India plans crucial test in crewed space mission by October
The Gaganyaan mission is aimed at developing a human-habitable space capsule that will carry a three-member crew into an orbit of 400km for three days.
Black hole observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite
It consumed material equal to about three times Earth's mass each time it made a close pass on its elongated oval-shaped obit.
Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander to space
The launch comes two weeks after India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission to the unexplored lunar south pole.
Japan's 'moon sniper' to test precision landing – and Tokyo's space ambitions
The mission is meant to demonstrate Japan's ability to put a lightweight, low-cost craft on the moon within 100m of a designated landing site using an advanced visual navigation system.
Why are countries racing to the moon's heavily cratered south pole?
Scientists are interested in pockets of ancient ice because they could provide a record of lunar volcanoes, material that comets and asteroids delivered to Earth, and the origin of oceans.
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in 'victory cry of a new India'
Scientists and officials clapped, cheered and hugged each other as the spacecraft landed and people across India broke out in celebration, setting off firecrackers and dancing in the streets.
India counts down to crucial moon landing
India's mission - Chandrayaan means 'moon vehicle' in Hindi and Sanskrit - is its second attempt to land there.
India's boom, Russia's crunch: how money is shaping a new space race
The seemingly sudden competition to get to a previously unexplored region of the moon recalls the space race of the 1960s, when the US and the Soviet Union competed.
Race for moon resources has begun, says Russia's space chief after failed lunar mission
Russia's Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.
Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure
Russia's state space corporation, Roskosmos, says it lost contact with the craft after a problem as the craft was shunted into pre-landing orbit.
India launches rocket to land spacecraft on moon's south pole
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is designed to deploy a lander and rover near the moon's south pole around Aug 23.
India readies rocket aimed at landing on moon's south pole
India would join a group of three other countries that have managed a controlled lunar landing, including the US, the former Soviet Union and China, if the mission succeeds.
