CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stranded in space for eight months, may return to Earth earlier than expected under a new plan by SpaceX. NASA announced that SpaceX will swap capsules for upcoming astronaut flights, allowing the duo to return by mid-March instead of late March or April. This adjustment […]
What’s trending on the internet? A few images captured from space have captivated social media users and made them say “Wow”. The pictures were posted on X by NASA astronaut Donald Roy Pettit and they showed a beautiful aerial view of Dubai, UAE. Pettit uploaded the images clicked by the International Space Station (ISS) online, […]
BENGALURU: India’s space agency ISRO has made history by successfully conducting its first-ever space docking, joining two small spacecraft in orbit. This landmark achievement is crucial for India’s ambitions to develop its own space station and eventually send humans to the Moon. The mission, named SpaDeX, was launched from Sriharikota on December 30, with two […]
SHARJAH: The University of Sharjah (UoS) and the UAE Space Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance space science, research, and technology, supporting the UAE Space Strategy. The MoU was signed at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Science, and Technology (SAASST) by Prof. Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chancellor of UoS and […]
LONDON: NASA astronauts stuck in space until 2025 have admitted to facing “tough times” but stressed they don’t feel let down by Boeing, according to agency reports. The astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, were originally scheduled for an eight-day mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule. However, due to issues with the spacecraft, they will […]
The two are currently lodged at the International Space Station. It should be noted that this expedition was supposed to be an 8-day-long mission, but now could be longer than 8 months. American aviation giant Boeing’s space mission involving its Starliner spacecraft appears to have slipped further into the quagmire of controversies, as it recently […]
CALIFORNIA: The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission has been postponed by at least a day due to a helium leak in ground equipment at the Kennedy Space Centre, the company announced on Tuesday, just hours before the scheduled lift-off of its Crew Dragon capsule. The mission, which was originally set to launch on […]
Interstellar Lab, a small business comprised of team members from France, Texas, and Florida, took home the $750,000 grand prize for their food system, NUCLEUS, which uses a multi-pronged approach to growing and harvesting food outputs for astronauts on long-duration human space exploration missions. OHIO/USA: NASA has awarded $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in […]
NEW DELHI: India will celebrate its first National Space Day on 23rd August 2024, marking a significant achievement in space exploration. The day honours the success of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission, which achieved a historic soft landing of the Vikram Lander on the Moon’s surface on 23rd August 2023. According to an Asian News […]
Ed Dwight had to wait over six decades to achieve his dream of going into space. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy selected him as the first black astronaut candidate in the country. However, NASA did not select him for a mission then, and he was unable to travel into space. On Sunday, at 90-years-old, […]
Florida: Boeing Starliner capsule’s launch faces delay to May 17 due to faulty valve. Boeing’s much-anticipated launch of the Starliner space capsule atop an Atlas V rocket has hit a snag. Originally scheduled for an earlier date, the launch has been postponed until at least May 17. The setback is attributed to a malfunctioning valve […]
