Scientists have confirmed, for the first time, the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, a discovery which indicates that water molecules may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to the cold, shadowed places as previously thought. Using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the researchers, including those […]
India on Thursday successfully carried out the final user trial of the third-generation anti-tank guided missile Nag at Pokhran desert in Rajasthan, is a significant milestone that paves the way for the deployment of the weapon in strategically sensitive sectors, officials said. The missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 more Starlink satellites into the orbit on 18th October from the Kennedy Space Center; another set of satellites are awaiting launch are scheduled to take place on October 22 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The latest launch marks the 835th Starlinks launched, including the two prototype satellites launched […]
A manned Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying three crew members launched from Site No. 41 of the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 8:45 a.m. Moscow time. The rocketship is on its way to the International Space Station. The three crew members on board, the Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, as well as NASA astronaut […]
India on Friday successfully test-fired a new generation anti-radiation missile which will be part of the tactical weaponry of the Indian Air Force, officials said. The missile, Rudram-1, is India’s first indigenously developed anti-radiation missile that has speed of Mach two or twice the speed of sound. The missile is likely to be integrated with […]
Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Veteran Boeing Astraunaut of NASA, Mike Fincke, and Nicole Mann will be heading for the Crew test flight of Boeing from NASA. This will be the first flight having a crew of the starliner named CST-100 Starliner. It will go to the International Station in 2021. Chris Ferguson has been replaced by […]
The tunnels created on the surface of the Moon a tremendous amount of time ago, by the volcanic eruptions, could prove to be a suitable place for the creation of human settlements inside those “lava tubes.” Satoshi Kodaira and other scientists at the Japanese Institute of Radiological Research came up with this new theory which […]
The DRDO on Monday successfully tested a system of supersonic missile-assisted release of lightweight anti-submarine torpedo called SMART from the Wheeler island in Odisha, said the Defence Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said SMART is for anti-submarine warfare operations “far beyond the torpedo range”. “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) has been successfully […]
SpaceX was supposed to go ahead with the launch of a US military GPS satellite from Florida on October 3; however, the liftoff was pulled back with just two seconds to go. The planning that went into the scheduled time for the launch gave a 15-minute window for the liftoff which was supposed to commence […]
Meanwhile, the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office once again rests for the time being as per the United Launch Alliance (ULA) report. The launch, which was about to take off yesterday at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, was suddenly called off. This is not the first time that the mission has […]
SpaceX has successfully concluded with NASA in what is a first mission of the Crew Dragon. The company had been able to take a flight to the Space_Stationand back along with the astronauts and this looks like an achievement after a long span of time. Four astronauts, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker of […]
