Space
- Andhra Pradesh
ISRO to test crew escape system extensively, doubts sensors of Chandrayaan-2
Sriharikota: The Indian space agency will extensively test the crew escape systems of its rocket before Indian astronauts are put into it and also the moon lander before the Chandrayaan-3 mission is…
- World
South Korea successfully launches homegrown space rocket
Seoul: South Korea on Tuesday launched its homegrown space rocket Nuri in the second attempt to put satellites into orbit, a critical mission for the country’s space programme. According to the Ministry…
- Science
International Space Station evades Russian space debris
Washington: The International Space Station (ISS) has successfully evaded orbital debris coming from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test, according to a media report. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos used an uncrewed Progress 81…
- World
South Korea set to launch homegrown space rocket on June 21
Seoul: South Korea plans to launch its homegrown space rocket next week, after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part in the oxidiser tank sensor, which forced the country to call off the…
- Science
NASA to launch 3 research rockets from private Australian space port
Sydney: US space agency NASA is set to launch three rockets into space from a private space port in Australia for scientific research. The rockets will be launched between June 26 and…
- Technology
Blue Origin successfully launches 6 people on 5th space tourism flight
San Francisco: Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin successfully launched its fifth tourist flight to space on Saturday. Six people were carried to space above the Karman line — an internationally recognised…
- Technology
Webb telescope to explore two rocky, Earths-like planets
Washington: NASA’s much celebrated James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full operation. The huge telescope plans to start it’s in-depth science investigation by exploring strange, new rocky worlds in…
- Technology
NASA suspends routine spacewalks due to leaky spacesuit helmet
Washington: After finding water in an astronaut’s helmet, NASA has suspended all, except the most urgent spacewalks, the agency officials have announced. Water was found in the helmet worn by European Space…
- Science
ISRO carries out static test of Gaganyaan rocket’s booster
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday went a step ahead in its human space mission programme ‘Gaganyaan’ by successfully completing the static test firing of the solid fuel powered…
- Science
How extended space flights affect astronauts’ brains
New York: Long-duration space flight can alter fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research. Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) imaged the brains of…
- World
Kamala Harris announces ban on anti-satellite missile tests to cut space debris
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris has declared that the country will no longer conduct destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing to reduce space debris and safeguard satellites in low-Earth orbit.…
- Offbeat
Watch: Turkish restaurant owner launches kebab into space
Ankara: In one of the unusual incidents in Turkey, a restaurant owner launched Adana’s famous “pipe kebab” into space. On Tuesday, April 12, Yasar Aydin – who owns a kebab restaurant, and…
- Science
Private Ax-1 astronaut to make liquid telescope mirror in space
Washington: An astronaut, part of the recent private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) American space habitat company Axiom Space, is set to test the making of a liquid telescope mirror…
- Science
NASA again delays final Artemis 1 moon mission test to April 12
Washington: NASA has yet again delayed the final wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis 1 moon mission test to April 12, the US space agency officials said. Wet dress rehearsal is an…
- World
Elon Musk gets fierce competition as Amazon enters space internet biz
Seattle: Elon Musk is set to get fierce competition in the affordable satellite-based internet market as Amazon on Tuesday announced the biggest rocket deal in the commercial space industry’s history, signing a…
