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VIPER, NASA’s Moon resource mapper
NASA’s boldest robotic Moon mission yet will launch in 2024 to study water ice in one of the harshest planetary environments in the solar system.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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India’s Mars orbiter completes six years at the red planet, but where is the science?
Hailed as India’s most successful space mission, Mangalyaan has an ugly vacuum of science results.
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Psyche, exploring a metal world
NASA’s mission to study a relic from the birth of our solar system.
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Places on the Moon explored by Apollo astronauts and what we learnt from them
The geologically varied landing sites explored by NASA’s iconic human landing missions helped shape our understanding of the Moon.
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Water plumes from Saturn’s icy moon may show promising signs of life
New research says methane levels in Enceladus’ plumes might point to a habitable world.
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How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon
The story of finding water on the Moon spans at least two decades and multiple space agencies, culminating in renewed lunar exploration plans across the world.
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Solar System History 101
From the birth of the planets, moons and space rocks to how things are now.
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Experiments at the International Space Station that paved the way to living on Mars and beyond
How we learnt to live and work in space, away from the comfort of mother Earth.
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Exploring the marvel that are mountains on the Moon
The near-instantly formed lunar mountains offer a peek into the Moon's interior, and improve our understanding of the solar system.
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Space grade electronics: How NASA Juno survives near Jupiter
Space missions that remind us space exploration is hard.
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Rocket equation 101: The Moon as a launch platform
Earth alone cannot power our future in space, and other realizations from the rocket equation.
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Why explore Saturn and its moons
The crown jewel of our solar system has complex rings, diverse moons and possible life to find.