Man in the Moon: Data From NASA Orbiter Explains How the Lunar Face Became What It Is Now

Medicine & Technology Oct 12, 2022

In a study, a planetary scientist investigates lunar craters and how the moon’s surface came to be what it is at present. Read to know more about this.

Tianwen-1 Mission: China's Exploration of Mars Gathered Rich Data Through Zhurong Rover

Sep 19, 2022

China has gathered a lot of data with its exploration of March through its Zhurong orbiter and rover. Continue reading to know more about Tianwen-1's mission.

Jezero Crater Hosts Rich Amounts of Hydrated Silica—a Mineral Perfect for Preserving Biosignatures

Nov 15, 2019

Researchers from Brown University developed a technique that will help scientists find rare and hard-to-detect mineral data taken from the orbiting spacecraft.

NASA Plans to Re-Visit Pluto Through a New Spacecraft

Nov 06, 2019

The spacecraft will also be designed with the right instrumentation for sizing up the glaciers and determine their depth.

China Space Probe Returns from Trip to the Moon—3rd Place in ‘Space Race’

Nov 01, 2014

About 40 years late to the “Space Race”, this morning Saturday Nov. 1, 2014, China became the third nation in the world to successfully orbit the moon and return to Earth to tell the tale. As China’s space agency continues to move forward in its ambitious space program, the lunar orbiter marks a great first success for the mission, and undoubtedly shows its growing presence as a space agency in the world. The eight day turn-around trip came to a close this morning after the test lunar orbiter landed about 500 km away from Beijing, in the Siziwang Banner of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region according to the nation’s Xinhua state-run news agency.

India Follows Path Laid To Martian Soil with Mangalyaan Mission

Sep 23, 2014

This past weekend, the world’s eyes turned towards Mars, as NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered orbit in the planet’s upper atmosphere after 10 months in space. But the planet won’t be out of the news for that long, as this week marks yet another long-awaited event, as India’s first Mars spacecraft Mangalyaan is expected to enter its very own orbit this Wednesday, Sept. 24.