space exploration

Watch: Elon Musk’s SpaceX unable to repeat Starship booster catch, ends with dramatic splashdown

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Watch: Elon Musk’s SpaceX unable to repeat Starship booster catch, ends with dramatic splashdown

Successful splashdown of Starship in Indian Ocean SpaceX conducted its latest test flight of the Starship rocket system on Tuesday, showcasing both challenges and milestones for the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket, which took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, faced difficulties recovering its enormous booster stage … Read more

SpaceX rival TEC raises $160 million for reusable space capsule

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SpaceX rival TEC raises 0 million for reusable space capsule

The Space Exploration develops a product called Nyx, a reusable capsule that can be launched from rockets into space carrying passengers and cargo. The Exploration Company (TEC) announced Monday it has raised $160 million to fuel development of its capsule that is designed to take astronauts and cargo to space stations. Venture capital firms Balderton … Read more

India’s first Mars-Moon analogue mission kicks off in Ladakh’s space-like terrain | India News

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India’s first Mars-Moon analogue mission kicks off in Ladakh’s space-like terrain | India News

BENGALURU: Isro on Friday said India’s first Analogue space mission kicks off in Leh, in a collaborative effort by its Human Spaceflight Centre, Aaka Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.“…This mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station … Read more

The Woman Who Helped Send a Spacecraft to Europa, Jupiter’s Icy Moon

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The Woman Who Helped Send a Spacecraft to Europa, Jupiter’s Icy Moon

Just after noon on Monday, a SpaceX rocket stood on the same launchpad that once sent men to the moon. Hurricane Milton had recently ripped across Florida, whipping up winds of a hundred miles per hour in Cape Canaveral, but now the skies were a featureless blue. From a restricted viewing area not far away, … Read more

Mars dreams at risk if Harris becomes president

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Mars dreams at risk if Harris becomes president

Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX, has thrown a fiery statement into the political arena. He declared that he will take “anyone who wants to be a space traveller” to Mars, but he firmly opposes the idea of Kamala Harris becoming the next US president. ELON MUSK AND SPACE EXPLORATION His remarks have stirred up … Read more

Billionaire aboard SpaceX Dragon carries out first commercial spacewalk

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Billionaire aboard SpaceX Dragon carries out first commercial spacewalk

MUMBAI: At about 4.20 pm (IST) on Thursday, when SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was zooming at a speed of 25,271 kmh over the Indian Ocean at an altitude of 740 kms, world space history crossed a major milestone when billionaire Jared Isaacman emerged from the capsule, becoming the first non-professional and private spaceman to execute a … Read more

One year on ‘Mars’: What did Nasa learn from CHAPEA Mission 1

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One year on ‘Mars’: What did Nasa learn from CHAPEA Mission 1

Kelly Haston, a 53-year-old biologist, sealed inside a habitat in Texas for over a year completed a groundbreaking simulation for NASA called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 1, which aimed to understand the impact of isolation on crew’s health and performance and to prepare them for a future mission to Mars.This is … Read more

Hamilton students heading to Iceland to map caves with a drone, hoping their invention will be used in space

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Hamilton students heading to Iceland to map caves with a drone, hoping their invention will be used in space

A team of McMaster University students in Hamilton will soon head to Iceland, where they’ll camp out by a series of underground lava tubes they plan to map with a drone.  The drone uses hardware and software designed by the undergraduate students, who hope their tech will one day be used in space exploration to specially map underground areas in … Read more

Indian citizen astronaut to be part of SERA programme | India News

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Indian citizen astronaut to be part of SERA programme | India News

BENGALURU: US-based agency Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA), in collaboration with Blue Origin, Monday announced India as a partner nation in their human spaceflight programme for citizens from countries who have sent few or no astronauts to space.SERA will offer citizens from across the world six seats on a future mission of New Shepard, … Read more

Rocket carrying French-Chinese satellite launches from southwestern China to study gamma-ray bursts

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Rocket carrying French-Chinese satellite launches from southwestern China to study gamma-ray bursts

NEW DELHI: A Long March 2-C rocket carrying the French-Chinese satellite Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) successfully lifted off from southwestern China on Saturday to explore the universe’s most powerful explosions, gamma-ray bursts.The SVOM satellite, weighing 930 kilograms and equipped with instruments from both countries, aims to detect and study gamma-ray bursts, which are extremely … Read more