Science
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ISRO increases carrying capacity of LVM3 rocket by 450kg
Chennai: Indian space agency has increased the carrying capacity of its LVM3 (GSLV MkIII) rocket by 450 kg with additional propellant loading of its cryogenic engine CE20, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)…
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NASA again delays Artemis I Moon mission launch
Washington: NASA has once again delayed its Artemis I Moon mission launch owing to a tropical storm next week. This mission was scheduled to finally launch on November 14 but tropical storm…
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Skyroot Aerospace to become first private rocket maker to fly its rocket
Chennai: India’s private sector rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace will fly its rocket Vikram-S with three payloads between November 12 and 16 from ISRO’s rocket port Sriharikota, the company said. “The Vikram-S rocket…
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NASA again gears up for Artemis Moon mission launch attempt
Washington: After several failed attempts, the US space agency is hopeful that on November 14, it will be able to finally launch the Artemis I Moon mission into space. Artemis I will…
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Astronomers spot closest-known Black Hole to Earth
New York: A team of astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab in the US, has discovered the closest-known Black Hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection…
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India’s defunct surveillance satellite RISAT-2 hits Indian Ocean near Jakarta
Chennai: India’s defunct Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) re-entered the earth atmosphere on October 30 in an uncontrolled manner and hit the Indian Ocean near Jakarta, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The…
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SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy for the first time since 2019
San Francisco: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful active rocket, into space once again after over three years. According to CNET, on November 1 at 9.43 a.m.…
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NASA’s Mars lander captures stunning meteoroid impact, spots more ice
New York: NASA’s InSight lander has captured a stunning meteoroid impact on Mars that occurred last year, the largest to date observed on the Red Planet, and boulder-size blocks of water ice…
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of Earth, Moon ahead of gravity assist
Washington: A NASA spacecraft named Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, has captured an stunning image of Earth, along with a photo of the Earth and the Moon, as…
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From Rohini to LVM3, ISRO’s changing policy for rocket names
Chennai: From names like Rohini for its sounding rockets, the Indian space agency has come to name its heavy-lift rocket with three alphabets and a number – such as LVM3. The Indian…
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In historic flight, Indian rocket puts ‘OneWeb’ satellites into orbit
Sriharikota: In a historic maiden commercial flight, an Indian heavy-lift rocket GSLV MkIII – renamed for this mission as LVM3 M2, successfully orbited satellites of UK-based OneWeb. The 43.5 metre tall and…
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Much more rides on India’s Bahubali rocket than 36 OneWeb satellites
Chennai: Indian space agency officials are confident that their ‘Bahubali’ rocket will complete its historic mission without any hitch on Sunday. India’s heavy lift rocket the about 640 ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch…
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NASA’s James Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation
New York: NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape — the iconic Pillars of Creation, where new stars are forming within dense clouds…