August 28th, 2023
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander/rover continues to successfully operate. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), on August 27 the mission’s rover came across a 13-feet (4-meter) diameter crater positioned roughly 10-feet (3 meters) ahead of its location. The Rover was […]
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Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is set for liftoff, co-riding with the country’s X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) – a new X-ray astronomical satellite carrying new generation of X-ray imaging spectroscopy technologies to resolve mysteries regarding the formation of the universe. An H-IIA launch vehicle carrying the payloads will depart the Yoshinobu […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now at the end of performing Sol 3929 duties. Following a drive at Gediz Vallis ridge of roughly 6.5 feet (2 meters), the robot has been transmitting new imagery from its surroundings, including these photos:
Working meetings are underway at NPO Lavochkin to begin sorting out issues that led to the August 19 crash of Russia’s Luna-25 Moon lander. The Lavochkin group led the development, design, building and testing of the Luna-25. Roscosmos chief, Yuri Borisov, met with the Luna-25 development team. “He discussed with the enterprise team […]
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander-deployed rover departed its ramp and has begun exploring the lunar surface. The plan calls for the wheeled rover to carry out investigation of the south pole region touchdown area for over 14 days. From ISRO: “All activities are on schedule. All systems are normal.” “All planned rover movements have […]
SpaceX is pressing forward on the next orbital attempt for the company’s Starship project. “SpaceX has submitted its final mishap investigation report to the FAA for review. That review is ongoing,” said the FAA in a statement provided to Inside Outer Space. “When a final mishap report is approved, it will identify the corrective actions […]
India’s “elite club” status is being heralded as the country’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander/rover mission continues to unfurl. It is the first nation to reach the south pole of the Moon and joins an exclusive set of countries succeeding in soft landing upon the lunar surface, the fourth country to do so following the former […]
India has successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 lander/rover on the Moon. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) broadcasts live coverage available via multiple platforms. From ISRO via X tweet: “I reached my destination and you too!” Along with the ISRO Website and the DD National TV channel go to: YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLA_64yz8Ss […]
Russia’s emergency commission for the recent Luna-25 Moon landing failure has been appointed and has started its work. Their duty is to sort out in detail what led to the “abnormal operation” of the spacecraft’s engine, sending the probe to its destruction on the Moon’s landscape. Reportedly, that engine ran for 127 seconds instead […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover at Gale Crater is now performing Sol 3925 duties. “The Gediz Vallis Ridge has been a long-term, and, at times, seemingly impossible goal of the Curiosity Rover mission,” reports Deborah Padgett, Operational Product Generation Subsystem (OPGS) Task Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “Our path to it has repeatedly been diverted […]
