Nasa’s Artemis 2 astronauts made history on Monday, April 6, becoming the first humans in more than 50 years to fly around the moon and breaking the Apollo 13 record for the farthest human spaceflight.Nasa’s Mission Control in Houston has regained communications with the Artemis astronauts orbiting the Moon after an expected blackout lasting about…
Artemis II nears historic lunar flyby as Nasa tests path back to the Moon (Picture credit: AP) BENGALURU: Four astronauts are now closing in on the Moon, as Nasa prepares for the most critical phase of its first crewed deep-space mission in over five decades — the Artemis II lunar flyby.Launched on April 2, the…
Plush toys travelling into space may sound unusual, yet they have quietly remained part of human spaceflight for decades. Missions conducted by organisations like NASA and companies such as SpaceX often include small soft mascots inside spacecraft cabins. These objects are known as zero gravity indicators. They begin to float once a spacecraft leaves Earth’s…
What would a future look like with no darkness because people learned how to produce limitless amounts of power instead of saving electricity? It seems like this scenario was considered by the engineers from Japan in a project called the “Lunar Solar Ring.” The idea offered by Shimizu Corporation is a solar ring made of…
Quote of the day by Alexander Fleming (Image source: Wikipedia) Sometimes, even when you plan carefully, things don’t go as planned. Some of the most important discoveries in history have happened when things didn’t go as planned. Alexander Fleming, whose work changed modern medicine, said this idea in a famous quote. His words show how…
NASA‘s Artemis 2 mission has accomplished another difficult milestone by restoring essential communication with Mission Control after going dark for about 40 minutes previously. As the Orion spacecraft passed behind the far side of the Moon, there was a complete loss of radio communications due to the Moon blocking it. This ‘loss of signal’ (LOS)…
NASA’s Artemis II mission has made a significant step in its flight program by taking astronauts to the closest point to the Moon, which was last done during the Apollo 17 mission. While no landing took place during this mission, the mission objectives were to test space systems and make observations during a seven-hour flight…
Deep Jariwala, an Indian-origin scientist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed as the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices, marking a significant milestone in his career. After nearly nine years at Penn, he will take up this prestigious joint role between the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
On April 6, 2026, SpaceX carried out a Starlink mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch placed 25 satellites into low-Earth orbit. It took place at 7:50 pm Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission followed a short delay caused by upper-level wind conditions, which required a shift from the…
Quote of the day by Marie Curie (Image source: mariecurie.org.uk) In every time period, progress has been made by both practical thinkers and people who were willing to dream beyond short-term rewards. These dreamers often work in silence, driven not by money or fame but by a deeper desire to learn and find meaning. Marie…
Exploration of space has always been viewed from a perspective of science and discovery. However, it cannot be overlooked that exploration of space continues to have a very profound human element to it. Prior to the launch of NASA‘s next manned lunar exploration mission, named Artemis II, a touching tribute by astronauts was uncovered in…
Love You to the Moon and Back. The Moon and love have long kept each other’s company. Since the earliest ages of human expression, poets have used the Moon to speak of longing, lovers have looked up at it for comfort, husbands have reached for it when words ran dry, and newly married couples have…
