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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to zoom past 6.1 mn kms from Sun on Christmas eve
New Delhi: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make its record flyby of the Sun — just 6.1 million km — on Christmas Eve. Launched in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe…
- Technology
Musk calls for fully reusable rockets & spacecraft, as Boeing scrubs Starliner
New Delhi: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday called the need for fully reusable rockets & spacecraft, and not another capsule, even as rival Boeing’s much-awaited Starliner yet again scrubbed its crewed…
- India
Aditya-L1 instrument captures full-disk images of Sun in near ultraviolet wavelengths
Bengaluru: The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the Sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength range. SUIT captured images…
- Technology
NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission delivers 1st images, other data
Washington: NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which lifted off in October in search of gold, diamond on an asteroid, has retrieved the first images — a milestone called “first light”, the US space agency…
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Probe to explore metal-rich asteroid on track for liftoff in Oct: NASA
Washington: NASA has announced that its Psyche mission, aiming to explore a metal-rich asteroid, is on track for liftoff in October. The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid…
- Technology
NASA prepares for delivery of asteroid sample by OSIRIS-REx in Sept
Washington: A team of NASA scientists is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first US asteroid sample — slated to land on Earth in September on OSIRIS-REx…
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ISRO to launch Aditya-L1 spacecraft to study the Sun on Sep 2 morning
Chennai: After the Moon, it is the Sun for the Indian space agency. Days after landing India on the Moon safely, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching the country’s…
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Parker Solar Probe makes sixth Venus flyby on way to Sun
Washington: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its sixth Venus flyby using the planet’s gravity to aim toward a record-setting series of flights around the Sun that start next month. On…
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ISRO successfully performs second orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully performed the second orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound apogee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. “The spacecraft is now in 41603 km X 226 km orbit”, the…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 16th close flyby of Sun
Washington: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed 16th closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, the agency said. On June 22, the sun-kissing spacecraft came within 5.3 million miles of the solar…
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Launcher faces software glitch, loses another vehicle after lift off
San Francisco: American aerospace company Launcher’s Orbiter spacecraft experienced a software anomaly and lost another of its vehicle following a successful liftoff. Orbiter SN3 was designed to carry smaller satellites such as…
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BepiColombo spacecraft completes third closest flyby of Mercury
Paris: BepiColombo, a joint mission of European Space Agencys (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has successfully completed the third of its six encounters with Mercury — about 236 kilometres above…
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Japanese firm carrying UAE’s Rashid Rover loses contact with spacecraft
Washington: A Japanese lunar lander, carrying a rover developed in the United Arab Emirates, attempted to find its footing on the moon’s surface on Tuesday, and potentially mark the world’s first lunar…
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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft launch likely by April end: Elon Musk
San Francisco: SpaceX’s Starship is likely to launch on the first orbital flight by April end, CEO Elon Musk said. “Starship launch trending towards near the end of third week of April,”…
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