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NASA’s Artemis II astronauts safely splash down in Pacific Ocean after historic 10-day Moon mission

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded safely as four astronauts splashed down in the Pacific on Saturday.

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Artemis-ll: NASA sends astronauts on historic mission around the moon for the first time in the 21st century

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2026

After completing the journey, the spacecraft will return and is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on 11th April.

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As NASA gears up to return humans to the Moon, here’s all you need to know about the Artemis II mission

Shraddha Pandey - 16 January, 2026

The Artemis II mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida using the American space agency’s most powerful rocket, the SLA Block 1.

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SpaDeX mission, 100th launch, collaboration with NASA, discovery of exoplanet and more: India’s major accomplishments in space research and exploration in 2025

Rukma Rathore - 19 December, 2025

Modi govt approved the Third Launch Pad (TLP) at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

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India celebrates its first ‘National Space Day’ on August 23 to mark success of Chandrayaan 3’s Moon landing mission

Siddhi Somani - 23 August, 2024

PM Modi wished everyone on the occasion of the first 'National Space Day' lauding the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for making the country proud. "Our Government has taken a series of futuristic decisions relating to this sector and we will do even more in the times to come," PM Modi said.

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‘Our neighbour has reached the moon, we are yet to even rise from the ground’: Nawaz Sharif compares India and Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif praised India for the economic progress, successful moon mission and G20 summit.

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Current surface temperature on the lunar south pole is 50°C: ISRO releases first set of data sent by Chandrayaan-3 mission

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2023

ISRO releases first set of data regarding the Moon’s thermophysical properties taken by Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission

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Jawahar Lal Nehru greater than Lord Shiva? Congress’ Rashid Alvi justifies ‘Jawahar point’ on moon while criticising ‘Shiv Shakti’ point

OpIndia Staff - 26 August, 2023

Congress senior leader Rashid Alvi criticised PM Modi's decision to rename the landing spot of Chandrayaan-3, disregarding the fact that his party had also named Chandrayaan-1 landing site after Nehru

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Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon: What is so special about the Moon’s South Pole?

Paurush Gupta - 23 August, 2023

The many reasons why countries are running for lunar south pole landing include chances of presence of water, better astronomical site to understand radio waves and potential presence of volatiles among others.

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