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China will launch its own space station starting as soon as 2020; China has invited UN members nations for contribution
China’s space agency is working in full swing to develop and send parts of China’s space station which is expected to become fully operational by 2022. Chinese space agency has sent invitations to all UN member states thereby inviting nations to conduct experiments and research on the space station as per the part of China’s […]
Students send seeds of broccoli to the ISS to figure out a way to grow plants in space
Scientists are trying to find out whether astronauts could grow plants in space at the International Space Station (ISS) in its extremely low gravity and they have been successful in many attempts. Recently, researchers packed a batch of six broccoli seeds onboard the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft that was launched this week from the Wallops […]
Queqiao will execute transition to EML2; Longjiang-1 & 2 microsatellites might be lost
On May 20, the Long March 4C rocket was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China carrying Queqiao, a relay communication satellite and two microsatellites called DSLWP-A & B, also known as Longjiang-1 and Longjiang-2. All the satellites aboard the Long March 4C rocket were programmed to follow standard trajectory correction maneuver en route […]
‘Golden Records’ sent on Voyager missions might be confusing for aliens
NASA launched two Voyager spacecraft into the deep cosmos of the space back in 1977. It has been more than four decades for these excellent pieces of craftsmanship post-launch and these are still working and moving further into space at an astounding velocity of over 50,000 km/h. Both of these spacecraft have ‘Golden Records’ embedded […]
Alan Bean, the fourth man on the moon, dies at 86
The fourth person to walk on the lunar surface died in Houston at the age of 86. Alan Bean was a part of Apollo 12 mission, the second to land on the lunar surface that made him the fourth person along with Charles Pete Conrad to walk on the lunar surface. According to the family, […]
China’s Queqiao relay satellite brakes near the Moon; It will enter the halo orbit soon
Launched on Monday, China’s relay satellite has finally reached near the moon and has successfully entered into a series of transitions before it is positioned at the desired orbit. According to the official statement released by the China National Space Administration, Queqiao – China’s relay satellite, braked near the moon and now, it will follow […]
Curiosity dugs a 2-inch-deep hole with its new drilling technique
In the last quarter of 2016, the drill installed at the end of the robotic arm of the Curiosity rover was sidelined because its motor controlling the sideposts stopped working. Soon, engineers at the mission control started troubleshooting the issue and devising workarounds to get the drill up and running which took more than a […]
The latest SpaceX launch was different in many ways: Fairings, first stage boosters & Block 4 rocket
Less than two weeks after its last rocket launch, SpaceX successfully launched seven satellites in the space on May 22 and the deployment of all the seven satellites took place within an hour and a half post-launch. The latest SpaceX rocket launch was different from its previous launches in many ways. First of all, it […]
Asteroid KW1 2018 will make its closest approach today at midday
Yet another asteroid will be barrelling near the Earth’s orbit today at midday when the distance between the Earth and this asteroid is the closest. As per NASA, the asteroid named as KW1 2018 is expected to make its closest approach towards the Earth today on May 24, 2018, at midday when the average distance […]