The abandoned Russian satellite, Resurs-P1, has exploded into more than 100 pieces, with the reasons for the explosion still unclear. This unexpected event has raised concerns among the international space community due to the potential dangers posed by the debris. The explosion occurred in a similar orbit to the International Space Station (ISS), prompting astronauts…
All three probes of India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan will land on the moon on the same day. Luna-25 was launched from the Vostoshny Cosmodrome at 2:00 PM Moscow time. The probe will reach the Moon’s orbit in five days. It will then spend three to seven days selecting the right spot before landing at the…
Sar Bomba is the most powerful nuclear weapon tested till date. This thermonuclear bomb was tested by the Soviet Union on October 30, 1961. This giant bomb had an explosive capacity of 50 megatons of TNT. The AN 602 hydrogen bomb, nicknamed Tsar Bomba, was a plan prepared by Khrushchev to convince the United States…
The largest rover ever to go to the moon is on the way. The event is the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover being developed by space company Venturi Astrolabe. It will be launched in 2026. The rover will be carried to the moon by Starship, a huge rocket under construction by the SpaceX company….
Crew Dragon 5 and Soyuz MS-22 are the only safe landings for humans. Everything else is filled with waste and burned up on its journey through the Earth’s atmosphere. The leak is in Soyuz MS-22. The plan is to launch Soyuz MS-23 unmanned in autonomous mode and dock with the ISS if Soyuz MS-22 is…
Russia and NASA also reported leaking from Russia’s Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station. The leak started on December 14. 3 Russian astronauts are now stuck on the ISS. Russia is now trying to launch another Soyuz crew capsule to bring them back to Earth.
For decades, the standard survival kit carried by Russian astronauts aboard the Soyuz spacecraft consisted of a specially-made gun and a few dozen bullets. This was to protect the astronauts from wild animals when they landed back in the Siberian desert. They were the only armed spacefaring nation, From space back to Earth’s atmosphere, re-entry…
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…
Minus 53 degrees. Continuous snowfall. Even the camera is hard to focus on. The temperature has reached minus 67 degrees. You can not even dream of water through the pipe. Vehicles can only be driven after a certain amount of time in the heat garage. In December, the sun rises at 10 am. The village…
A rocket – ??? m high, about 36 m tall – weighs 2.8 million kilograms, including fuel. Capacity to carry 130 tons of material in Earth’s orbit. Ability to carry up to 50 tons of material to the moon. Remember the shrimp movie was running here. The rocket that landed the man on the moon…
