India&#39;s unmanned moon mission going smoothly: official
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India&#39;s unmanned moon mission -Chandrayan - is expected to take place in 2007-08 as it is progressing smoothly, the country&#39;s space agency chief G. MadhavanNair said here Sunday.
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Europeâs first mission to the moon is just days away from its goal after taking the slow boat from Earth more than a year ago. The spacecraft, dubbed SMART-1, will make its first close pass by the moon on the evening of Nov.
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US space officials are optimistic that Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis will go ahead.
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NASA's Deep Impact comet-busting spacecraft emerged from "safe mode" and was operating normally, the space agency said Thursday.
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China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday. Japan sent an orbiter up last month. India is close behind. It's an economic competition with military undertones.
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An Indian satellite designed to boost television and communication services was on course Tuesday to reach its final orbit after its delayed launch by an Ariane rocket, the national space agency said.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon, the unmanned exploratory probe SMART-1, has been safely placed in lunar orbit after a voyage of more than 13 months, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.
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Manmohan Singh, Indiaâs prime minister, and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said the peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbours was on track despite recent rough spots in their relations.
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India&#39;s foreign minister says modest progress was made in two days of peace talks with his Pakistani counterpart in New Delhi.
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European Space Agency's Smart 1 probe is set to enter into orbit around the Moon on Monday.
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A general director of China&#39;s space program says the development of the Shenzhou VI, which is to be launched next autumn, is progressing smoothly.
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&quot;Everything is OK. Huygens is ready to go,&quot; said Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the probe&#39;s project scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA).
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The unmanned satellite SMART-1, whose mission is to map the Moon&#39;s topography and mineralogical composition, reached its first lunar orbit after a thirteen month journey, China Radio International reported on Tuesday.
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China's preparations to launch its  first lunar orbiter are on schedule for lift-off later this  week, a Chinese official said on Monday, as the country steps  up efforts in a new international race for the moon.
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India just launched a communications satellite.
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It&#39;s been a long trip, but Europe&#39;s first Moon mission is finally nearing its goal. SMART-1, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) way back on 27 September 2003, will go into orbit around the Moon on 15 November.
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In this artist&#39;s rendition released by the European Space Agency, the European-made SMART-1 solar-powered satellite is seen nearing the Moon on its way to make the first comprehensive inventory of key chemical elements in the lunar surface.