From ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 to NASA's Artemis - the race to reach the Moon
Photo Credit: ISRO Chandrayaan-3 has successfully landed on the Moon and created history. Globally, various countries have been trying to land on the lunar surface.
Photo Credit: ISRO From Chandrayaan-3, Luna-25 to Artemis, there are various Moon missions that have been carried out while others are being planned for take off all over the world.
Photo Credit: ISRO These are the Moon missions, you should know about:
Photo Credit: ISRO/Twitter Chandrayaan-3: Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on 14 July and landed on the Moon successfully today.
Photo Credit: ISRO It is way less expensive than its predecessors and other moon missions, which was about $75 million.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Russia's Luna: Russia’s Luna-25 was launched on August 11, 2023, but unfortunately, it crashed before it could land safely on the moon’s surface on August 20. This was the first Russian Moon mission after 47 years.
Photo Credit: ISRO Its main objective was to land on the Moon's surface and remain there for one year to collect samples and analyze soil.
Photo Credit: ISRO China's Moon mission: China is planning to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030 and to build a base on the Moon’s surface
Photo Credit: NASA China has invested billions of dollars in its space program to join the race to reach the moon along with USA and Russia.
Photo Credit: Pixabay NASA's Artemis: NASA's Artemis 3 mission is gearing up to send humans to the Moon in 2025.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Artemis 1 sent uncrewed spacecraft around the Moon in 2022 and Artemis 2 is planned for November 2024.
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