Four men from the Indian Air Force have been selected to undergo training in Russia from the third week of January for the Gaganyaan mission. However, the Indian space agency is not dependent on Russia for the food menu and will itself along with its astronauts evaluate the choice of food....
Scientists believe water and mineral deposits could make the moon a good pit stop for further space travel. Sivan said NASA’s Artemis mission will use the data from Chandrayaan-2 to send astronauts to the moon by 2024, preparing the way for human missions to Mars. “The globe is waiting ...
The Asian giant is planning to change that, however, as officials at the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) confirmed this week that it’s on track to put its first taikonauts on the lunar surface before the end of this decade. Read more Space NASA astronauts will try to grow ...
You've probably heard about the two astronauts stranded in space. Initially planned for just 8 days, this mission has been delayed by 8 months due to faulty thrusters of Boeing's spacecraft. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has revealed that Starliner's propulsion system, plagued by thruster malfu...
Although the spacecraft did not carry crew, it traveled with three instrumented humanlike payloads to help engineers characterize its handling qualities to better protect astronauts in future missions. Data showed the European-built service module generated 20% more power than expected and consumed 25...
51. Apollo 8 Successful manned lunar orbit Launch: December 21, 1968 Lunar orbit insertion: December 24, 1968 Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders first humans to leave Earth and travel to the Moon. They arrived at the Moon, completed 10 orbits, and returned to Earth ...
"The major activity today (Wednesday) is the filling up of the liquid fuel in the rocket's second stage. The countdown is progressing well and every system in the rocket is normal," a source in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told. ...
"NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts, with the goal of mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station, hopefully, this year or shortly thereafter, which was one of the promises of our leaders’ visit together," Garcetti said. ...
The two main drivers of the manned space explorations are human safety and cost-effectiveness, keeping these aspects as the core of the project a Martian vehicle for astronauts was designed focusing on modularity. Designed bySamarjit Waghela, four major modules were developed based on ...
The country has planned to send a mission to study the sun in 2019-20, a second mission to Mars in 2022-23 and a Venus mission in 2023. It will also attempt to send astronauts to space on a spacecraft in 2022. New Delhi-based electrical engineer Prasun Dutta said the ISRO deserves ...