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Korea, US space agencies to send co-developed solar coronagraph to ISS
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
South Korea's national space agency, KASA, is set to launch a solar coronagraph, developed in collaboration with NASA, to the International Space Station. The Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) will enhance understanding of the sun's corona and solar wind, aiding space weather prediction.
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NASA spacecraft to probe signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"We're going on a 1.8-billion-mile journey to an ocean world - Jupiter moon, Europa!" the US space agency NASA said this morning on X ahead of the anticipated blast off.
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Chinese rocket carrying satellite passes over Taiwan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Taiwan's MND said it monitored the rocket's launch and took appropriate precautionary steps.
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"Investments made in space programme have benefited society," says ISRO Ch
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath on Tuesday said that the investments that have been made in the space programme have benefited society. He added that lakhs of people have got employment opportuinities and thus received direct and indirect benefits.
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On path to Jupiter, European Agency's 'Juice' spacecraft gets nudge from M
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
On August 19-20, 2024, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will achieve a world first: using the gravity of the Moon and then Earth to bend its path through space, bringing it one step closer to Jupiter.
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Suspected Chinese rocket debris falls over village after launch, sparks sa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Videos posted on Kuaishou, a Chinese short-video platform, depicted a cylindrical piece of debris descending over a rural village, crashing near a hill with yellow smoke billowing from one end.
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Sunita Williams' piloted Starliner's debut crew launch to space pushed to
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Both Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore continue practicing in Starliner simulators and the crew that remains quarantined will fly back to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida closer to the new launch date, the space agency said.
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"ISRO aims to explore human space flight activities, build space stations"
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Sreedhara Panicker Somanath on Sunday attended a programme at a school and said that the space agency aims to explore human space flight activities and build space stations.
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Planned crewed launch of Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Boeing
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on part of ULA's Atlas 5 rocket and that the space agency, Boeing and ULA have "scrubbed the launch opportunity on May 6 for the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station
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Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid tensions with China
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Once operational, this system promises to emulate the functionality of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite constellation, albeit on a smaller scale, according to Wu, who has been at the helm of Taiwan's space initiatives since 2021.
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Israeli-led researchers discover Milky Way's heaviest black hole
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Situated approximately 1,500 light-years away from Earth, the black hole was revealed through data collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.
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"What India is accomplishing in space is astonishing": European space Agen
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The European scientist also underscored that the significance of strengthening ties and deepening cooperation with international partners cannot be underestimated.
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