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Almost nine years back America was basking in the glory of witnessing the historic landing of Atlantis on July 21 for the final time at 5 a.m. in the morning near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Set out on July 8, Atlantis had been the final flight for Space Shuttle Programme, on the STS-135 mission. The […]
Israel’s Defence Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday. It said the Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite was launched at 4 a.m. from central Israel into space. It described the Ofek as an electro-optical reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities. Shortly after the launch, it said the Ofek already was transmitting […]
A spacewalking astronaut added to the pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out of the International Space Station for battery work. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror floated away at about a foot per second. Mission Control said the mirror somehow became detached from […]
Allowing the private sector to carry out space activities like building of rockets, satellites, and providing launch services is a major reform, ISRO chief K Sivan said on Thursday. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved participation of the private sector in the entire range of space activities, including planetary exploration missions. Terming this a “major reform”, […]
Madhavan Nair has warned against structural changes in the ISRO, as he sought to draw similarities between the space agency and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in terms of having a unified command for delivering efficient performance. The former Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) said some of the recent media reports project an alarming picture […]
India will witness a solar eclipse on June 21 and it will be annular in some parts of the country, where skygazers will get an opportunity to observe the “ring of fire” during the phenomenon, an official said on Monday. However, for most parts of the country, the eclipse will be partial. The path of […]
In a historic mission, SpaceX has launched 58 satellites into orbit on June 13, 2020. The satellites are aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, and the launch took place from Cape Canaveral in Florid in the US. The mission was scheduled to take place on June 12, however, for some difficulties, it was pushed back to […]
We know that everything on earth has been affected by the pandemic COVID 19. It hasn’t even left the space research projects. Gaganyaan project of ISRO which was supposed to be launched this year has been therefore postponed to 2021. The Gaganyaan project was supposed to be an unmanned flight. It was scheduled to be […]
If you are aware of the Starlink mission of SpaceX then you must be knowing that on 3 June 2020, SpaceX launched its 8th Starlink mission. In Space Launch Complex 40, situated in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9 took off at around 9:25 PM. Now Spacex has unveiled to us the pictures from […]
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has entered into an agreement with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) for cooperation in the field of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Astrophysics. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by R Umamaheswaran, Scientific Secretary of ISRO and Dipankar Banerjee, Director of ARIES, Nainital through videoconference mode at […]
Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday congratulated NASA and SpaceX for their manned mission and termed it as “historic.” “Congratulations to #NASA and #SpaceX for historic first launch of manned mission after 2011. Great job !” ISRO tweeted. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft with two NASA astronauts on Sunday successfully docked with the International Space Station after […]
