New York: NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS), aimed at bringing back NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded in space since June last year due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The Dragon spacecraft lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9…
New York: NASA and the Italian Space Agency have made history by successfully acquiring and tracking Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon for the first time. On March 3, the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) demonstrated that signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can be received and tracked on the lunar surface, paving…
Cape Canaveral: SpaceX successfully launched a mission on Saturday to retrieve two astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) following technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft earlier this month. The latest SpaceX Crew-9 mission, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, aims to bring…
New discoveries from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope are shedding light on the feeding habits of supermassive black holes, offering scientists fresh insights into their enigmatic behavior. In images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust stretching thousands of light-years are observed flowing towards the supermassive black hole residing at the core of…
New Delhi: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is set to make her mark in space once again as she prepares for her third mission with NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for launch on May 6. Williams, alongside astronaut Butch Wilmore, will take off aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a…
San Francisco: Taking a step towards advancing lunar exploration, NASA has chosen three companies – Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab – to develop a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that will facilitate astronauts’ movement across the Moon’s surface during the Artemis missions. The selection of these companies underscores NASA’s commitment to enhancing scientific research…
Los Angeles: In a historic achievement, Intuitive Machines, a US company, has successfully landed its first lunar lander, Odysseus, on the moon. This marks a significant milestone as the first American spacecraft to touch down on the lunar surface in over 50 years. The uncrewed lander safely reached the lunar South Pole on Thursday at 6:23…
New Delhi: In a recent update, the Indian Government revealed that it has inked space cooperation agreements with 61 countries and five multilateral bodies.
Houston: In a groundbreaking revelation, NASA has identified a potential “super-Earth,” a celestial body situated at a distance of 137 light-years from our own planet. The announcement, made through an official press release, marks a significant milestone in the ongoing quest for habitable exoplanets. Termed TOI-715 b, this newfound planet is approximately 1.5 times the…
Palmdale, California: Demonstrating a commitment to revolutionize commercial supersonic travel, NASA, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, introduced the X-59, a groundbreaking quiet supersonic aircraft. Unveiled on Friday in Palmdale, California, the experimental aircraft is set to redefine air travel with its predicted top speed of 1.4 times the speed of sound, equivalent to…
