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China has launched a rover on December 8, 2018, that will land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing’s ambitions to become a space superpower. The Chang’e-4 lunar probe mission named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the Read More…
The Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile system is an operational Air and Missile Defence (AMD) system used by Israel’s navy as well as by India’s navy, air and land forces. India has awarded an additional USD 777 million deal to a leading Israeli defence firm for supplying Barak 8 LR-SAM Air and Missile Defence Systems to seven Read More…
The lunar meteorite unofficially known as “Buagaba” or “The Moon Puzzle” is seen ahead of the auction of the meteorite by RR Auctions in New York. An extremely rare lunar meteorite comprised of six fragments that fit together like a puzzle has been sold for USD 612,500, according to US based RR Auction. The meteorite Read More…
ISRO Mars Orbiter sent back fabulous photos of the Red Planet .Mars is home to craters and soaring peaks, and gets its reddish hue from oxidised iron minerals. ISRO’s Mars Orbiter, which took this picture, has now been in orbit for four years. The space agency said the Mars Colour Camera had acquired more than Read More…
After 33-hour countdown, India’s premier space agency ISRO launched two commercial satellites from Sri Harikota on Sunday. The British satellites NovaSAR and S1-4 together weighing about 889 kilograms were launched at 10.08 PM. The foreign satellites, meant for forest mapping and flood and disaster monitoring, among other uses, would be released into sun synchronous orbit Read More…
Scientists have confirmed the presence of frozen water deposits in the darkest and coldest parts of the Moon’s polar regions using data from the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft, that was launched by India 10 years ago, NASA said today. With enough ice sitting at the surface within the top few millimetres water would possibly be accessible as Read More…
The Parker Solar Probe was set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, but last-minute investigations have delayed it for 24 hours. It is now scheduled to blast off – on board the mammoth Delta-IV Heavy rocket – on Sunday morning. The probe is set to become the fastest-moving manmade object in history. The Read More…