All of them are Indian Air Force officers. The first, and so far, only Indian astronaut was also an Air Force officer – Wing Commander…
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Category: Space
Hubble Telescope observes galactic merger
The Hubble Space Telescope recently observed a significant cosmic event – a galactic merger. This phenomenon involves two galaxies colliding and merging into a single…
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Aditya L1 moved into destination orbit successfully
Aditya L1, launched on September 2, 2023, has successfully reached its final destination – the stable point between Earth and sun- called L1. The placement…
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An asteroid with a satellite… oh wait.. that’s two satellites!
Inputs by Alekhya Chavan What is NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft? NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on a special mission to explore asteroids, which are small rocky objects…
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NASA’s Juno finds salts on Ganymede – Jupiter’s largest moon
Report by Alekhya Chavan Scientists have made a discovery about Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons. During a fly-by of Ganymede in June 2021, the Jovian…
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First test flight of Gaganyaan
Report by Shuchi Giridhar On October 21, 2023, the first test flight of the Gaganyaan mission was launched. It was launched at the Satish Dhawan…
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Mission to Bennu: Discovering Asteroid Mysteries
Report by Alekhya Chavan NASA, the US space agency, has revealed some exciting information about a mission called OSIRIS-REx “Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith…
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All you need to know about Aditya L1
Report by Shreya Tibrewala On September 2, 2023, India launched the Aditya L1 Mission to study the sun. This spacecraft was launched from the…
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Pragyaan and Vikram sleep to survive the lunar night
After completing several observations and sending some important findings, the Pragyaan rover, which has now travelled about 100 meters from the lander, and the Vikram…
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What is the moon made of? Sulphur, Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Chromium, Titanium, Oxygen…
The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard the Pragyaan Rover has made the first-ever in-situ (in-situ: in place) measurements on the elemental composition of the…
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