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Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

Nov 10, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...

President Lee Myung-Bak poses in front of the KSLV-1 rocket

S.Korea first rocket launch set for August 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 7

South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.

Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet.

Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.

Chang'E-1 has blazed a new trail in China's deep space exploration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar topography, and based on this, they ...