カテゴリー: Space
India has launched a spacecraft towards the sun in the latest mission of its ambitious space programme. The launch comes a week after the country’s successful unmanned moon landing. Aditya-L1 launched with a live broadcast, showing the vessel making it…
Aditya-L1 is to observe sun’s outermost layers and will be first vessel by any Asian nation to be placed in orbit around sunThe latest mission in India’s ambitious space program has blasted off on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week…
In today’s newsletter: The country’s lunar landing was a triumph. This is how it quietly built a successful mission• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Last week India became the fourth ever country to land a spacecraft on…
The success of Chandrayaan-3 goes well beyond providing images from the moon’s south pole“I let out an involuntary whoop when it landed,” my friend Shivansh told me. He was travelling on London Underground at the time. “Everyone on the tube was staring…
Solar-powered vehicle will spend two weeks roaming lunar surface to help scientists understand geology of moonIndia’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has rolled its rover on to the moon’s surface after its successful landing at the lunar south pole.The Indian…
India has raised its spacefaring profile and will now be seen as low-cost provider for missions possibleFor all the risks, for all that was riding on a successful landing, the descent to the moon’s surface was remarkably uneventful, if not exactly stre…
Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a historic moment that drew cheers at watching parties around the count…
India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a moment that drew cheers at parties around the country. Chandrayaan-3, which means ‘mooncraft’ in Sanskrit, put down its Vikram lander shortly aft…
India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that will attempt to land a spacecraft at the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance the country’s position as a significant space power. Television footage showed the Indian Space Re…
Chandrayaan-3 launches from island in southern India in follow-up to failed effort four years agoAn Indian spacecraft has blazed its way towards the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover …
A rocket engine exploded during a test in Japan on Friday, the latest in a series of failures that have deflated Tokyo’s space ambitions. The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second-stage engine at a Japan Aerospace Exploration …
The Chandrayaan-3 is set to blast off from a spaceport in the southern state of Andhra PradeshIndia’s space agency has made final preparations for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a rover on the moon and mark the country’s arrival as a …
Modernisation of People’s Liberation Army continues with focus on cyberwarfare while retirees are now allowed to re-enlistChina ‘barring thousands of citizens and foreigners from leaving country’China’s government has revised its conscription laws, all…
Hakuto-R may have miscalculated altitude, says company after losing contact with spacecraftJapan’s ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpected…
Recent auroras have been so intense they have been visible as far north as Auckland The lure of unusually vibrant views of the southern lights in New Zealand has prompted aurora-hunters to drive for hours through the night to capture the “elusive” sigh…