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...

As the delisting deadline approaches, Astra investigates "potential illegal short selling." Looms

Astra, a manufacturer of spacecraft engines and small rockets, disclosed on Friday that it is investigating "potential illegal short selling."

The company stated that it engaged the financial software firm ShareIntel to assist with its investigation of "suspicious, abnorm...

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...

Spacetech startup to get access to ISRO facilities and expertise in order to test space launch vehicles

Highlights

• Agnikul has entered an MoU with the Department of Space
• The startup will be able to access the facilities and expertise at ISRO

The aerospace startup Agnikul Cosmos has entered into a MoU with Department of Space. This wil...

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...

Algarve skies' UFOs were satellites

The strange beam of light spotted in Algarve on Monday, November 11th was thought to be a UFO - Unidentified Flying Object by the civilians. Many thought it was a plane or a bird. However, it was a row of 60 satellites of Starlink. The Falcon 9 rocket took off and launched these satellites into t...

Russia and Japan to fire their spacecraft to the ISS

It is safe to say that the International Space Station is always buzzing. The station’s astronauts carry out trials/experiments, make deductions, and conduct all sorts of scientific work while the spacecraft revolves around our planet. This week, however, the station is expected to be busier than ev...

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...