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Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ to test precision landing – and Tokyo’s space ambitions
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of a low-cost "moon sniper" on Thursday that will test precision landing technology d...
Syndicated Content Sep 06, 2023
Europe space agency to set target period for Ariane 6 launch in October
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Space Agency said it plans to set a target period for the first launch of the delayed Ariane 6 after completing a series of engine tests in early October. In an online n...
Syndicated Content Sep 04, 2023
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy reschedules moon rocket launch for Thursday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Monday it planned to launch its H-IIA rocket carrying a moon lander on Thursday morning, after unfavourable wind conditions led to a postp...
Syndicated Content Sep 04, 2023
Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to ‘sleep’
By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India switched off its moon rover, the first craft to reach the lunar south poll, after it completed its two-week assignment conducting experiments, the count...
Syndicated Content Sep 03, 2023
After the moon, India sets sights on studying the sun with rocket mission
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Following up on the success of India's moon landing with the Chandrayaan-3, the country's space agency was set to launch a rocket on Saturday to study t...
Syndicated Content Sep 02, 2023
Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-metre wide crater on the moon when it crashed last month after a problem preparing for a soft landing on the south pole, according to image...
Syndicated Content Sep 01, 2023
Soccer-Dortmund sign Bundesliga top scorer Fuellkrug on three-year deal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund have signed Germany international and last season's Bundesliga top scorer Niclas Fuellkrug from Werder Bremen on a three-year deal to boost their frontline after a...
Syndicated Content Sep 01, 2023
Factbox-After Chandrayaan-3: India’s upcoming and past space missions
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India is set to launch its next space venture, a mission to study the sun and its effect on space weather, days after the historical landing of its Chandrayaan-3 space craft on t...
Syndicated Content Aug 30, 2023
Kremlin plays down moon landing failure, says space programme will continue
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Tuesday said that the failure of Russia's Luna-25 mission to the Moon earlier this month was "nothing terrible" and that the main thing was to continue Russia's space ...
Syndicated Content Aug 29, 2023
Explainer-Japan’s moon landing: When is it and why is it important?
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency on Monday postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon due to strong, high-altitude winds. Japan a...
Syndicated Content Aug 28, 2023




