Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China claims that spacecraft successfully lands on moon’s far side

China claims that spacecraft successfully lands on moon's far side

An autonomous visual obstacle avoidance system detected obstacles during the descent. The lander is expected to spend up to three days gathering materials from the surface. The mission aims to collect about 2kg of material using a drill and mechanical arm. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that its uncrewed craft, the Chang’e 6, … Read more

First image from ICube Qamar received

ICube

KARACHI: Pakistan’s space program has embarked on a historic lunar mission, with its satellite ICube Qamar successfully capturing the first-ever image of the Moon.

A special ceremony was held at the China National Space Administration on the successful mission of iCube Qamar, in which the Chinese authorities handed over the first image received from iCube Qamar to Pakistani Ambassador Khalil Hashmi.

The first image shows sunlight, IQ Qamar has started taking pictures of the moon.

iCube Qamar has been successfully deployed in fixed lunar orbit and iCube Qamar is working according to all the specified parameters.

It should be noted that Pakistan’s first lunar space mission iCube Qamar ‘Cheng E6’ was launched on May 3 from Wencheng Space Center in Henan, China.

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Pakistan joins Chinese lunar program, agreement signed

Chinese lunar program

PM Pakistan signed the initial agreement. Cooperation will cover all aspects of the lunar program. China aims to become a major space power by 2030. Beijing: An agreement was signed between Pakistan and China to join the Chinese lunar program, after which Pakistan joined the Chinese program to establish a base on the moon. According … Read more