The communication system of the satellite will also be tested for the next 5 days, Pakistani space scientist Dr. Khurram Islamabad: Pakistan’s first satellite space mission i-cube has successfully reached the lunar orbit. The Chang’e-6 mission successfully placed the Pakistani satellite iCube Qamar into lunar orbit. After deployment of iCube Qamar, all subsystems will be…
Pakistani satellite launched into lunar orbit – Photo: CTGN Islamabad: Along with China’s space mission ‘Cheng E6’, Pakistan’s satellite ‘Icube Qamar’ has left to orbit the moon, which will reach the moon’s orbit in 5 days and thus Pakistan is the sixth in the world to send a satellite into the moon’s orbit. The country…
(Photo: APP) Islamabad: Pakistan’s historic Lunar Mission (IQ-Q) will be launched into space from China on Friday. Based in Islamabad Institute of Space and Technology According to (IST), the satellite iCube-Q has been developed by IST in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University and Pakistan’s National Space Agency Sparco. The iCube-Q orbiter is equipped with two…
The Russian space mission Leona 24 has failed after a disaster on its journey to the moon. Photo: File Moscow: After nearly 50 years, Russia’s Luna 25 mission to the moon has been destroyed after hitting the lunar surface at the last minute. After 1976, Russia sent a modern spacecraft to the moon, which was…
Chinese experts plan to launch radio telescope satellites into lunar orbit in 2026. Photo: Space.com website Beijing: China has said that by 2026 it will launch satellites carrying radio telescopes into lunar orbit, and is expected to open new avenues for astronomy. Although these will be small satellites with one central and eight smaller satellites…
According to the Saudi Federation of Astronomy, a partial lunar eclipse will be visible on Friday, May 5. The Saudi Federation of Astronomy says the moon will be 10 percent less bright than usual. They say the eclipse will last for 4 hours and 17 minutes, starting at 6:14 PM, peaking at 8:24 PM and…
(Photo: Hyundai Motors) Seoul, South Korea: South Korean automaker Hyundai says the company has begun work on a test version of a rover to explore the moon. Last year, the local company from the capital Seoul signed a partnership agreement with six Korean research institutes from the aerospace sector, with the aim of working to…
NASA has announced four astronauts for the Artemis II mission. Photo: BBC Cape Canaveral: 50 years after the human occupation of the moon, efforts to set foot there again are underway and in this context, the first team of four astronauts, including one black and one female, has been announced under the Artemis mission. Reid…
Axiom Space engineer Jim Austin demonstrates the new space suit in Houston. Photo: AP Houston, Texas: NASA experts in partnership with a private company have come up with a modern, lightweight and flexible space suit for future astronauts and moon landings that has many features compared to the white space suit. NASA has developed this…
