India's historic moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, got off to a great start today.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which included an orbiter, lander, and rover, took off from the Sriharikota space center at 14:35 on Friday (9:05 GMT), carrying all of its components.

The lander is scheduled to touch down on the moon sometime between August 23 and 24.

If all goe...

Will the frigid moons of Jupiter have life, as this ESA spacecraft hopes

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is more than 11 times larger than Earth but is mostly formed of gas. Astronomers have long been intrigued by Jupiter's icy moons and are eager to learn whether any of them could support life.

Currently, a spaceship is almost ready to ...

Russia destroys its own satellite during missile test

Russia's defense ministry admitted that they have destroyed one of its satellites during a missile test. He confirmed the accusations which the US had imposed earlier.

Highlights

• Russian missile destroys satellite during missile tests
• Ru...

Chandraaan-2 completes 9,000 orbits around the Moon

Highlights

• The spacecraft completed 9,000 orbits around the Moon collecting important data
• ISRO is holding a two-day workshop virtually to commemorate this milestone

On Monday, Chandrayaan-2 completed more than 9,000 orbits around th...

CHINA’S TIANZHOU-2 SUCCESSFULLY DOCKED WITH TIANHE

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• China’s Tianzhou-2 successfully docked with Tianhe.
• The cargo craft Tianzhou-2 carries supplies, equipment and propellant.
• The Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft La...

CHINA’S TIANWEN-1 EXPECTED TO LAND ON MARS SOON THIS WEEK

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• China’s Tianwen-1 expected to land on Mars soon this week.
• The Mars rover will stay in the lander for diagnostics tests for several days.
• The Mars rover has been named after the Chinese god of fire, Zhurong.
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CHINA’S CZ-8 CARRIER ROCKET READY TO BE LAUNCHED ON SUNDAY

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• China’s CZ-8 carrier rocket ready to be launched on Sunday.
• The rocket has the potential to be reusable and could also cut launching costs.
• The new rocket will have non-toxic propellants and has a capacity of at lea...

CHINESE SPACE PROBE CHANG’E-5 RETURNS SAFELY ON EARTH FROM THE MOON

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• Chinese space probe Chang’e- 5 returns safely on earth from the moon.
• The capsule carrying the samples landed in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
• China becomes the 3rd country to retrieve samples from the Moon.<...

CHINA TO LAUNCH A ROVER TO MARS

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• China aims to launch a rover to Mars and its mission is coinciding with a similar mission of the US.
• Both countries want to take advantage of the period when the Earth and Mars are the closest.
• China’s mission is likely to...

It was informed by NASA to the citizens of Dubai for the outlook of classical stations of space in the sky particularly on five days

International Space Stations also knowns as ISS is a spacecraft or a satellite which has been revolving around the earth since the last two decades. The residents of Dubai are very keen for a stellar show as there will be visibility of the International Space Station in the sky on the 9th of June...