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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicArtemis

Topic: Artemis

Stellar crew of NASA’s Artemis moon voyage named & a possible ‘Himalayan’ error in glacier watch

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA to announce astronauts chosen for Artemis II lunar flyby mission

Artemis II is set for launch as early as next year in what would be the first crewed voyage around the moon since the end of the Apollo era more than 50 years ago.

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $112 million contract to put lander on moon’s far side in ’26

The contract is part of Artemis program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative— to deploy privately built lunar landers to study the moon's surface before people land there in future.

How this Greek feminist goddess inspired NASA to name its moon mission after her

Zeus’ daughter and Apollo’s sister, Artemis was a major deity in ancient Greece—the strong, courageous goddess of wilderness and hunting.

‘Proud moment’ — IITian scouted landing sites on moon for NASA’s Artemis 3 using Chandrayaan-1 data

IIT-Roorkee scholar Prateek Tripathi was selected for NASA's summer internship. His expertise came in handy in researching Shackleton, a large crater on moon's south pole.

Why can’t a rocket just be ‘thrown off’ Earth’s surface? Launch windows are important

A launch window is like waiting for the stars to align.

Mission Moon 2.0 — NASA’s Artemis 1 is set for launch on most powerful rocket ever built

Artemis 1 to be first in series of complex missions that aim to establish human presence on moon. It will loop around the moon, drop off some satellites, and return to earth.

On Camera

India’s defence acquisition framework is designed to prevent wrongdoing, not deliver outcomes

Vivek Rae committee highlighted the deficiencies that persist even today: Fragmented authority, weak accountability, and the absence of dedicated acquisition cadres.

What the MiG-21 taught me

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

France keen to make Rafale jets in India, boost not just defence but people-to-people ties, says envoy

In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.