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India's Journey to the Moon
On Aug. 23, 2023, India became the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 — meaning “moon craft” in Sanskrit — took off from a launchpad on July 14, 2023 in Sriharikota, an island in southern India.
Volcanic Exoplanet Discovered By Canadian Astronomers
A new exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been discovered by Canadian astronomers. Quite similar to Earth in many ways, it is known as LP 791-18d, and is located 90 light years away.
NASA’s Artemis I Launches To the Moon
NASA’s Artemis I launched on Nov. 16, being the first flight of NASA’s superheavy rocket ship called the Space Launch System (SLS), and a key step of a three year program to establish a long-term human presence on the moon.
James Webb Telescope Launch
NASA’s James Webb Telescope (JWST) reached its destination, Lagrange Point (L2) on January 24, 2022, preparing to study the earliest stars and galaxies and analyze their emergence in the Universe.