Dec 13, 2024 12:00 PM IST UPSC IES, ISS Final Results 2024 have been declared at upsc.gov.in. Candidates can download via the direct link given below. The Union Public Service Commission, UPSC, has declared the final results of the Indian Economic Service and the Indian Statistical Service (IES, ISS) examination, 2024. Candidates who appeared in … Read more
Nasa astronaut Matt Dominick aboard the space station captured this waxing lunar crescent illuminated by sunlight. The Moon’s dim glow, caused by earthshine, occurs when sunlight reflects off Earth onto the Moon. Scientists study Earth’s brightness, or albedo, using this phenomenon. The photo also reveals Earth’s atmospheric layers, including the orange troposphere near the surface … Read more
The International Space Station (ISS) can’t catch a break. Less than a week after completing evasive maneuvers to avoid space junk, the ISS has had to perform yet another burn to avoid even more space junk in its orbit. NASA says Russia’s Progress 89 spacecraft fired its thrusters for three and a half minutes on … Read more
Moscow — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Monday in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair. The capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe about 3 1/2 hours after undocking from the ISS in an apparently trouble-free descent. In the last stage of the … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner capsule made a successful return to Earth over the weekend, marking a key moment in a mission marred by technical failures and delays. After departing from the International Space Station six hours earlier, the spacecraft parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, landing on autopilot in the desert darkness. While the landing … Read more
A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk using the company’s new spacesuits and a redesigned spacecraft. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees were launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard … Read more
Ninety-three days after launching aboard, Boeing’s Starliner capsule is prepared to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday evening leaving Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the two astronauts who have been on the ISS since June, to remain on the station as the capsule departs.The hatch of the Starliner was closed, and the … Read more
It’s been a long time coming, but Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally returning to Earth — but without its two astronauts. The capsule is scheduled to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, leaving behind test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, and land at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico early Saturday morning. … Read more
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA said on Saturday, deeming issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to carry its first crew home. The agency’s decision, tapping Boeing’s top space … Read more
Aug 22, 2024 10:24 AM IST UPSC IES/ISS Result 2024: Those who appeared for the test can check the results on the commission’s website, upsc.gov.in. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the written results of the Indian Economic Service and the Indian Statistical Service (IES, ISS) examination, 2024. Those who appeared for the … Read more
