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Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, the father of astrogeology and a planetary scientist, on July 31, 1999, his remains, carried on moon by the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, made him the first and only human to be buried on the moon.

Saturn's tiny moon Mimas holds a hidden ocean, discovered through Cassini spacecraft data. Its youth, tidal origins, and potential for life make it a captivating subject for planetary exploration

An India-born Suhasini Iyer is overseeing rocket stage of NASA’s ambitious project to send a spacecraft to the moon

Even before orbiting astronauts on India's first manned mission to the space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send 'Vyomamitra', a 'lady robot', in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft. The robot was the centre of attraction at the inaugural session of the "Human Spaceflight and Exploration - Present Challenges and Future Trends" in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Let’s find out more about this woman half-humanoid in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander landed within 500 mts of the landing site on the moon’s surface, said the government. The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22.

After PV Sindhu’s glory, India has more reasons to be proud as para-badminton player Manasi Joshi has also brought home her first gold at the Para World Badminton Championship. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was trolled on Twitter with #RahulBacksPakistan after his tweet was used by a Pakistani minister to tell the UN that Indian politicians were not happy with PM Modi's cancellation of Article 370.  Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.
 

Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Here is a video that describes the process of India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 entering the Moon's orbit on Tuesday (August 20)
 

As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support, several politicians, including veteran BJP leader LK Advani and Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to enquire about his health. ISRO will fire Chandrayaan-2's liquid engine on August 20 to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country. 
 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit on August 20. Following this, there will be further four orbit manoeuvres to make the spacecraft enter into its final orbit passing over the lunar poles at a distance of about 100 km from the moon's surface.

Chandrayaan-2 that was launched from Sriharikota on July 22, will now move towards the moon from the Earth’s orbit. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is expected to reach the moon's orbit on August 20.

NASA seems to have discovered super earth that can maintain water and support life. This new discovery was made by a spacecraft designed to look for planets outside of our solar system

 

Less than an hour before lift-off, India's second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2 was called off due to a technical snag. The lift-off of the three-component spacecraft weighing 3,850 kg and comprising an orbiter, the lander and the rover was scheduled from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
 

The mission cost of Chandrayaan-2 with regard to the satellite was Rs 603 crore. The cost of GSLV MK III is Rs 375 crore. Chandrayaan-2 will launch on July 15
 

In a statement, Russia said, "We noted the test of anti-satellite weapons conducted by India on March 27, as a result of which an Indian spacecraft - a target - in a low earth orbit was hit by an interceptor ballistic missile."