Moon missions

India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the moon on Wednesday, carving a niche for the country in the field of space exploration. What Happened: The spacecraft landed on the lunar south pole at about 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday to much cheer back home. The mission comes days after...

As NASA continues to work towards landing on Moon with its Artemis mission, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has launched the uncrewed Luna-25 spacecraft to the Moon. What Happened: The spacecraft was launched in the early hours of Friday local time from Vostochny Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2 Fregat...

Billionaire Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company Blue Origin said on Wednesday that it is building hardware to return to the Moon and stay. What Happened: Blue Origin posted a picture of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)  and NASA administrator Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) at its factory with two others and...

Researchers at the Washington State University (WSU) employed the popular fashion doll “Barbie,” made by Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT), to devise a new method to remove lunar dust off astronauts ahead of their next moon mission. What Happened: The researchers blasted Barbies donning...