Page 12 - Moon Mission

Best of BS Opinion: India's moon mission, social outlook are an irony

From DHFL crisis to gender bias in India, Business Standard brings to you opinions and views of experts across the globe

Moonwalk to MTV: How photos by Apollo 11 astronauts influenced pop culture

People collected and shared prints of the Apollo 11 landing and moonwalk, which also became the basis for artist Andy Warhol's colored prints 'Moonwalk' and for MTV's logo in 1981

'One small step for a man': Did we mishear Armstrong's first words on Moon?

Armstrong insisted that he actually said, 'That's one small step for a man.' In fact, in the official transcript, Nasa transcribes the quote as 'that's one small step for (a) man'

For $15 you can take tour of the unique artifacts from Apollo 11 mission

A jacket Armstrong wore during the Apollo 11 mission and a moon rock are among the many artifacts

Chandrayaan-2: A timeline of India's mission to the moon from 2003 to 2019

Take a look at India's moon mission journey from the launch of Chandrayaan-1 to Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan 2: Second moon mission postponed due to technical glitch

The launch was scheduled to have taken place at 2.51 am from the second launchpad at Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Launch of India's moon mission Chandrayaan-2 put off due to technical snag

The mission director said it was not possible to carry out the launch within the timeframe; new schedule would be announced after investigation of the glitch, which should take at least 10 days

Key things to know about Chandrayaan 2: From mission aim to landing site

India will be the fourth nation apart from US, the former USSR and China to reach the moon.

FAQS: What makes Chandrayaan-2 special and why we are going to the moon

India will be the first country to explore the Lunar South Pole

Chandrayaan-2 mission: From cost to India's space run, all you need to know

Cost of Chandrayaan-2 mission is Rs 978 crore, including Rs 603 crore for the orbiter, lander, rover, navigation and ground support network and Rs 375 crore for Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle

Explore first moon landing in your living room with Google's 3D re-creation

Users would get to explore 20 new stories about lesser-known aspects of the mission and the people who contributed to it

Bezos unveils lunar lander that will take astronauts to the moon by 2024

'We must return to the Moon-this time to stay. We're ready to support Nasa in getting there by 2024,' Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin tweeted

China plans to build a research station on the Moon, but is it feasible?

Can China build a lunar base? Absolutely. Can human beings survive on the Moon and other planets for the long term? The answer to that is less clear

Race to the moon still on even without Google's $20-mn prize for the winner

The team most likely to get to the moon first, the non-profit SpaceIL, is attempting the feat mostly to prove it can be done

5 reasons why India, China, Russia and others plan to travel to the Moon

Human and other missions to the Moon are planned by India, China and Russia, as well as Japan and Europe

India to see two moon missions by March

India is all set to send two separate spacecrafts to the moon within the next five months, both of which will aim to land on the lunar surface and will carry precious payloads of rovers for exploration.While one spacecraft will be the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) own Chandrayaan-2, the other will be from India's first private moonshot Team Indus which is competing in the Google LunarXPrize challenge.Both the spacecrafts will ride on ISRO's launchers - the smaller Team Indus spacecraft will be launched on the workhorse PSLV, while the Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on the larger GSLV Mk II."In Chandrayaan-2, the orbiter is currently getting integrated at ISAC (ISRO Satellite Centre) Bangalore. The lander, rover and various instruments and the systems are undergoing tests. By the first quarter of next year, we expect to put the orbiter, lander and rover into the lunar orbit," said A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman of ISRO, on Monday.While ISRO doesn't have any deadlines for ...

3 Indian teams, 4 others qualify for India's first private moon mission

The city-based TeamIndus is competing in the 30-million dollar Google Lunar Xprize

Fly your name to the moon for Rs 500

Names of contributors to Team Indus project to be etched on an object going to space