China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission BEIJING: China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, overcoming a key hurdle in its... Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:32am
Pakistan Pakistan’s iCube-Qamar sends first image from lunar orbit ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s lunar satellite iCube Qamar has sent the first picture from the orbit after successfully... Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am
Pakistan Pakistan launches first moon mission ‘ICUBE-Qamar’ ISLAMABAD: In a landmark first, Pakistan’s lunar mission — ICUBE-Qamar — was launched from China’s Hainan... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
Print Retrieving samples from far side of the moon: China launches historic mission WENCHANG, (China): China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks... Updated 04 May, 2024 08:50am
Opinion Finally, Pakistan will Orbit the Moon Pakistan’s ICUBE-Q satellite is set to be transported by China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft, scheduled to depart ... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am
World 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