Nasa launches Lucy spacecraft, first space mission to study Trojans Asteroids

NASA announces two new missions to Venus

Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: Lesser-known facts about the first woman astronaut of Indian origin

<p>Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, on 17th March 1962. From a young age, Kalpana was fascinated by planes. She attended Punjab Engineering College from where she attained a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Kalpana got her Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas. She was also a PhD in aerospace engineering from […]</p>

Isro’s NISAR to be first satellite to enable earth observation in 2 frequencies

<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) sent its s-band synthetic aperture radar to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for integration with their l-band radar last week. Coupled together, the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) will become the first satellite to enable earth observation in two frequencies. After integration, the payload will be sent back to India […]</p>

Women Empowerment is the only solution to make India prosper & competitive - Dr. Manisha Kayande

NASA’s perseverance rovers makes a successful landing on Mars

<p>A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Friday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Ground controllers at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped to their feet, thrust their […]</p>

SpaceX wins contract for NASA’s $332M mission to lunar outpost

<p>NASA has selected Elon Musk’s private aerospace company SpaceX to provide launch services for two major components of the Gateway that will serve as a way station for future Moon missions. As part of the contract, SpaceX will provide launch services for NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the […]</p>

SpaceX targets April 20 to launch 4 astronauts to space station

<p>SpaceX is targeting April 20 for the launch of the second crew rotation mission for NASA that will launch four astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station. It will be the first mission to fly two international partner crew members as part of the agency`s Commercial […]</p>

Indian-American Raja Jon selected for NASA’s manned moon mission

<p>An Indian-American is among the 18 astronauts selected by NASA for its manned mission to the Moon and beyond. NASA on Wednesday named the 18 astronauts — half of them women, who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme. Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, 43, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, MIT, and US […]</p>

Osiris-Rex: NASA probe risks losing asteroid sample after door jams

<p>A Nasa probe sent to collect rockfrom an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth has grabbed so much that samples are spilling out.Pictures beamed back to Earth show a rock has wedged open the door of a container and a fraction of the sample is leaking, says NASA. Nasa is now trying to stow […]</p>