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Orbital rockets are incredibly complex machines that must be able to navigate their way through space with pinpoint accuracy. One of the...

An AI illustration of a black hole. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can...

The last time NASA sent a rover to the Moon was in 1976, with the final Apollo mission. Since then, there have been no robotic missions...

Image credits: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for its next mission, Aditya-L1. The mission is a solar...

In 2019, NASA made a bold promise: to send humans back to the moon by 2024. This was a lofty goal, given that it had been 50 years since...

India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon’s surface on August 23, 2023, at 6:04 IST. This is a historic moment for...

India is all set to make history on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, with the soft landing of its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3. The...

Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar mission, and it is scheduled to launch on August 23, 2023. The mission will consist of a lunar...

Image credits: ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is known for its low-cost space programs. Its Mars Orbiter Mission...

Rocket engines produce thrust by expelling high-speed exhaust gases, following Newton’s third law of motion: for every action, there is...

The Moon and Mars are two of the most popular destinations for human space exploration. But which one is cheaper to get to? The answer is...

An illustration of the russian rover Luna 25 Russia’s first moon mission in decades ended in failure on Sunday when the Luna-25...

A multi-stage rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant. This...

A space station is a large artificial object that is placed in orbit around the Earth. Space stations are used for a variety of purposes,...

Ion thrusters are a type of electric propulsion system that uses ions (charged particles) to generate thrust. They are much more...

An illustration of the Luna 25 rover. The race to the Moon’s south pole is heating up, with India and Russia both launching missions to...

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is scheduled to launch in 2023. The mission aims to soft land a rover on the lunar south pole, which is a...

NASA does use the slingshot technique, but it is not the only factor that determines the cost of a space mission. Here are some of the...

The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) can become a “research canvas” for ISRO by; Fostering interdisciplinary...

An illustration of Chandrayaan 3 heading towards moon Chandrayaan 3, India’s third lunar mission, was launched on July 14, 2023, from the...