Tag: Spacecraft

Scientists compile Cassini’s unique observations of Saturn’s rings

To determine the size of the ring particles, UVIS observed them when the instrument was pointed at the Sun, looking through the rings in what is known as a solar occultation.

October 19, 2022

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

NASA teamed up with two commercial companies: California-based Rocket Lab and Colorado-based Advanced Space, which owns and operates the Capstone satellite.

July 4, 2022

NASA halts Psyche mission to unexplored metal world

NASA has cancelled its planned 2022 launch attempt of the Psyche asteroid mission -- the agency's first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid.

June 26, 2022

NASA-Boeing Starliner spacecraft launch may slip to 2022

Boeing had signed a contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014. However, a series of setbacks have thus far prevented the Starliner from reaching the ISS.

September 22, 2021

Chandrayaan-2 deputy director is Gurap boy

Chandrakanta Kumar studied in the village school three decades ago.

July 16, 2019

Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 takes underground samples from remote asteroid

Spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth next year with the samples that could provide information on the origin of the solar system.

July 11, 2019

China developing new-generation manned rocket, spacecraft

With a take-off weight of 2,000 tonnes, the new rocket is expected to have carrying capabilities of 25 tonnes for lunar trajectories, 70 tonnes for low-Earth orbit.

November 7, 2018

European spacecraft set to unravel mysteries of Mercury by 2025

Till now, only two spacecraft have been to Mercury, NASA's Mariner 10 which flew past the planet in 1974 and 1975 and the US space agency's Messenger which orbited the planet between 2011 and 2015.

October 15, 2018

SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to return to Earth

The spacecraft will depart the ISS, along with critical scientific research, at 12.37 p.m. EDT and splash down in the Pacific Ocean at about 6.17 p.m.

August 3, 2018

Parker Solar Probe | All you want to know about NASA Sun mission

Named after physicist Eugene Parker, who published a groundbreaking paper on solar winds in 1958, the probe is expected to be launched on August 11, 2018.

July 23, 2018

Parker Solar Probe | NASA set for August launch of its sun mission

Media invited on 13 July to view the spacecraft that has been designed to touch the sun.

July 11, 2018

NASA’s asteroid-bound spacecraft imaged from Earth

As NASA’s asteroid-bound spacecraft OSIRIS-REx approaches Earth for its September 22 gravity assist, a ground-based telescope has captured images of the spacecraft. This is the first Earth-based view of OSIRIS-REx since its launch on September 8, 2016, NASA said on Friday. The images were taken on September 2, by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory located...

September 9, 2017

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft nears destruction

Launched 20 years ago, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft now has less than 20 days for its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn. Its fateful plunge on September 15 is a foregone conclusion — an April 22 a gravitational kick from Saturn’s moon Titan placed the two-and-a-half ton vehicle on its path for impending destruction, NASA...

August 30, 2017

SpaceX Dragon to deliver crew supplies, research to ISS

SpaceX will launch its Dragon spacecraft for its 11th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on June 1. Dragon will lift into orbit atop the Falcon 9 rocket carrying crew supplies, equipment and scientific research to crewmembers living aboard the station, NASA said in a statement on...

May 20, 2017

Glitch hits NASA’s Dawn spacecraft

NASA's Dawn spacecraft encountered a glitch while preparing for its scheduled observation of Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater and the sun. The malfunction will not significantly impact Dawn's rest of the extended mission, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday. One of Dawn's two...

April 27, 2017

Cassini set for final close flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan

Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn's largest moon Titan on April 21, NASA has said. During the encounter, Cassini will pass as close as 979 kilometres above Titan's surface at a speed of about 21,000 kms per hour, the US space agency said. The flyby marks the mission's final opportunity for...

April 20, 2017

China to launch first cargo spacecraft

China will on Thursday launch its first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Hainan province, it was announced on Wednesday. The Centre on Tuesday conducted the final rehearsal covering all systems involved in the launch such as the rocket, spacecraft, launching site and testing, control and communication systems, Xinhua news agency...

April 19, 2017