Blue Origin will be breaking history with its upcoming NS-31 mission, which has an all-female crew on the New Shepard spacecraft. Pop singer Katy Perry will be part of the team, taking off in spring 2025 as the first female crew to fly into space since pioneering solo mission pilot Valentina Tereshkova flew in 1963….
Source: X (Formerly Twitter) Don Pettit‘s recent space experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) has fascinated the public. The NASA astronaut posted a video illustrating how charged water droplets circle a Teflon knitting needle in microgravity. The intriguing experiment has created a buzz on the internet, with people keen to know the science behind…
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan NEW DELHI: The ISRO will resume experiments on the SpaDeX mission in mid-March by trying to separate the two satellites – Chaser and Target – and re-dock them again as it attempts to master the technologies for future projects. The SpaDeX mission was launched on December 30 last year when it…
Chennai: India should take the lead in establishing an Asian Space Agency (ASA) on the lines of European Space Agency (ESA), for regional collaborations in space missions, said former Isro scientist S Nambinarayanan on Friday. If China joins the coalition, it could help resolve many issues including the Sino-Indian border dispute.At the Loyola Centenary Conclave…
This image provided by Firefly Aerospace on Feb. 26 shows Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander orbiting the moon. (Firefly Aerospace via AP) WASHINGTON: More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States’ return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down last February. Now, starting Sunday,…
Elon Musk shared a rare video on X (formerly Twitter), showing a Starship upper stage making a vertical water landing. “We need to perfect ship reentry at extreme temperatures before attempting to catch the ship with the tower arms, like the booster,” he wrote. SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy is preparing for a major test flight…
In a significant transition of leadership aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin has officially taken command from NASA astronaut Sunita Williams. The ceremonial handover marks yet another instance of international collaboration between NASA and Roscosmos, despite geopolitical tensions on Earth. Sunita Williams, who has played a crucial role in ISS operations,…
SpaceX delayed the eighth test flight of its Starship Super Heavy rocket on Tuesday after computers detected technical issues. The company plans to try again on Wednesday, CNN reported. The announcement came during a livestream after multiple holds were triggered by both Starship and the Super Heavy booster, stopping the countdown just 40 seconds before…
A gigantic asteroid, 535844 (2015 BY310), is already racing through space at a record speed and will pass close to Earth in a perilous manner. NASA has warned of this space rock that is approximately 460 foot in diameter. The asteroid, hurtling at record speed, will pass closest to our planet on March 5, 2025….
It’s the first time in history when that NASA has implemented GPS signals on the Moon and it is an important milestone of space exploration. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals were taken and tracked on the Moon’s surface, which will boost navigation on later lunar missions. This achievement leads to more accurate guidance…
