Why a white swan named ‘Joy’ is flying to space with Shubhanshu Shukla in the Axiom-4 mission (Image source: Economic Times) India’s eagerly awaited return to human spaceflight is to receive a poetic and symbolic boost not only from rocket power, but from cultural symbolism and international goodwill. Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla…
एस्टेरॉयड 2024 YR4 एक 53 से 67 मीटर के डायमीटर वाला अंतरिक्षीय पिंड है, जो वैज्ञानिकों की निगरानी में है. यह आकार उस एस्टेरॉयड जितना है जिसने 1908 में रूस के तुंगुस्का क्षेत्र में भारी तबाही मचाई थी. विशेषज्ञों के अनुसार, अगर यह धरती से टकराता तो एक पूरे शहर का अस्तित्व खतरे में पड़…
BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) will now launch at 5.52pm, IST, on June 10, pushed by two days from the earlier launch date of June 8.“The Ax4 crew is scheduled to launch to the ISS on June 10 at…
From being a particle physicist with a deep-rooted career at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) to preparing for a journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Polish engineer and ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski embodies the fusion of science and exploration. Now set to fly on the Axiom-4 mission, he brings experience from CERN to…
In May, the Hubble telescope released a picture of a different galaxy, known as HerS 020941.1+001557, as it appeared 11 billion years ago. Along with SDSS J020941.27+001558.4 and SDSS J020941.27+001558.4, it forms a partial ring captured through gravitational lens, also known as the Einstein Ring. Source link
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who has been tasked with the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission, has just finished a crucial part of his space training, which involved altitude exercises. These simulations, meant to mimic the low-pressure environment of space, are necessary to prepare astronauts to work in extreme conditions and perform under pressure. The training…
The Global Space Exploration Conference 2025, which was conducted in New Delhi on Wednesday, saw a record attendance, with representatives from thirty-five nations, top space agency officials such as China, Japan, Canada, and Europe, more than 1,700 representatives, and ten astronauts representing different countries or agencies. Yet, something highly crucial was absent from the event—presence…
Astronomers from the University of Cambridge have uncovered promising signs that a planet orbiting a distant star could be home to life, reports BBC. The planet, K2-18b, lies a staggering 700 trillion miles away, yet powerful observations from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are bringing it into scientific focus like never before.The team, led…
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Dr V Narayanan (Pic credit: PTI) KOZHIKODE: From carrying rocket parts on bicycles and satellites on bullock carts in the 1970s, India has become one of the world leaders in the space sector through its successful Mars orbiter and Chandrayaan missions, which have also made several world…
Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams plans to visit India soon and meet ISRO‘s team in her father’s homeland.“I hope and I think for sure I’m going to be going back to my father’s home country and visiting with people and getting excited about the Indian astronauts who’s going up on the ISRO…