Our planet’s location in the “Goldilocks zone” of our solar system may have been instrumental in igniting life here, but it is our atmosphere and inherent magnetic field that truly deserve credit for the planet’s sustained habitability. These protective forces shield us from the relentless onslaught of cosmic rays, which possess the ability to mutate …
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Texas. SpaceX’s highly anticipated test flight of its Starship mega rocket took a disappointing turn on Saturday when the booster and spacecraft were lost minutes into the flight. The booster had successfully sent the rocketship toward space, but communication was lost eight minutes …
NASA’s groundbreaking Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has shattered records, achieving “first light” by successfully transmitting data via laser over an astounding distance of nearly 10 million miles (16 million km). This achievement, approximately 40 times farther than the Moon’s distance from Earth, signals a transformative leap in deep space communication technology. DSOC Sets …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Saturday announced the success of the ‘TV-D1’ (Test Vehicle Development Flight 1) in the Gaganyaan Mission. The test vehicle was launched on the second attempt after it had faced an engine ignition problem at 8:45am IST. ISRO briefly aborted the launch of the first uncrewed test flight …
When NASA’s two Artemis astronauts step onto the lunar surface in the next few years, the world will be watching. The highly anticipated mission will mark the first crewed landing in more than five decades and will see the first woman and first person of color reaching the lunar surface. And so with all that …
The four Artemis II astronauts who will embark on a flyby of the moon in November next year successfully conducted a pre-launch practice run on Wednesday. In line with launch day procedures, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, started the day by waking up …
San Diego star-gazers, get ready for a rare astronomical event! A full moon, supermoon and blue moon will all converge together into the bright nighttime sky on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This natural phenomenon won’t happen again for 14 years. What time is the super blue moon 2023 in San Diego? The moon will rise Wednesday …
In a giant leap for its space programme, India’s Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the lunar south pole at 6.04pm on Wednesday, propelling the country to an exclusive club of four and making it the first country to land on the uncharted surface. India scripted history as ISRO’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander …
If any factor regarding the lander module appears unfavourable, then the landing will be shifted to August 27, said the Space Applications Centre-ISRO about Chandrayaan-3 on Monday. Nilesh M Desai, director of Space Applications Centre-ISRO, Ahmedabad said that the decision regarding the landing will be taken based on the health of the lander module and …
The ISRO on Monday released images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area — without boulders or deep trenches — during the descent is developed by Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC), a major research and development centre of …