The country’s plans to launch an unmanned rover into space were delayed at the last moment,…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Launch: When and How to Watch
One of the largest countries on Earth hopes to become the fourth to land successfully on…
Your Apollo 11-Inspired Guide to Eclipses, Supermoons and More Lunar Events
Eclipses, supermoons and other astronomical highlights to look forward to, years into the future. …
India’s Going to the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped
India will launch an unmanned rover into space on Monday. If successful, India will join a…
How Was the Moon Made? We Won’t Know Until We Go Back
The closer scientists look at theories of how the moon formed, the more questions they find. …
Neglected After Apollo, the Moon Comes Back Around
Something of a new lunar race is underway, but the motivations differ from what put men…
Should Neil Armstrong’s Bootprints Be on the Moon Forever?
With renewed interest in the moon, some say it’s time to consider whether, and how, to…
Hawaii Telescope Project, Long Disputed, Will Begin Construction
The governor announced that the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, bitterly opposed by local activists,…
It Blasted an Asteroid. Now This Japanese Spacecraft Will Inspect Its Work.
Hayabusa2 will try to collect a sample scattered from a crater made on the surface of…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to Reach a New Frontier: The Stock Market
The private space tourism business plans to merge with a publicly traded shell company, giving it…