American lunar lander ‘alive and well,’ images expected soon WASHINGTON: The first American spaceship on the Moon since Apollo is “alive and well” following a drama-packed... Published 24 Feb, 2024 06:42am
World US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon on... Published 23 Feb, 2024 09:11am
World After 50 years, US to return to Moon on January 25 WASHINGTON: More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
World Japan firm’s pioneering Moon landing fails TOKYO: A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication... Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am
World Scientists find water inside glass beads on the Moon PARIS: Scientists said Monday they have discovered water inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the Moon,... Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am
World NASA's Orion spaceship slingshots around Moon, heads for home WASHINGTON: NASA's Orion spaceship made a close pass of the Moon and used a gravity assist to whip itself back... Published 06 Dec, 2022 12:33am
World NASA targets November 14 for Moon rocket launch WASHINGTON: NASA said Wednesday it would try again to launch its mega Moon rocket on November 14 with backup dates... Published 12 Oct, 2022 10:25pm
Opinion Why go back to the Moon? On September 12, 1962, then US president John F Kennedy informed the public of his plan to put a man on the Moon by... Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am
World NASA postpones rocket launch to Moon after fuel leak KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and... Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am
Technology All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon WASHINGTON: Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar... Published 24 Aug, 2022 01:05pm
Technology South Korea’s first lunar orbiter launched by SpaceX SEOUL: South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul... Published 05 Aug, 2022 10:49am
Technology NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the Moon WELLINGTON: NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space Tuesday, part of a... Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am
World Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the Moon WASHINGTON: That’s one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man’s knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have... Published 13 May, 2022 10:56am
Print NASA opens sample taken from the Moon 50 years on WASHINGTON: The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just... Updated 12 Mar, 2022 09:47am
World First photos from the Moon under the hammer in Denmark COPENHAGEN: The first NASA photographs taken on the Moon, including the first shot of an “Earthrise” and Buzz... Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am
World China denies making space junk set to crash into Moon BEIJING: China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece... Published 22 Feb, 2022 04:43am
Technology Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomers WASHINGTON: Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that... Published 15 Feb, 2022 11:07am
World Chinese sighting of ‘cube’ on moon rouses speculation, inspires memes BEIJING: A photograph of a cube-like object captured by a Chinese rover on the far side of the moon has fanned... Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am
Technology NASA's latest astronaut trainees are already dreaming of the Moon WASHINGTON: As a former national team cyclist who'd fix her own bikes, and before that as a child helping out on her... Published 08 Dec, 2021 10:45am
Technology No US return to the Moon before 2026: audit WASHINGTON: The return of humans to the Moon, already postponed last week by NASA from 2024 to 2025, will actually... Published 16 Nov, 2021 09:50am
World Partial eclipse sweeps over northern hemisphere PARIS: People across Earth's northern hemisphere viewed an annular solar eclipse Thursday with parts of Canada and... Published 11 Jun, 2021 03:41am
World China’s Mars rover starts roaming the Red Planet SHANGHAI: China’s Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, ... Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am
World China postpones launch of rocket carrying space station supplies BEIJING: China has postponed the planned launch Thursday of a rocket carrying supplies for its new space station due... Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am
Print ‘False’ claims of moon sighting not a wise approach: Fawad ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said “there was no... Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am
Pakistan Ruet-e-Hilal committee to meet today for Shawwal moon sighting Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Eid would be celebrated on Friday. Published 12 May, 2021 09:45am
Print ‘As per MoS&T calendar Eid on 14th’: Fawad ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said as per the calendar of... Updated 10 May, 2021 10:22am
Technology Blue Origin protests NASA choice of SpaceX to land astronauts on Moon The decision also "creates a potential monopoly for all future NASA exploration missions because there would not be continuing programs for lunar access other than the SpaceX solution," the protest said. Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:44am
World SpaceX postpones Starship launch WASHINGTON: SpaceX has postponed the latest test flight of its prototype interplanetary Starship rocket from the... Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am
World SpaceX rocket explodes on ground after seemingly successful flight WASHINGTON: Third time’s a charm? Not so for SpaceX, whose unmanned rocket exploded on the ground Wednesday after... Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:40am
Technology Chinese craft returns to Earth with Moon rocks "These samples will help reveal secrets of our Earth-Moon system (and) gain new insights about the history of our solar system." Published 17 Dec, 2020 11:50am