The Shenzhou-14 crew currently on board the Chinese space station has successfully entered the brand-new Mengtian lab module. Unlike the Wentian lab module, Mengtian doesn’t have a sleeping cabin for the astronauts, but it comes with more experiment cabinets instead. The Shenzhou-14 taikonauts will have a lot to unpack in the next couple of days.
NASA has launched four probes into space to communicate with extraterrestrials. Along with that it is used for the study of the universe, the planets of the solar system and so on. Voyager 1 and 2 in 1977. Before this, they were Pioneer 10 in 1972 and Pioneer 11 in 1973.(Out of which Voyager 1…
Giant spider in space!Tarantula Nebula
China successfully tests its launch rocket engine to the moon while Artemis launch is delayed due to malfunctionsThe engine tested was twice as powerful as the American rocket engine. The YF 79 engine was tested and won. This liquid oxygen hydrogen engine has a loading capacity of 25 tons. This is the highest payload in…
Are the bursts during launch that we see really typical? The truth is for Allen. Rockets that malfunction and spontaneously explode are rare. The rest? It is done by the mission team sitting on the ground below. To avoid damage by falling on the ground. When a rocket is launched, it is filled with explosives…
Skylab was launched in 1973. The first space station was Salyut 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1971. But it was a failure. Later America comes with Skylab. Skylab was a huge success. But Skylab only had the setup for launch. There was no call back facility. Skylab’s main purpose was to observe the…
Let us not forget that in 2020 and 2021, China’s Long March 5 Rocket’s Core Stages re-entered the Earth threatening orbit after launch Such a situation may arise again. Wentian, the second module of the Chinese Space Station, will be launched today (25-07-2022). The 23 ton Wentian, which will be the 5 B configuration of…
Bagnold dunes are a 35 km long dark gray mud / sand dune in the Gail Crater on Mars. They are named after Ralph Alger Bagnold, one of the first explorers to explore the physics behind the sand dunes across the Libyan desert.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover collects another sample from Mars. This is the seventh rock to be collected from the surface of Mars. This sample was taken from the Jazero crater on Mars. Perseverance is the size of a car. It will collect one more sample from the current area. After that we will travel to the…
Webb finally arrived at his new home, L2. The last refueling was done on January 24 or yesterday and was shifted to that point. It was a moment that everyone at NASA feared. This is because you need to speed up a bike to the top of the mountain and brake and stop quickly before…
