One of the photos also shows a crater-like formation in the desert. An astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) has shared breathtaking photos of the Namib Desert in western Namibia captured from space. The Namib is believed to be among the oldest deserts on Earth, dating back 55 million years. In a post on […]
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 […]
Mr Sandhu expressed these views in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, a conservative news outlet. Washington: Highlighting the immense scope to expand India-US bilateral ties in space, India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday said it is only natural that the two largest democratic countries deepen their existing space collaboration and […]
Aeroflex Industries is aiming to capitalise on India’s burgeoning space program. (Representational) Bengaluru: Aeroflex Industries, whose metal hoses are used in utilities, refineries and fire fighting equipment, is in talks to enter the aerospace sector, a top company executive said, aiming to capitalise on India’s burgeoning space program. Following Chandrayaan-3’s success, India launched its first […]
New Delhi: India and the US on Friday said they have started talks to put in place a strategic framework for human space flight by year-end as they plan to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station in 2024. US President Joe Biden also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the historic landing […]
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said that Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander made a touchdown on the lunar surface for a second time. This comes days after the successful moon landing of India’s third lunar mission. ISRO also stated that the lander has successfully “exceeded Chandrayaan-3 mission objectives”. Hours after, ISRO announced […]
The international crew of four spent a total of 186 days in orbit. An international crew of four astronauts safely returned to Earth on Monday after a successful six-month stay on the International Space Station, CNN reported. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev splashed down safely in the SpaceX […]
The journey to Lagrange point 1 will take about 125 days. Sriharikota: Days after scripting history by becoming the only nation to achieve a successful soft landing near the south pole of the moon, India added another feather to its space exploration cap on Saturday with the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission. India’s first solar […]
In 2019, the government sanctioned the equivalent of about $46 million for the Aditya-L1 mission Bengaluru: India is set to launch its next space venture, a mission to study the sun and its effect on space weather, days after the historical landing of its Chandrayaan-3 space craft on the lunar south pole. Here are highlights […]
New Delhi: Six decades after its first rocket launch, India, with the success of its Chandrayaan-3 mission now has a surer footing in the field of space exploration and technology. But now, experts say is time the country came up with a national strategic vision on a space policy, boost space-tech, propel its space economy […]
