Tag: space
Indian Space Programme Deserves Kudos: Chinese Daily
India deserves kudos for sending a record 104 satellites into the orbit at one go but it was way behind than China in space technology, a Chinese newspaper said on Thursday. ....
NASA Looks At Sending Two Astronauts Aboard Orion
Days after the US President Donald Trump promised to "unlock the mysteries of space", NASA has kicked off a study to assess the feasibility of adding a two-member crew to the first unmanned flight of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft called Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).....
Russia To Modernize Five Military Airfields
Russia will upgrade five military airports in the country's southwest and the Far East in the coming three years, Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev said.....
SpaceX To Fly 2 Private Tourists Around Moon In 2018
US aerospace major SpaceX has announced plans to fly two private citizens on a week-long trip around the moon next year.....
IIT, NID Students Win Aerospace Design Competition
Two students each from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Design (NID) on Tuesday won the India Aerospace Design Challenge organised by Honeywell, an official said.....
NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon
NASA said its MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled manoeuvre this week to avoid a collision next week with Mars' moon Phobos.....
'Lost' Chandrayaan-1 Found Orbiting Moon
India's first lunar mission -- the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which was generally considered lost -- is still orbiting the Moon, NASA scientists have found with new technological application of interplanetary radar.....
SpaceX Launches EchoStar Communication Satellite
SpaceX on Thursday launched the EchoStar 23 communications satellite after high winds delayed a previous attempt.....
Japan Launches Satellite To Monitor N. Korea
Japan successfully launched a satellite on Friday, to track land and maritime movements in North Korea and conduct surveys on the weapons program of the rogue state,media report said.....
Don't Make Aadhaar Card Mandatory For Mid-day Meals
Congress member K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday urged the government in the Lok Sabha not to make Aadhaar card mandatory for students to avail of mid-day meals.....
