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India Eyes a New Spaceflight Age as Gaganyaan Countdown Begins
Still on a high from launching back-to-back missions to the Moon and Sun, India is now ready to test its ability to send astronauts to space. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch an empty crew module and bring it back to Earth to test the capsule’s emergency escape system. The Gaganyaan…
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India’s First Solar Mission Begins Studying Particles Surrounding Earth
In a little over two weeks since its launch, India’s Aditya-L1 mission started collecting data to help analyze the behaviour of particles that surround Earth. The spacecraft’s Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument was switched on on September 10 while the spacecraft was around 50,000 kilometres away from Earth, the Indian Space Research…
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India’s Moon Mission Uncovers Key Findings at the South Pole
The Chandrayaan-3 rover is the first to leave its track marks on the Moon’s south pole, and the six-wheeled explorer has made a breakthrough discovery that could have major implications for establishing a future lunar habitat. Using the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Pragyan rover, the Chandrayaan-3 mission found traces of sulphur on…
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Australian Space Agency Unravels Mystery of Unidentified Seashore Object
Officials are claiming to have traced the likely origin of the peculiar cylindrical object found on Western Australia’s coast in July.