ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has successfully completed a zero orbital debris mission, according to an announcement made by ISRO on Monday. This milestone was achieved on March 21 when the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved the name 'Shiva Shakti' for the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on March 19, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of the mission's success on August 26, 2023.
Indian Air Force's (IAF) Chinook helicopter was used in ISRO project related to Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) 'PUSHPAK' as part of its RLV-LEX 2 mission. The helicopter was used for its airlift quality.
The RLV-LEX-02 landing experiment is the second such exercise in the series after the previous one was accomplished last year. The winged vehicle 'Pushpak' was lifted by a helicopter and made to undertake difficult manoeuvres to land on the runway in a fully autonomous mode.
Starship is the world's most powerful rocket and will be used to send humans to the Moon and then eventually to Mars. It consists of a giant first-stage booster called Super Heavy and a 50-metre upper-stage spacecraft known as Starship.
Starship reached an altitude of about 233 kilometres as it coasted across the Atlantic and South Africa, before approaching the Indian Ocean. But 49 minutes into the flight — with just 15 minutes remaining — all contact was lost and the spacecraft presumably broke apart.
The upcoming mission, Europa Clipper, will be carrying a special message from the agency in multiple languages, including Hindi. The front panel of the spacecraft will display the word "water" spoken in 103 different languages from various language families across the globe.
While the Agni-5 missile is a potent ingredient in defence preparedness as it puts India in the select league of nations with ICBM capability, the development of MIRV technology - where the payload contains several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target.
About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth and made a vertical landing on the SpaceX drone ship "Just Read the Instructions," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
During their six months on the ISS, the Crew-7 conducted science experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit people on Earth and prepare humans for future space missions.
Agnibaan is a two-stage rocket with a capacity to carry up to 300 kg to a height of 700 km. The engines are powered by liquid oxygen/kerosene and they can access both low and high-inclination orbits They are completely mobile and are designed for accessing more than 10 launch ports.
Unlike its predecessor, the new Chandrayaan-4 will be executed in two distinct phases, out of which, each will be utilized in different launch vehicles. These phases will facilitate the landing on the Moon and retrieve the lunar samples back on Earth, for analysis.
A live NASA-SpaceX webcast showed the 25-story-tall rocketship ascending from the launch tower as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing clouds of vapour and a reddish fireball that lit up the night sky. The rocket consumes 700,000 gallons of fuel per second during launch, SpaceX said.
Scientists in India have finished sequencing the genomes of 10,000 people from different Indian communities. This effort aims to create a database that could help develop treatments based on genes.
National Science Day is a special day in India to celebrate a discovery called the Raman Effect. It's named after a scientist named Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
The powerful Long March 5 rocket is normally used to launch very large payloads. A Long March 5 rocket was last used in December to launch a large optical remote-sensing satellite into orbit.
The mission marked the fourth private sector attempt to land softly on the Moon. Intuitive Machines now joins a select group of national space agencies that have achieved lunar landings.
PAPA (Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya) was developed by ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) to support Aditya-L1's mission of studying the Sun's coronal heating processes and solar transients.
US scripts history: The Odysseus spacecraft, representing the United States, achieved a historic milestone with the first commercial lunar landing in American history. Led by Intuitive Machines (IM), this landmark event highlights the role of private ventures in advancing space exploration.
As a reliable partner for developing indigenous technology products like rocket motors for mission-critical applications of ISRO, SonaSPEED has also been picked up to provide precision components for the ensuing Gaganyaan mission, the College said in the statement.
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