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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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Telangana: ISRO research balloon crashes into paddy fields in Nagarkurnool
Hyderabad: Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) research ballon that was sent to space crashed into paddy fields in Nagarkurnool on Sunday. Panic prevailed among residents in the area after the 800-kg plastic…
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Damage detected on shell of Russian spacecraft docked to ISS
Moscow: Astronauts found damage to the outer skin of the instrument-assembly compartment of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22 that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew on Thursday reported…
- Technology
NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes Artemis I mission
San Francisco: After travelling 1.4 million miles through space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has landed on the Earth, the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission. The Orion spacecraft successfully completed a…
- Technology
NASA’s Orion spacecraft on course to return to Earth on Dec 11
Washington: After a historic flyby just 128 km from the surface of the Moon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft is on course for its return to Earth on December 11. The spacecraft made its…
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South Korean aims to land spacecraft on moon in 2032: Prez
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday that his country will land a spacecraft on the moon in 2032 and begin exploring lunar resources under its ambitious roadmap for a…
- Technology
NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully enters lunar orbit
Washington: The US space agency on Saturday successfully performed a burn to insert Orion spacecraft under the Artemis I Moon mission into lunar orbit and Orion will fly about 40,000 miles (64,400…
- Business
Humans can live on Moon for longer periods in this decade: NASA
London: Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for a longer period in this decade. Howard Hu, who leads the…
- Science
Spacecraft changed asteroid’s orbit after smashing into it: NASA
Washington: The US space agency has confirmed that when its spacecraft smashed into an asteroid last month, it altered its orbit by 32 minutes, calling it a “watershed moment” for planetary defense.…
- Technology
NASA set to crash spacecraft into asteroid to protect Earth in future
Washington: A NASA spacecraft was set to smash into an asteroid early on Tuesday, in a bid to test a technology to defend Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards in the…
- Science
NASA figuring out mysterious readings from interstellar spacecraft Voyager 1
Washington: Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 has been exploring the cosmos for nearly half a century and now, NASA engineers are baffled at mysterious readings coming from the ageing interstellar aircraft. The…
- Science
NASA spacecraft snaps images of Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa
Washington: NASA’s Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new images of Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa. The Juno mission captured Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, with two of its many moons to the right of…
