India-Japan lunar bid: targeting tech gap?
India and Japan took their deepening natural partnership [1] [2] into outer space when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) divulged that they...
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Geopolitical territoriality on the moon
This is part of an article series on India in the Global Commons. Click here to read the entire collection. Click on the image for a magnified version.Image 1: The NASA Apollo Programme (1968-1972)...
View ArticleChandrayaan-2: presaging private participation
On July 15, India will launch its second mission to the moon – the Chandrayaan-2. This is a milestone for science and a triumph for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Once it lands on the...
View ArticleTime to promote private heavy-lift rockets
The launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the world’s first spacecraft targeted to visit the south pole of the Moon, is now scheduled for 22 July 2019. A technical glitch with the GSLV MK-III rocket delayed the...
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