Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent 75 hours on the moon in December 1972. They landed in the Taurus-Littrow valley of the moon Fellow traveler Ronald Evans was traveling around the moon at that time. Schmitt photographed Eugene Cernan standing next to the American flag and the umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna of their…
ISRO conducted the orbit raising maneuver like a flower at 3 pm today. With this, the fourth lift of the probe was completed. Officials say that what can be done on World Lunar Day itself gives happiness.New orbit 71,000 km x 230 km The next lift-off will be on Tuesday, July 25 at the same…
The landing is expected to be in the 69.37, 32.35 region near the south polar region of the Moon. It is 100 km away from the area where the Chandrayaan 2 lander attempted to land. It is a steep, rocky area. Chandrayaan 2’s landing site was between the craters Mancinus C and Symposiu N. The…
Lander on top of Propulsion Module and Rover inside Lander. It is planned to be placed on top of the upper stage of the LMV3 rocket and launched in the second half of 2023. The Propulsion Module and Lander will be in this configuration from Trans Lunar Injection until reaching the 100 Km Circular Orbit…
NASA is preparing to launch a torch to the moon. The agency aims to find water in the moon’s south polar region in a mission called Lunar Flashlight. NASA is confident that water is present in craters in the south polar region of the Moon. In the future, the agency plans to focus on this…
The cost of a rocket launch on NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission is $ 4.1 billion US dollars! That’s about ISRO’s two-year budget.
Long march 5 can send 8.8 to 9.4 tons on a trans lunar injection. China already as a lunar capability that we haven’t even considered.
