53rd flight of PSLV-C51 marks first dedicated mission for New Space India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO. ISRO on Sunday successfully launched Brazil’s optical earth observation satellite, Amazonia-1, and …
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SpaceX recently announced that it would send four civilians into orbit aboard its Crew Dragon capsule, marking the first time that a crew without a single professional astronaut would fly …
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UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home its first picture of Mars after successfully entering Red Planet's orbit
The craft is expected to begin transmitting more information in September 2021, with the data available for scientists around the world to study The image was taken from an altitude …
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What Chinese New Year Animal Are You? How The ‘Year Of The Metal Ox’ Is Dictated By Our Moon’s Orbit
A red bull statue set up for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, is seen at Xujiahui … [+] Commercial Zone on January 19, 2021 in …
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The Associated PressFeb 11, 2021 15:01:19 IST A Chinese spacecraft went into orbit around Mars on Wednesday on an expedition to land a rover on the surface and scout for …
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In about three months, the Tianwen-1 will attempt to send a landing capsule onto a massive plain in the northern hemisphere known as Utopia Planitia (Subscribe to Science For All, …
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Launched in July last year, the UAE’s unmanned probe ‘Al-Amal’, which means hope in Arabic, entered Mars orbit on Tuesday. This is the Arab world’s first mission to Mars. On …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. …
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Earlier this month, ten cubesats – small, cheap satellites weighing about a kilogram each – were sent into orbit around Earth. With almost 1,500 of these small satellites launched so …
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Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is to be joined by three other novice astronauts for a multi-day journey into space, including one lucky winner of a drawing. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache …
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Sirius XM’s latest satellite, built by Maxar and launched by SpaceX, suffers failure in orbit
The SXM-7 satellite, built by Maxar Technologies for SiriusXM, is seen here in Maxar’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, Calif. Maxar A recently launched Sirius XM satellite suffered “failures” during …
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit successfully blasts satellites into space after failed first attempt
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, with a rocket under the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner, takes off for a key drop test of its high-altitude launch system for satellites …
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Virgin Orbit has successfully launched satellites into space for the first time. A 70-foot LauncherOne rocket carrying 10 satellites was dropped from a modified Boeing 747 at 11.39AM Pacific Time on Sunday. LauncherOne …
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Sunday’s test also thrusts Virgin Orbit into an increasingly competitive commercial space race, offering a unique “air-launch” method of sending satellites to orbit alongside rivals such as Rocket Lab and …
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Virgin Orbit Test Flight Hits Low Earth Orbit—Billionaire Branson Joins Elon Musk’s SpaceX At Key Milestone
The Virgin Orbit “Cosmic Girl” – a modified Boeing Co. 747-400 carrying a LauncherOne rocket under … [+] it’s wing AFP via Getty Images Billionaire Richard Branson’s small satellite launch …
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Virgin Orbit’s second launch demonstration flight has been smoother than its first. The company has carried customer satellites into space for the first time after the Cosmic Girl host aircraft …
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On Sunday morning, Virgin Orbit became the third privately funded American rocket company to reach orbit—and the only one to accomplish the feat from mid-air. The company’s liquid-fueled rocket, called …
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Virgin Orbit — the sister company of billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic — will try a second test of its small satellite-launching rocket later today, months after …
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Scientists hope the samples from Chang’e-5 will help them learn more about the Moon’s origins and volcanic activity on its surface. (Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where …
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In Photos: A Year At Jupiter As Seen By NASA’s $1.1 Billion Spacecraft As It Completes 31st Orbit
NASA scientists made a bunch of new discoveries in 2020 using data from its Juno spacecraft at … [+] Jupiter. Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill A $1.1 billion NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter …
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China’s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 took off on Tuesday, successfully sending five satellites into planned orbit, the country’s space agency said. The rocket was launched from the Wenchang …
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India on Thursday successfully placed its 42nd communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) in the geosynchronous transfer orbit in a textbook style. India’s brand new communication satellite CMS-01 with a life …
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Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) on Thursday launched communication satellite CMS-01 carried by PSLV-C50 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. “PSLV-C50 successfully injected into orbit India’s latest communication …
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In a 2013 interview, Dimple Kapadia said, “It’s not just about the films, it’s also about living my life.” And what a life it has been. She was an instant …