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Sunday, September 21, 2025
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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

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.