The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft liftoff took place after Russia’s first lunar mission failed last month Kazakhstan: Two Russians and an American rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine. Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara lifted off from the Baikonur […]
She suffered a heart attack and died in Chennai on Saturday evening. Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist N Valarmathi, known for her iconic voice during rocket countdown launches, died on Saturday. Her most recent countdown happened during the launch of Chandrayaan-3, India’s ambitious moon mission that scripted history. A former ISRO Director Dr. P […]
The author points out that India’s rising influence can be seen in other spheres, too. New Delhi: United Kingdom’s Telegraph newspaper in a recent article stated that India which was mired by fractious politics has undergone great political stability under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has allowed for legal reforms, improvements to basic welfare systems, […]
The scientist had worked on previous space missions for the Soviet Union Russia’s lunar hopes were dashed as the Luna-25 probe, the country’s first Moon mission in nearly half a century, crashed on the lunar surface during pre-landing manoeuvres. Soon after, one of the leading physicists and astronomers who worked on the mission was rushed to […]
The launch took place at 6.30 am today. Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched C56 (PSLV-C56) with six co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on Sunday.The launch took place at 6.30 am today. #WATCH | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches its PSLV-C56 with six co-passenger satellites from […]
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched on July 19. (AFP file photo) A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX punched a temporary hole in the ionosphere surrounding our planet, according to a report in spaceweather.com. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched on July 19 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. According to the […]
The bizarre-looking object has been declared a piece of space junk Melbourne: A dome-shaped mysterious object has washed up on a remote Australian beach, amid speculation that it could be from a 20-year-old Indian rocket that was used for launching a satellite. The canister was discovered near the beach in Green Head in Western Australia […]
A Hindu temple was attacked with rocket launchers by a gang of dacoits in the Southern Sindh province of Pakistan on Sunday, a senior police official said. The assailants attacked the small temple and adjoining homes belonging to Hindus in the Kashmore area of the Sindh province. The assailants fired indiscriminately at the temple built […]
The rocket was named after a mythical winged horse that often features in Pyongyang’s propaganda. Seoul: South Korea’s military said Friday it had successfully retrieved a large chunk of a crashed North Korean space rocket from the sea bed after 15 days of complex salvage operations. North Korea attempted to put its first military spy […]
he alert fiasco speaks to a constant security problem facing South Korea. (Representational) Seoul: An emergency evacuation alert sent in error across Seoul over a North Korean rocket launch triggered widespread panic on Wednesday, crashing internet services and raising fears the government could not be trusted to handle a real crisis. The alert, sent at […]
