ISRO plans to return to Mars, explore dark side of moon with Japan

ISRO plans to return to Mars, explore dark side of moon with Japan

After missions to the moon and Mars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now set its eyes on Venus and also plans to explore the dark side of the moon in collaboration with Japan. Making a presentation on ISRO’s future missions at the Akash Tattva conference here, Anil Bhardwaj, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Physical […]

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Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander

Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander

After nearly four years spent on the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander is coming to the end of its life as the spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline because of dust blown on the lander’s solar panels. The InSight team is now taking steps to make sure the lander continues working as long as possible […]

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Two companies aim to beat SpaceX to Mars with ‘audacious’ landing

Two companies aim to beat SpaceX to Mars with ‘audacious’ landing

SpaceX could lose the race to send the first private space mission to Mars. Maybe. For years, Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has talked of making humanity an interplanetary species by someday sending colonists to Mars. The company is building a giant spacecraft, Starship, with that goal in mind. But a newer […]

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