China launches second lunar probe

As part of its ambitious plans to put a man on the moon, China on Friday launched its second unmanned lunar probe to test soft-landing technologies for another mission slated for 2013, the same......

3rd time lucky India is 4th nation to land spacecraft on Moon

India on Wednesday joined an elite group of three nations to have sent a spacecraft on the Moon, as Chandrayaan-3 landed a rover on the lunar surface to explore the uncharted territories near the......

How soil from TN village contributed to Chandrayaan mission

It is not only Tamil Nadu's sons of the soil -- former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Chandrayaan-2 Mission Director Mayilsamy Annadurai, and Chandrayaan-3 Project Director Veeramuthuvel P -- who......

'Chandrayaan data to be crucial for settlement on moon'

India's lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 holds immense potential for gathering critical data and will significantly contribute to the understanding of the Moon, a former top National Aeronautics and......