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India’s Yuri Gagarin moment approaches closer, astronauts begin training for Gaganyaan in Russia
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, scheduled for December 2021, will be India’s first crewed spaceflight, made using indigenous technologies.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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ISRO needs night survival technologies for future Moon missions and beyond
As the lunar night casts its shadow on Vikram, it’s time for a change of gears in India’s lunar exploration strategy.
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Chandrayaan 2’s landing failure and the road ahead
What does Vikram’s failed landing mean for India's future in space?
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The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]
Small meteorites constantly bombard the Moon and create micro-sized craters.
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I saw a rocket launch!
My experience at ISRO's Launch View Gallery.
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Chandrayaan 2, India’s first mission to attempt a Moon landing
The complexity and cost of a robotic lunar landing mission is enormous; only three countries have been successful so far.
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Gravity assist: The simple physics trick that’s allowed humanity to explore deep space
How did the NASA Voyager spacecraft escape the Solar system?
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Is the solar system’s largest storm dying?
The Great Red Spot is 1.3-times as wide as Earth, and appears to be dwindling faster than expected.
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India’s Astrosat and NASA’s Chandra co-discover a rapidly spinning black hole
How to determine how fast a black hole is spinning? Its X-ray outbursts will tell you.
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Underground lava tubes on the Moon
A pit in Marius Hills.
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Can there be a galactic empire?
Are galactic empires akin to ones in Star Wars and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation possible?
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From Hipparchus to Gaia, the story of finding our place among billions of stars
Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't until 1807 when we truly realized just how far away stars really were.