Suparco: After the historic success of India’s Chandrayaan-3 last year, Pakistan has also launched its own Moon mission with the help of China. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s IQUB-Qamar has sent the first picture from the moon’s orbit. Pakistan has launched its Moon mission in collaboration with its ally China. The lunar module was designed by the Institute of Space Technology (IST) in Islamabad in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University (SJTU) and Pakistan’s national space agency Suparco. This satellite was launched from Hainan province on May 3 and successfully entered the lunar orbit…
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Successful landing of Japan’s spacecraft ‘Moon Sniper’ on the Moon, becoming the fifth country to do so
Japan has created history by successfully landing the spacecraft ‘Moon Sniper’ on the Moon. With this, Japan has become the fifth country to successfully send a spacecraft to the moon. Before this, only India, Russia, America and China have been successful in reaching the moon. Japanese space agency JAXA said that it had searched an area of 6000X4000 for landing. JAXA landed its Slim Moon mission in this area. The space agency said that its target was to land the spacecraft in the searched area only. Space craft was launched…
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