Chandrayaan-3 success to boost India’s space ambitions, global standing Original Publication Date: 2023-09-05 23:41 Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon on Aug. 23. Indian space agency ISRO put the lander into sleep mode late Sept. 3. ISRO has not announced any formal plans for sample return or ...

Orion swings by the moon on its way back to Earth Original Publication Date: 2022-12-06 10:14 NASA's Orion spacecraft flew by the moon for a second and final time Dec. 5. The maneuver sets up the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in six days. Orion, which launched nearly three ...