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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 ESA's probe search for life on Jupiter's ice moons
Although Jupiter is mostly formed of gas, its frozen moons have long piqued the interest of scientists who wonder if any of them might be habitable. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system by a factor of 11.
A spaceship is almost ready to travel that far to investigate.
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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 ...
NASA prepares for the planned Saturday moon rocket launch.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: With favourable weather forecasts and the resolution of the technical concerns that caused the launch to be postponed earlier this week, everything appears to be in place for Nasa's Moon rocket to launch on Saturday.
At 2:17 p.m., it will lift off from the Kenn...
Launch of NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket Gets Delayed
The NASA test of the crew capsule and rocket that will someday send a woman and a person of colour to the moon.
After a number of concerns, including engine faults and fuel leaks, surfaced during the countdown to launch for the agency's Space Mission System rocket and Orion crew cap...
Onboard the International Space Station, artwork by a Singapore-based Indian artist circle the Earth
Two artworks created in Singapore by an Indian-origin artist are presently circling Earth onboard the Worldwide Space Station (ISS) as part of a 64-piece Moon Gallery collection of small works by international artists.
Lakshmi Mohanbabu, a naturalised Singaporean who relocated from Delh...
South Korean President’s Meeting with UAE’s Crown Prince
The president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, has departed from Dubai to arrive in Saudi Arabia after wrapping up a 4-day trip to the UAE that included the agreement between the countries where the Gulf nation would sell midrange surface-to-air missiles to South Korea.
The deal was signed ...
The first fully operational para chain is finally on Polkadot
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- Moonbeam has completed its para chain launch on Polkadot.
Moonbeam token rewards can now be claimed and staked on the network by the Crowdloan contributors It is an Ethereum-compatible platform on the Polkadot network which helps to...
Longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440
The longest partial lunar eclipse, which occurs in 600 years, can be witnessed by a large section of human population on 18 and 19 November. This lunar eclipse will bathe the Moon in red.
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- The longest partial lunar eclipse to occur on 18...
NASA set to launch DART, to blast Didymos Asteroid and avoid its collision with Earth
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- NASA to launch a Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission
- Didymos asteroid is approaching towards the Earth
NASA is launching a mission to strike an asteroid that may be a possible threat to Earth. NASA's Double Astero...
President Moon will meet Albert Bourlar during his US tour
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- President Moon to meet CEO of Pfizer
- Korea and US to partner up for production of Covid-19 vaccines
President Moon Jae-in will be meeting Albert Bourlar, the CEO of Pfizer on Tuesday in New York. This meeting will take pla...
Chandraaan-2 completes 9,000 orbits around the Moon
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- 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...
South Korea and North Korea restore communication almost after a year
According to the President’s office in South Korea, both the leaders have agreed to rebuild their relations and improve trust. The Blue House also said that both the leaders have been exchanging letters since April.
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification informed that the rep...
SOUTH KOREA SUMMONS JAPANESE ENVOY OVER UNDIPLOMATIC MARKS ABOUT PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN
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• Recently a senior Japanese diplomat had reportedly ridiculed South Korean President's desire to meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
According to the South Korean foreign ministry, the Seoul government summoned the Japanese ambassador on Saturday o...
IN WAKE OF COVID-19 CASES ON ANTI-PIRACY SHIP, SOUTH KOREA SENDS A MEDICAL TEAM TO MIDDLE EAST
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• After the months of almost zero cases of coronavirus, South Korea is once again impacted by the pandemic primarily because of its sluggish vaccination rate
In order to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak on one of its ships deployed to keep a check on pirates, the c...
IN WAKE OF RISING CASES, SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO REIMPOSE COVID CURBS
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• The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum said the country's fourth wave of the virus, was spreading rapidly, especially in the people ageing between 20 and 30, and are unvaccinated
Immediately after reading the social distancing curbs, the county o...
TOP LEADERS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA EXCHANGE LETTERS
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• The newspaper citing a source has said that Moon has sent a letter to the North Korean leader to seek more ways to hold a summit
According to South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has exchanged letters with North Korea...
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE NEW $29 BN COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY SOUTH KOREA
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• Of these 29.13 billion, around one third of it will be sent directly to the citizens in form of cash handouts
• The South Korean Ministry of Finance said that the budget was drafted to help those left behind in the recovery from the pandemic
In...
FORMER MAYOR OF BUSAN SENTENCED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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• The ex mayor of Busan was ruled guilty by the Busan’s district court which also ordered him to receive counseling
• Oh had resigned from the post of mayor in April 2020 after he had admitted of having “unnecessary physical contact” with...
JAPAN, S. KOREA HAS NO PLANS TO MEET SEPARATELY DURING G-7 SUMMIT
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- Japan, S. Korea has no plan to meet separately during G-7 summit.
- Yoshihide Suga is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden during a G-7 summit.
- G-7 host Britain has invited Moon Jae In as a guest to the in-person summi...