BENGALURU: Tonight, a few milliseconds past 10pm, India is poised to launch its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission — the PSLV-C60 rocket will carry two small spacecraft, each weighing approximately 220 kg, into a 470 km circular orbit.This technology demonstration mission aims to showcase India’s capability in performing complex in-space docking maneuvers, a crucial technology…
Sharing a ground breaking development, Nasa recently announced re-connecting with the 47 year old long lost spacecraft Voyager 1, following years of radio silence. The spacecraft recently turned off one of its two radio transmitters and experts are currently working to uncover the cause.According to the space agency, non-essential systems on the spacecraft are switched…
NEW DELHI: China landed an uncrewed spacecraft, Chang’e-6 on the far side of the moon at 6:23 am Beijing time (2223 GMT) on Sunday, with a landmark mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the lunar surface according to China’s space agency.The landing site was the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a region on the lunar surface…
NEW DELHI: India-born Gopi Thotakura, the first Indian citizen to venture into space as a tourist, flaunted the Indian flag while floating in the spacecraft due to gravity loss. The video capturing the crew’s gravity-defying exploits has become viral on social media.In the footage shared by Blue Origin, Gopi Thotakura can be seen showcasing a…
