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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 launches to International Space Station
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
An international crew of four representing four countries is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 EDT on Saturday, August 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, NASA said in a press release.
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Aditya-L1 mission to be launched in first of week September: ISRO chief S
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first we
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Homi Lab : Giving wings to young dreams
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26: "I think we'll be on track to become a multiplanetary species, a space-bearing civilization, if we can send large numbers of people, and if there are enough people who want to go. I'm optimistic about the future on Earth, but it's important to have life insuranc
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North Korea's second attempt to launch spy satellite fails
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
North Korea's second attempt to launch a spy satellite, Malligyong-1 into orbit failed on Thursday due to an error in the emergency blasting system in the third stage of the rocket.
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Aditya-L1 mission to study Sun likely to be launched next month: ISRO chie
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Aditya L1's mission to study the Sun will be launched soon. We're planning to launch it in the first week of September. Everything is going as per the plan. This launch will go to an elliptical orbit and from that it will travel to the L1 point which will almost take 120 days," S Somanat
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Astronomer Priya Hasan explains how Chandrayaan-2 mapping moon surface can
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, she explained how the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2, which is still orbiting around the moon, will help the crucial part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
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“Welcome, buddy!” Chandrayaan-2 orbiter greets Chandrayaan-3 lander as the
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already fixed around the moon established a two-way connection with the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 on Monday.
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Russia's Luna-25 mission ends in failure as spacecraft smashes on Moon
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Russia's state space corporation, Roskosmos, according to the Reuters report, said it had lost contact with the spacecraft shortly after a problem occurred as it was shunted into pre-landing orbit on Saturday.
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Chandrayaan-3 landing date and time officially announced; Check details
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia and China.
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"Prepare for landing": MoS Jitendra Singh second and final deboosting oper
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Prepare for landing! The final deboosting operation of Chandrayaan 3 successfully reduces the Lander Module orbit to 25 km x 134 km. Countdown begins as the destination moon draws just within reach," Singh said on X (formerly Twitter).
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Chandrayaan-3: Taking another step closer to Moon, ‘Vikram’ lander undergo
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander underwent a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descended to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
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Chandrayaan-3: Upclose images of moon as captured by Vikram lander
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is about to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descend to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
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