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Explained | What is NASA’s Moon Base programme, why it wants India to be part of it ?

August 13, 2026 admin

The story so far: At the ninth meeting of the India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group (CSJWG), held in Bengaluru on August 5 and 6, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offered a formal invitation to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to be part of its ambitious Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords….

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NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base programme

August 11, 2026 admin

According to NASA, the programme envisages building humanity’s first outpost on another celestial body near the lunar South Pole. | Photo Credit: Antranik Tavitian National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to be part of its Moon Base programme. At the ninth meeting of the India-U.S. Civil Space…

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NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base programme

August 11, 2026 admin

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In the running: On the Artemis II launch

April 2, 2026 admin

The sight of the giant rocket bearing the NASA Artemis II mission and its crew of four ascending into the sky in the early hours of April 2 (IST) brought cheers among onlookers on the ground and around the world. The mission has taken many years and several billion dollars to develop and brings the…

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Why is NASA allotting a standard time for the moon?

May 7, 2024 admin

The story so far: In September 2025, NASA’s four-member Artemis crew is scheduled fly around the moon in preparation for the space agency’s mission to land on the moon again. To boost such scientific missions, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on April 2, directed its space agency, the National Aeronautics…

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Germany signs U.S.-led space norms pact Artemis Accords

September 17, 2023 admin

The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Germany on Thursday became the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords, a U.S.-led multilateral agreement meant to establish norms of behaviour in space and…

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What is the legal framework for space missions like the Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L-1? | Explained

September 12, 2023 admin

The story so far: In a historic feat, the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down near the south pole of the moon on August 23. The landing follows on the heels of Russia’s failure to land its Luna-25 on the lunar south pole after it crashed owing to an engine malfunction. This was closely followed on September 2,…

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What is the legal framework for space missions like the Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L-1? | Explained

September 12, 2023 admin

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