Representatives of ten space agencies from around the world met under the banner of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG). They adopted for further study three scenarios for conducting internationally coordinated robotic and human exploration activities on the Moon. This was one of several results arising from a meeting held on March 10-12, 2009, [...]

Indian Space Research Organization’s 35-kg Moon Impact Probe (MIP), ejected from Chandrayaan-I, which is orbiting around the moon at a distance of 100 km at 8.06 pm Indian Standard Time. After a 25-minute decent, it hit the lunar surface at a designated location on the Shackleton crater near the moon’s south pole.
The Indian MIP became [...]

Today, Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully reached its intended operational orbit at a height of about 100 km from the lunar surface. This followed a series of three orbit reduction manoeuvres conducted during the past three days by repeatedly firing the spacecraft’s 440 Newton Liquid Engine. As part of these manoeuvres, the engine was fired for [...]