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Chandrayaan 2 Launch in April, ISRO Opens Nodal Centre for Gaganyaan Work

The Wire Staff 12/01/2019

"Right now, Chandrayaan is scheduled from March 25 to...

The Long March 2 G/F rocket that carried Tiangong-1 into orbit on September 29, 2011. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office

China, Clearly a Country in a Hurry When It Comes to Space

Manoj Joshi 11/01/2019

We should not forget that if the Chang’e 4...

A Long March-3B rocket carrying Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, China December 8, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/Files

China ‘Lifts Mysterious Veil’ by Landing Probe on Dark Side of the Moon

Michael Martina 03/01/2019

Chinese state television said the Chang'e-4 lunar probe made...

A GSLV-MkII rocket right outside the vehicle assembly building at SHAR, Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

ISRO Is Working on Two Competing Reusable Launcher Designs

The Wire Staff 02/01/2019

The rocket, called ADMIRE – it’s not clear what...

Guests congratulate New Horizons team members after they received signals from the New Horizons spacecraft that it is healthy and it collected data during the fly of Ultima Thule, at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, U.S., January 1, 2019. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS.

NASA Space Probe ‘Phones Home’ in Landmark Mission to Solar System’s Edge

Joey Roulette 02/01/2019

Launched in January 2006, NASA's New Horizons explorer embarked...

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From Volcanoes on Mars to Scarps on Mercury – How Places on Other Worlds Get Their Names

David Rothery 02/01/2019

Naming features on other worlds is a trickier issue...

FILE PHOTO: An artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, currently en route to Pluto, is shown in this handout image provided by NASA/JHUAPL. Credit: REUTERS/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Handout

NASA Probe Believed to Have Passed Distant Space Rock on Landmark Mission

Joey Roulette 01/01/2019

The body is farther from Earth than any other...