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A revolutionary day for the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). Following the Vikram rover landing, India would have become the fourth in the world to do a soft landing on Moon; only it didn’t. The Chandrayaan-2 moon exploration mission’s moon lander lost contact with Earth just before the landing. At that time, ISRO was still […]
Since we humans have devised ways to hit the space finally, making it better is our constant endeavor. That’s when the concept of a “space elevator” comes in, and we could get a real one — that’s what the two scientists say. The “Spaceline” elevator to reach space? As proposed by Zephyr Penoyre and Emily […]
After facing a technical snag in GSLV-Mk-III rocket last week, the Chandrayaan-2 was successfully launched today at 2:43 pm. It is India’s second lunar mission after the success of Chandrayaan-1 11 years ago which created history by being operational for 312 days and making over 3,400 orbits around the moon. Chandrayaan-2 will take almost 7 […]
Elon Musk just posted a glimpse of the first test version of SpaceX’s Starship rocket. It was under construction for a very long time and now it’s ready for its very first test flight. Previously known as the “BFR,” the Starship will be used in super heavy-lift launch vehicle that is meant for longer journeys […]
Short Bytes: NASA has announced a public challenge named High Performance Fast Computing Challenge (HPFCC) to get help from programmers for improving the FUN3D software. NASA is offering the prizes of $15,000 and $10,000 to top contributors. FUN3D is written in Fortran programming language and the contest is limited to the US citizens. NASA’s FUN3D project was […]