km from the moon’s surface …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Beresheet: Israeli spacecraft crashes in final moments before moon landing

CNN

CNN — Israel’s Beresheet, the first privately-funded mission to the moon, has crashed. The spacecraft aimed to perform a soft landing on the moon and would have made Israel the fourth country to do so – and by far the smallest. “I am sorry to say that our spacecraft did not make it in one piece to the moon,” said …

Spacecraft Moon Israel Landing Beresheet

5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft will attempt to land on the moon this week

Daily Mail

Israel's privately-funded lunar lander will attempt to make history this week by touching down on the surface of the moon. It's the first private craft to make the journey, and passed its most crucial test yet last week when it dropped into lunar orbit. On Thursday April 4, 2019, it passed its most crucial test yet: dropping into lunar orbit …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft begins orbiting moon in country's maiden lunar voyage

Firstpost

The Beresheet spacecraft is on a 7-week mission due to make its touch down on the Moon on 11 April. An Israeli spacecraft on the country’s first lunar mission began orbiting the Moon on Thursday, completing a key manoeuvre ahead of a planned touchdown next week, mission chiefs said. “The lunar capture is an historic event in and of itself …

Spacecraft Moon Israel Israeli Lunar Mission Beresheet Begins Orbiting

5 years, 9 months ago

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2, Israel's Beresheet to carry NASA instruments to the moon

Firstpost

The moon’s surface already has 5 such instruments, but they have flaws that NASA hopes to fix. During the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held at Texas, US last week, NASA confirmed that Chandrayaan 2 and Israeli lander Beresheet, which is due to touch down April 11, will each carry a NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays. India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, …

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‘Fly me to the moon’ seems to be global ambition in 2023

Luna-25 crash: Here’s a look at some other failed lunar missions

'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon

Scientists fire world’s most resilient creature from a Nasa gun to find out if aliens could travel the stars

A Year After Crash, Israel Unveils New Plan for Moon Landing

NASA finds no trace of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander during Moon flyby

Latest Moon flyby finds no trace of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander: NASA

So close, yet so far: On Chandrayaan 2 lander failure

Chandrayaan-2: India's historic Moon landing seems to end in failure as lunar spacecraft goes missing

How Chandrayaan-2 will reduce speed from 21,600 kmph to 7 kmph for soft landing

Hordes of tardigrades, Earth’s toughest creatures, may now be living on Moon

Crashed spacecraft may have left tiny tardigrades on the moon

Chandrayaan trial run successful

Dark smudge, about 10 meters wide: Israeli spacecraft Beresheet's crash site spotted on Moon

David Copperfield's magic trick secrets on the moon after Israel's failed Beresheet space launch

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes in attempt to land on moon

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the Moon after engine and communication failures

Israel's Beresheet: Everything you should know about the first private Moon landing that almost made it

Beresheet: Israeli spacecraft crashes in final moments before moon landing

Israeli spacecraft will attempt to land on the moon this week

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft begins orbiting moon in country's maiden lunar voyage

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2, Israel's Beresheet to carry NASA instruments to the moon