Page 29 - Space

Note to future space travellers: Reduced gravity will shrink your heart

Without the pull of gravity, the heart does not have to pump as hard, and like any other muscle, it loses some fitness from less strenuous use

SpaceX launches test rocket Starship, breaks apart before landing

SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.

ISRO demonstrates free space quantum communication for the first time

QKD technology underpins quantum communication tech that ensures unconditional data security by virtue of principles of quantum mechanics, which is not possible with conventional encryption systems

India, Saudi Arabia hold talks on initiating cooperation in space

India and Saudi Arabia held discussions on initiating cooperation in the space field and explored the possibility of inking a county-level MoU

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin postpones New Glenn debut to Q4 2022

The flight was earlier scheduled for sometime this year

Isro on a mission to give leg-up to start-ups in space sector

ISRO has embarked on a mission to take startups in the space sector to a higher orbit with a string of initiatives to help them realise their business potential. It is keen on formulating an exclusive space startup programme -- "Space Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)", Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan said. SEED is conceived as a competitive early stage encouragement programme to startups and MSMEs (Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises) keen on developing products/services in focus areas of interest to ISRO with the space agency helping them to use its facilities, officials said. A formal mechanism for the programme was expected to be announced soon, they said. With recent reforms opening up doors for enhanced private sector participation in the space sector, ISRO is thrilled to receive several proposals from industries and startups, Sivan said. "These proposals reflect the true ...

Amid criticism, Nicaragua creates Min of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

The agency was approved by 76 legislators Thursday in the country''s congress, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega''s Sandinista Party. Fifteen opposition legislators abstained

NASA in talks with US space startup to secure 1 Soyuz seat

NASA is reportedly in talks with the Texas-based aerospace firm Axiom Space which arranges private astronaut rides

Japanese space experts to examine source of high heat on asteroid

Japanese space experts said Thursday they will examine soil samples brought back from a distant asteroid in an attempt to find the source of heat that altered the celestial body

This startup set up by 21-year-olds tracks dead satellites and 'space junk'

Digantara, a company incubated at Indian Insitute of Science (IISc), aims to combat the growing problem of space debris by developing India's first space-based surveillance platform

A call from stars or an interference? Mysterious radio signal puzzles many

Astronomers admit they don't have an explanation yet for a beam of radio waves that apparently came from the direction of the star Proxima Centauri

Russia to carry out around 30 non-military space launches in 2021

Russia is going to carry out around 30 civilian and commercial space launches in 2021, a source in space and rocket industry told Sputnik

China prepares for return of lunar spacecraft with rock samples from Moon

Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 45 years

Indian talent to attain global fame in space sector as it did in IT: Modi

The prime minister spoke of the space sector's significance in communication and navigation and told the participants that they will be co-passengers with ISRO in this age of space research

Indian-American among 18 astronauts selected for NASA's Moon mission

Indian-American Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is among the 18 astronauts selected by NASA for its manned mission to the Moon

SpaceX aborts its test flight of Mars rocket Starship at last second

The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX's futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas

Object temporarily orbiting Earth is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid: NASA

The object had garnered interest in the planetary science community due to its size and unusual orbit and was studied by observatories around the world, according to an official release

India's Astrosat completes 5 years of mapping stars, galaxies in space

Launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on September 28 2015, in the five years of its operation Astrosat has achieved quite a feat

India's multi-wavelength satellite AstroSat makes rare discovery: IUCAA

AstroSat, India's first multi-wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme UV light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth

India-Nigeria signed MoU on space cooperation: MoS for External Affairs

India and Nigeria on Thursday signed an agreement on space cooperation, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said.