NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are […]
India has declared that all space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be “debris-free” by the year 2030. NEW DELHI: India’s President, Droupadi Murmu, has declared that all space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be “debris-free” by the year 2030. “We have to be prepared for challenges ahead. […]
This will mark the beginning of India’s first partnership with a venture led by billionaire Elon Musk India: For the first time, Indian space agency ISRO will launch a heavyweight communications satellite using SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket this year. This will mark the beginning of India’s first partnership with a venture led by billionaire Elon Musk […]
Chandrayaan-3, India’s ambitious third moon mission, had successfully entered the lunar orbit on Saturday, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) declared through Twitter. The necessary move was carried out from an ISRO facility based in Bengaluru, according to the city’s space agency. “Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the […]
UAE astronaut, Sultan AlNeyadi, is expected to make his return to Earth later this month, marking the end of his six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS). AlNeyadi recently stated to pupils during an interactive session that he will have to face many challenges once he returns to Earth in order to readjust to […]
Dubai: Sunday saw the complete completion of astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s “Dreams” experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), according to the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). In cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency CNES, and Toulouse University Hospital, the experiment was carried out. It is regarded as a […]
This day in history we feature Eileen Collins. The first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on this day in 1995. Trivia – Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel and a former flight […]
This day in history we feature the SpaceX Dragon. The first private spacecraft to carry astronauts to orbit was launched on this day in 2010. Trivia – SpaceX Dragon Dragon was privately developed spacecraft built by the American corporation SpaceX. The first of two test flights was launched on December 8, 2010, and the second […]
Dubai: Ajmal Poyakkara Mahamood, an Indian expat from Kasargod, Kerala caught the attention of residents at the Dubai Ride cycle rally on Sunday for recreating an iconic picture from India’s first rocket launch. Ajmal dressed up like an iconic photo of a scientist, white shirt and grey pants carrying a cone-like object on the back […]
Sultan AlNeyadi will be the first astronaut from an Arab country to conduct a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The announcement will see the United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut fly to the orbiting lab on SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission, which is expected to launch in 2023. His seat was arranged through a previously disclosed agreement with Axiom […]
Washington: NASA has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) mega rocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test. The agency will now roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy soon to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch. Artemis 1 will be the first integrated test of […]
