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Chandrayaan 3: The Conquereor of the Lunar South Pole
Well if we’re looking into the superpowers of space the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are not someone to be left out. Well, it went from carrying rocket parts on cycles and bullock carts and assembling the rocket in a field behind a church in Kerala and launched the first-ever rocket from India to be…
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The International Lunar Research Station is Being Formalised
In June 2021, Russia and China announced the formation of the ILRS, with the goal of building a permanent scientific base on the Moon by the middle of 2035. The complex construction project is split into three phases: Stage 1 (present-2025): Conduct uncrewed reconnaissance missions to the lunar surface Stage 2 (2026-2030): Commence large-scale cargo…
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ISRO Chandrayaan 3 Lunar Mission Launch is Targeting July 2023
Chandrayaan 3 Mission Launch Date is Approaching As part of an ongoing series of standard space simulating tests, India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon lander successfully completed its launch survival testing early March. This test checks in a special acoustic chamber if the spacecraft structure can withstand the intense, sustained sounds and vibrations of its rocket launch.…
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Artemis II Crew is Picked for Manned Mission to the Moon
NASA has picked its team for the Artemis II mission, which the first step in its grand return to the Moon. Yesterday, NASA revealed the crew of four that will circle the moon on the 10-day Artemis II mission. Here is the Artemis II crew. Reid Wiseman in Artemis II will serve as the mission’s…
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Astronauts who will be Launched on Artemis 2 Manned Lunar Mission are Announced
In the Artemis II Manned Lunar Mission, 4 astronauts comprised of 3 Americans and 1 Canadian, will be announced by NASA to complete a generation-defining mission to the moon’s orbit, returning humans deeper into the solar system than has been reached in five decades since the Apollo Missions. Scheduled to launch in 2024, Artemis II…
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OneWeb Launch by Indian Space Agency ISRO Shows High Potential
An Indian rocket by ISRO launched and deployed 36 OneWeb satellites on Sunday, marking the Indian Space Research Organisation’s second commercial launch for the UK firm. ISRO’s fleet of rockets will first and foremost give India independence from foreign launchers. But it will also offer new commercial opportunities, as shown by the OneWeb launch. How…
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Ariane 6 will Launch the First Portuguese Cubesat
The first 🇵🇹Portuguese cubesat, ISTSAT-1—developed by the students at 🇵🇹Instituto Superior Técnico—will monitor aircrafts in remote areas and is scheduled for launch aboard Ariane 6 in Q4 2023. Arianespace SA, established in 1980, was the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It administers the Ariane program’s administration and promotion. The organization delivers a variety of…
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ESA Advisory Group Recommends Europe Should Develop Manned Launch Capabilities
On 12 September 1962, John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University in Texas that would put the United States on a path toward the Moon before the end of the decade. He explained that the challenge would serve to organize and measure the best of the country’s energies and skills. On 20 July…
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NASA Announces Artemis III Science Lead for the NASA Artemis Program
For the NASA Artemis Program, Noah Petro will be the science lead for Artemis III, which aims to return humans to the Moon by mid-decade, officials announced last week during NASA’s Artemis town hall briefing at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). Petro is the project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The…
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Cosmonaut who Holds the Record for Longest Stay in Space Dies
Cosmonaut Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov, who holds the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80. Born on April 27, 1942, the Russian cosmonaut lived and worked in space for a record 437 days in one stint – orbiting Earth aboard the Mir space station more than 7,000 times between January 8,…
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The New FCC Report on Space Debris has Recommendation for Mitigating Space Debris
The FCC is cracking down on spent satellites left in LEO. In a FCC Space Debris report and order released yesterday, the commission revealed plans to cut the post-mission disposal time from the currently recommended 25 years to five years. The growing debris problem: The DoD’s Space Surveillance Network currently tracks ~27,000 pieces of debris…
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How is NASA Going Back to the Moon with the Artemis Mission?
Before landing the first humans on Mars, NASA wants to return to the lunar surface — but in a way that we’ve never explored the moon before. When the uncrewed Artemis I mission launches on Monday, August 29, it’s just the first step toward the future of space exploration. The last crewed landing on the…
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Artemis I to Bring NASA Back to the Moon starting with a Series of Flights
With the rocket now on the launchpad, the Artemis I Moon mission is getting real: 29 August is the first opportunity for the SLS rocket to blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s launchpad 39B in Florida, USA. This first Artemis mission will put NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module to the test…
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Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenbery and Actors Scotty and Uhura’s Ashes will be Flown to Deep Space in a Vulcan Rocket
“Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry; his wife, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who played various roles in the show and films; and James Doohan, who played Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the films and TV series along with “Star Trek” actor Nichelle Nichols who played the communications office Lieutenant Uhura will take flight when…
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NASA and Boeing Delay Their Joint First Starliner Astronaut Mission to 2023
NASA and Boeing are now targeting early 2023 for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner spacecraft, officials said during a joint press conference Thursday. Launch officials say the mission could take off as early as February, according to Steve Stich, the manager for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner had been slated to get…
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Upcoming Global Lunar Missions of Different Countries
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon through its long-awaited Artemis program, it’s taking big steps to encourage commercial lander development. First order of business: CLPS. NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is funding 14 separate lander concepts from Astrobotic, Deep Space Systems, Draper Labs, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin,…
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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022. The spacecraft docked with the forward docking port on the Harmony module of the station at 8:28 p.m. Eastern. Controllers reported a hard docking securing the spacecraft to the station about 20 minutes later, although hatches separating the spacecraft from…
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Sanctions on Russia Causing Some Ripples in Collaborative ISS Activities
While operations of the International Space Station continue without “serious interruptions,” sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are starting to have an effect on some activities, NASA’s safety advisers said. At a May 12 meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), members reiterated past comments by agency officials that the day-to-day operations…
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DARPA Going Ahead with the Development of Nuclear Powered Spacecraft
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on May 4 issued a solicitation for proposals for the next phase of a demonstration of a nuclear-powered spacecraft. The project, called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), started over a year ago when DARPA selected a preliminary design for a rocket engine reactor developed by General Atomics,…
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Virgin Galactic Postpones its Commercial Suborbital Tourism Flights to 2023
Virgin Galactic is again postponing the start of commercial service of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane from late 2022 to early 2023, blaming the latest delay on supply chain and labor issues. In the company’s first quarter earnings release May 5, Virgin Galactic said it expected to start commercial flights of its VSS Unity spaceplane in…
