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World

NASA halts operations amid US government shutdown

Critical safety operations continue, but most programmes and research face pause

Published 04 Oct, 2025 01:05pm

World

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA’s Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

Lovell and crewmates survived harrowing explosion in space

Published 09 Aug, 2025 12:05pm

Technology

Chinese probe returns to Earth with samples from far side of Moon

It used a drill and robotic arm to scoop up samples

Published 25 Jun, 2024 05:31pm

World

China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample retrieval mission

The samples will be transferred to a rocket booster atop the lander

Published 02 Jun, 2024 08:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s ‘historic’ lunar mission launched

Chang’e-6 also carried payloads from France, Italy, Sweden

Updated 03 May, 2024 03:38pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s ‘historic’ lunar mission to be launched on Friday aboard China lunar probe

Mission holds significance for Pakistan as it will also take a CubeSat Satellite iCube-Q, developed by IST

Published 01 May, 2024 12:41am

Technology

China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon, including Pakistani payload

On Chang’e-6, China will carry payloads from France, Italy, Sweden and Pakistan,

Updated 30 Apr, 2024 01:55pm

Technology

NASA Moon mission ‘exceeding’ expectations

The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years

Published 19 Nov, 2022 10:15am

Technology

Fuel leak to delay first launch of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket for weeks

NASA's Artemis mission manager, says efforts to resolve the latest technical snag would entail "several weeks of work"

Published 05 Sep, 2022 12:17am