Dr.Mohammed AlAhbabi, the Director-General of Space Agency of the United Arab Emirates hailed ISRO for its Chandrayaan 2 mission. He said that the loss of contact with the Indian spacecraft, Chandrayaan2 which was planned to land on the Moon, is not the end of the success. It is a new space experiment proving that India […]
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Why ISRO needs to be lauded by every Indian?
Chandrayaan 2 is a brave mission but it also speaks volumes about our scientists at ISRO and their caliber. Like NASA said, space is hard, but it also shows that our scientists are made of no less than the finest steel that the world has ever seen. The cost factor? Like Really? After seeing several […]
Chandrayaan 2: NASA tells ISRO ‘You have inspired us with your journey’
Chandrayaan 2 mission was a brave and complex mission as it brought together an Orbiter, Lander and Rover to explore the unexplored south pole of the Moon. Since the launch of Chandrayaan 2 on July 22, 2019, not only India but the whole world watched its progress from one phase to the next with great […]
NASA is celebrating Earth Day 2019 and you can join too!
For Earth Day 2019, NASA is inviting entries that showcase how we celebrate earth with #PictureEarth social media event. How do you #PictureEarth? Show NASA how you see planet Earth through photos posted on social media. Focus on the details around you with close-up images. Share your best photo of Earth on social media with […]
Russian space agency chief casts doubts over US moon landings (Video)
The head of Russian Roscosmos space agency Dmitry Rogozin has said that the upcoming Russian mission to the moon will also be verifying whether the ‘giant leap for the mankind’ moon landing of the Americans was ever real. Narendra Modi: Blockchain will have a deep impact on the way we live The Russian Roscosmos space […]
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns to Earth after 1-Year
NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. They landed in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST (10:26 a.m. March 2 Kazakhstan time). Here is an official statement by NASA reproduced below: Joining their return trip […]
Scott Kelly back on earth after spending 1 year in space!
New Delhi, March 2, 2016: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back on planet Earth after spending a year in space! The official Twitter handle tweeted: “After 340 days in space, @StationCDRKelly is back on Earth from his #YearInSpace mission.” And here is a welcome message for the crew that spent the time in space: […]
Sataparna Mukherjee wins prestigious NASA scholarship!
New Delhi, March 2, 2016: An Indian girl from rural West Bengal has won a prestigious NASA scholarship. The 18-year old Sataparna Mukherjee has also become the youngest Indian to bag the prestigious Goddard Internship Programme (GIP) with NASA. She is among five scholars chosen from around the world. GIP selects five individuals from across […]
NASA to build quieter Supersonic passenger jet
New York, March 1, 2016: The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA’s New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal […]
NASA, University Study Shows Rising Seas Slowed by Increasing Water on Land
A new study by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, and the University of California, Irvine, shows that while ice sheets and glaciers continue to melt, changes in weather and climate over the past decade have caused Earth’s continents to soak up and store an extra 3.2 trillion tons of water in […]