Category: SPACE

The presence of water vapor on another planet has been identified by our James Webb.

May 16, 2023

Evidence for the presence of water was found in the rocky planet GJ 486 b, which is 30% larger than Earth and three times more massive. GJ 486 b is a solid planet with a stronger gravity than Earth. It orbits its parent star, a red dwarf star, every 1.5 Earth days.Also, because it is…

Sultan Al Neyadi became the first Arab astronaut to walk in space

May 3, 2023

Having achieved the feat of becoming the first Arab astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space, UAE’s Sultan Al Neyadi has now achieved another feat. Al Neyadi is now the first Arab astronaut to go on a spacewalk. Sultan Al Neyadi left the space station at 1.42pm on Saturday, April 29, accompanied by NASA…

Juice (Jupiter ICy moons Explorer) started an 8 year long journey.

April 16, 2023

Galileo’s journey to the moons has begun for Joyce. Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—Jupiter’s Galileo moons. All three are made of ice. Juice will travel 660 million kilometers in eight and a half years and reach Jupiter’s orbit in July 2031. Travel with gravity assists to reduce travel costs. It is a technique that uses the…

Relativity Space is a California-based private space launch company that conducts commercial launches.

April 13, 2023

The first stage of the first test launch from Cape Canaveral on the 22nd of last month was successful but the second stage failed. Their rocket is Terran 1. Let’s see its features.Powered by nine Aeon 1 engines, it has a maximum payload of 1250 kg. Terran 1’s rocket tank, airframe, and almost all parts…

Silica tiles heated at 1260 degrees Celsius are picked by bare hands.

April 10, 2023

These tiles help space shuttles survive the extreme temperatures (about 1200 degrees Celsius) during re-entry to Earth. LI-900 silica tiles are used for this purpose. It is made of 99.9% pure silica glass fiber. Often the volume of air inside this tile is said to be 94%. Due to the low thermal conductivity and high…

For humanity, we’re going to the Moon Again. Artemis 2 Announces Four Moon Orbiters!

April 4, 2023

Christina Koch Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Victor Glover Pilot Commander Reid Wiseman Christina Koch is the astronaut who set the record by spending more than 300 consecutive days in space. Christina is a professional engineer on Artemis 2. Jeremy Hansen is going to orbit the moon as a mission specialist. The pilot of the mission…

At the end of April, we will know if a private space project will successfully soft land on the moon for the first time. Stay tuned to see if a UAE Space Agency rover will land on the moon in April.

March 25, 2023

Built by the Japanese private company ispace, the Hakuto-r lander launched on December 11 aboard a Falcon-9 rocket and entered lunar orbit on March 21. The Hakuto-r Lander weighs about 1000 Kg and carries the Rasheed Lunar Rover weighing 10 Kg. If the mission is successful, Hakuto-r will be the first private probe to soft…

What is LVM3?

March 22, 2023

Launch Vehicle Mark Three i.e. LVM Three is a renamed form of GSLV.The rocket has a gross lift weight of 640 tonnes and a diameter of 5 meters and a length of 43.5 meters. The first stage is a solid fueled engine, the second stage is liquid fueled and the third is cryogenic. LVM3 is…

How many women have actually been in space?

March 21, 2023

We all have an answer to the question of who was the first woman in space. Valentina Tereshkova. On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 spacecraft made that trip. But it took 20 years for a second woman to reach space. The second trip was in 1982, and that too was by Soviet Union cosmonaut…