SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is about to make history. The SpaceX mission is scheduled to launch on Tuesday (August 26) morning, where four people will be sent to orbit for about five days aboard the Crew Dragon capsule. The mission will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This quartet is believed to go …
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million each to seven companies for studies aimed at exploring more cost-effective methods for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. The program, which has encountered challenges due to its high cost is currently estimated at $11 billion and involves a plan requiring multiple launches to Mars. Given the high costs and …
Last Updated: June 08, 2024, 08:32 IST Washington D.C., United States of America (USA) This Dec. 24, 1968, file photo made available by NASA shows the Earth behind the surface of the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. (AP) Retired astronaut William Anders, famous for ‘Earthrise’ photo during Apollo 8 mission, dies in plane crash …
NASA’s compact satellite BurstCube has embarked on its journey to the International Space Station, laboratory for scientific research. The spacecraft hitched a ride aboard SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission. It was launched at 4:55 pm EDT on Thursday (Mar 21) from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US. BurstCube is a NASA …
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft programme, the highly anticipated first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has faced yet another delay. Originally slated for a mid-April launch, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) has now been rescheduled for early May due to space station scheduling, as announced jointly by NASA and Boeing on Friday (Mar 8). …
In a celestial nod to human creativity and curiosity, NASA is set to launch its Europa Clipper spacecraft in October, bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa. Nestled within the spacecraft is a symbolic message, marking a departure from NASA’s longstanding tradition of sending inspirational dispatches into the cosmos. The heart of this cosmic artefact is a …
China’s space agency has unveiled the names of a new manned spaceship and a moon lander for its mission to send astronauts to the moon before 2030. The new crew spaceship is named Mengzhou, which means dream vessel in Chinese, according to a statement from China Manned Space Agency Saturday. The moon lander is called …
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Türkiye’s first astronaut Alper Gezeravci, who experienced changes in his appearance during his 18-day stay on the International Space Station, will have to readjust to life on Earth once he returns later Friday, Azernews reports, citing Anadolu Agency. Exercise for two hours every day is mandatory to prevent muscle loss, and Col. Gezeravci, …
As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully placed Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its destination orbit, the space agency’s chief S Somanath called it an “end of a long journey”, adding that it was an anxious moment but they were sure it would be successful. The ISRO chief also said that the mission was “complex” and …
NASA has recently launched a mission to intercept a near-Earth asteroid nicknamed “God of Chaos.” For this mission, the US space agency deployed OSIRIS-APEX, after the spacecraft’s return from deep space. The asteroid Apophis, or God of Chaos, will brush past Earth’s orbit, only 20,000 miles away from the surface in 2029. Its close proximity …