One of the reasons for the Cold War between Russia and the United States in the 1960s was who would land the first man on the moon. At that time, Russia was at the forefront of all space missions. But Russia’s mission to land a man on the moon. In 1962, John F. Kennedy, President…
An ISRO spokesman said the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter had been diverted to avoid a major collision. The decision to make the change came a week before the two satellites approached. If the orbit had been the same, Chandrayaan and the LRO would have come within three kilometers. NASA and ISRO have agreed to change the orbits…
NASA successfully launches NASA asteroid DART mission Described as the first Earth Defense mission, Dart is trying to find out if the trajectory of an asteroid can be changed by crashing into it. Dart is targeting the tiny asteroid Deformus, which orbits the giant asteroid Didymus. The impact of the thunder is expected to change…
The Red Planet has captured our interest for centuries and has been the subject of much discussion in science fiction books and movies. Mars has been the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s. Since 1965 NASA has been sending missions to explore Mars and sharing pictures and knowledge about our curious neighbor. Mars is…
The Deep Space Network – or DSN – is a series of giant radio antennas used to communicate NASA’s space missions. DSN is owned by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). DSN was founded in 1963. DSN dishes are placed in three places at equal distances from each other – approximately 120 degrees longitudinally. 1) Goldstone…
Atacama in Chile is the driest and oldest desert in the world.It covers an area of 1.05 million square kilometers near the Pacific Ocean. Apart from the polar regions, Atacama has the lowest rainfall on earth. The Atacama Desert is used by many space agencies, including NASA, to study the operation of Mars and lunar…
The cost of a rocket launch on NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission is $ 4.1 billion US dollars! That’s about ISRO’s two-year budget.
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has brought many mysteries and strange views of space to Earth over the past thirty years, is back in operation. The Hubble Space Telescope has been stationary for several weeks. Hubble is down due to technical issues. However, NASA researchers say that these problems have been resolved and that the…
An Indian-origin man is leading SpaceX’s new space mission to NASA. This is the first time an Indian man has taken control of a spacecraft. The four-member team, led by Raja Chari, 44, a US Air Force pilot with family roots in Telangana, set out. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched Wednesday night with the…
The scientific community is looking for a way to divert the asteroids that are targeting the Earth. As part of this, a defense system developed by NASA is preparing for its first test. The defense system is designed to crash into a spacecraft and change its direction. The test, scheduled for the 23rd of this…
