Nasa scientists successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment, which could pave the way for establishing a long-term presence of humans on the lunar surface, and even for the future colonization of the Moon
The mission control lost contact with the lander Hakuto -R Mission 1 minutes before the landing time and could not re-establish communication with it after the expected landing time
In 2020, the government liberalized the space sector and enabled large scale private sector participation in the country’s space programme which until then was the prerogative of ISRO