Nasa‘s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured its first glimpse of the Chinese Chang’e 6 spacecraft, which is currently situated on the far side of the moon, the spacecraft appears as a small group of bright pixels in the center of the image taken by the LRO on June 7, 2024.The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured…
NEW DELHI: SpinLaunch is revolutionising satellite launches by utilising a massive rotating arm that harnesses kinetic energy to propel 440-pound satellites into low Earth orbit without the need for rocket fuel. The company has already conducted successful tests, with founder and CEO Jonathan Yaney saying, “This is not a rocket, and clearly our ability to…
NEW DELHI: Nasa has successfully restored Voyager 1 to working order several months after it encountered a grave computer problem. The spacecraft, which has been transmitting data about the outer planets and the far reaches of the solar system for nearly fifty years, faced a significant issue that threatened its mission.“The spacecraft has resumed gathering…
NEW DELHI: The International Space Station is not bug-proof and this shocking revelation is now a new challenge for Nasa‘s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and the eight other crew members. According to reports, a multi-drug resistant bacteria named Enterobacter bugandensis lurks inside the station — thriving in the close environment of the station. What is…
WASHIGTON: William Anders, the astronaut who captured the iconic “Earthrise” photograph during the historic Apollo 8 mission, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age of 90, according to his family.Anders was piloting a small aircraft when it went down off the coast of Washington state on Friday morning. His son confirmed to…
NEW DELHI: Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA) are collaborating to establish a standardized time system for the moon as part of the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface. This new initiative will address the need for a unified timekeeping system to coordinate missions from various countries and private…
NEW DELHI: Nasa has successfully launched the first of two climate satellites into orbit, designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s poles. The satellite, part of the PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, was carried by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 7:41…
NEW DELHI: Nasa and Boeing are eyeing June 1 as the launch date for the inaugural crewed Starliner spacecraft mission. However, engineers are still investigating a helium leak and analysing its potential impact on critical aspects of the mission, according to a statement from the agency on Wednesday.The helium leak, which was traced to a…
NEW DELHI: ULA launch director Tom Heter III on Tuesday announced that the launch of Atlas V and Starliner which was scheduled for today, have been postponed.“Today’s Starliner launch is scrubbed as teams evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited Starliner and will return to…
NEW DELHI: A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying two women including the first Belarusian and one man landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday, about 3.5 hours after departing the International Space Station. The spacecraft, Soyuz MS-24 carrying NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus came back to Earth…
