Science
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India’s defunct surveillance satellite RISAT-2 hits Indian Ocean near Jakarta
Chennai: India’s defunct Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) re-entered the earth atmosphere on October 30 in an uncontrolled manner and hit the Indian Ocean near Jakarta, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The…
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SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy for the first time since 2019
San Francisco: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful active rocket, into space once again after over three years. According to CNET, on November 1 at 9.43 a.m.…
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NASA space mission to probe metal-rich asteroid now set for Oct 2023
Washington: The U.S. space agency has announced that it will launch its delayed Psyche mission, aimed at investigating an asteroid of similar name, in October next year. NASA selected Psyche in 2017…
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NASA’s Mars lander captures stunning meteoroid impact, spots more ice
New York: NASA’s InSight lander has captured a stunning meteoroid impact on Mars that occurred last year, the largest to date observed on the Red Planet, and boulder-size blocks of water ice…
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of Earth, Moon ahead of gravity assist
Washington: A NASA spacecraft named Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, has captured an stunning image of Earth, along with a photo of the Earth and the Moon, as…
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From Rohini to LVM3, ISRO’s changing policy for rocket names
Chennai: From names like Rohini for its sounding rockets, the Indian space agency has come to name its heavy-lift rocket with three alphabets and a number – such as LVM3. The Indian…
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In historic flight, Indian rocket puts ‘OneWeb’ satellites into orbit
Sriharikota: In a historic maiden commercial flight, an Indian heavy-lift rocket GSLV MkIII – renamed for this mission as LVM3 M2, successfully orbited satellites of UK-based OneWeb. The 43.5 metre tall and…
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ISRO enters into commercial launch market by placing 36 ‘OneWeb’ satellites into orbit
Sriharikota: In a historic maiden commercial flight, an Indian heavy-lift rocket GSLV MkIII – renamed for this mission as LVM3 M2, successfully placed 36 satellites of UK-based OneWeb into orbit. With this,…
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Much more rides on India’s Bahubali rocket than 36 OneWeb satellites
Chennai: Indian space agency officials are confident that their ‘Bahubali’ rocket will complete its historic mission without any hitch on Sunday. India’s heavy lift rocket the about 640 ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch…
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NASA’s James Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation
New York: NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape — the iconic Pillars of Creation, where new stars are forming within dense clouds…
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NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel
Washington: NASA aeronautical innovators are poised to break the sound barrier again, this time in a very different way that could make it possible for all of us to one day travel…
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Space sector moving towards constellation of satellites
Chennai: The global space sector is moving away from geo-statellites and towards the constellation of small satellites in low earth orbit, a senior official of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre…
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New walking robot design may revolutionise large construction projects in space
London: A team of researchers, including one of Indian origin, has designed a state-of-the-art walking robot to revolutionise large construction projects in space. In a study, published in the journal Frontiers in…
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Lucy spacecraft set to swing by Earth to reach Jupiter asteroids
Washington: A NASA spacecraft named Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, will skim the earth’s atmosphere, passing a mere 350 kms above the surface on October 16, to gain…
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NASA eyes Nov 14 as launch date for Artemis I Moon mission
Washington: The US space agency has now set the next launch attempt of the Artemis I Moon mission for November 14, after facing two failed attempts due to liquid hydrogen gas leak…
