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ISRO’s Dr Somnath: India’s space policy to be announced soon
Nagpur: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr. Somnath on Wednesday said that India's space policy will be announced soon.
After the first draft of the space policy was discussed in February 2022, the Department of Space…
Australia’s 2 rocket test failures hamper country’s space ambition
Canberra: Australia failed two rocket tests last week, delaying the country's plans to become a sovereign space power, Australian media reported on Wednesday.
South Australian company ATSpace and private launch facilitator Southern Launch…
Iran to launch 2 homegrown Nahid satellites early in 2023
Tehran: Iran will put into orbit at least two domestically-produced satellites, Nahid-1 and Nahid-2, by the spring of 2023, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour said on Sunday.
"By the end of…
NASA launches new mission to survey Earth’s water
Los Angeles: The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the newest Earth science satellite to track nearly all the water on Earth surface.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft was launched atop…
China launches new remote sensing satellite
Xichang: China has sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 2:25 am…
World’s biggest telescope to be ready by 2028
London: One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century began its construction phase on Monday.
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope in the world when completed in 2028, BBC reported.
Split across…
No more Dreaming of the moon? Go, have a Home there!
London: People could be living on the moon by the end of the decade, a top NASA official has said.
The claim by Howard Hu followed the successful launch this week of the Artemis rocket after several failed attempts, the Sun reported.
The…
Sriharikota: OneWeb mission with 36 GSLV-satellites takes off from SHAR Range
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): In a historic mission GSLV-MkIII, India's heaviest rocket, redesignated as LVM3-M2--carrying 36 satellites of UK's OneWeb, took off majestically from the SHAR Range, at 12.07 a.m.
After a smooth 24-hour…
‘NASA ready to take whatever Universe throws at us’
Washington: American space agency NASA says its recent attempt to deflect the path of an asteroid was successful, after its Dart probe struck an asteroid head-on.
Scientists have now confirmed the orbit of a 160m-wide space rock known as…
SpaceX spacecraft with four astronauts docks to ISS
Los Angeles: SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on board arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) and docked to the complex.
The Crew-5 mission carries NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, along with Japan…