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NASA ready for second attempt at lunar launch

ByNews Polite

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Saturday for a second try at launching NASA’s towering, next-generation moon rocket on its debut flight, hoping to have remedied engineering problems that foiled the initial countdown five days earlier. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its…

Skyroot Aerospace Raises Million from Singapore’s GIC: All Details

Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million from Singapore’s GIC: All Details

ByNews Polite

Skyroot Aerospace on Friday revealed that it had raised $51 millon (roughly Rs. 400 crore) from a Singapore-based investor, according to a report. The startup will reportedly use the funding to build the country’s first private space launch vehicles (SLV), and accelerate the firm’s plans to launch heavy payloads into low-Earth orbit….

NASA’s Sofia Telescope Discovers More Water on Lunar Surface at Moretus Crater Region

NASA’s Sofia Telescope Discovers More Water on Lunar Surface at Moretus Crater Region

ByNews Polite

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) telescope has discovered more water on the Moon’s surface. The fresh findings of water have been made in the Southern Hemisphere of the Moon. The research was led by Casey Honniball, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The team have…

ISRO Completes LEM Test Ahead of Gaganyaan Project, Launches SPARK Virtual Space Museum: Details

ISRO Completes LEM Test Ahead of Gaganyaan Project, Launches SPARK Virtual Space Museum: Details

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An important milestone in the planned human spaceflight project Gaganyaan was completed on Wednesday with the successful test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of crew escape system from Sriharikota spaceport, space agency ISRO said. The crew escape system takes away the crew module of Gaganyaan mission in case…

China Opposes NASA Official’s Remark Calling Its Space Mission as a Military Program

China Opposes NASA Official’s Remark Calling Its Space Mission as a Military Program

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China on Monday opposed remarks made by an official of NASA on its space program after the administrator of US space agency Bill Nelson said that Beijing’s space program is a “military” space program. Addressing a press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that it is not the…

Astronauts Struggle to Regain Decades’ Worth of Bone Density After Space Travel

Astronauts Struggle to Regain Decades’ Worth of Bone Density After Space Travel

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Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said on Thursday, warning that it could be a “big concern” for future missions to Mars. Previous research has shown astronauts lose between one to two percent of…

ISRO’s GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana

ISRO’s GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana

ByNews Polite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s GSAT-24 satellite, built NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs. It was the first…

ISRO, Australian Space Agency Look Forward to Work Together in Future, Review Space Cooperation

ISRO, Australian Space Agency Look Forward to Work Together in Future, Review Space Cooperation

ByNews Polite

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Australian Space Agency (ASA) held a virtual meeting on Tuesday during which they reviewed space cooperation and discussed potential areas of working together. Secretary in the Department of Space (DoS) and ISRO Chairman S Somanath and ASA Head Enrico Palermo steered the discussion from…