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ISRO tests hybrid propulsion system

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre performs tests at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri.

The Hindu · Sep 21, 2022

American, Russians to Blast off for ISS as War Rages in Ukraine

A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are set to blast off to the International Space Station Wednesday on a Russian-operated flight despite soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. NASA's Frank Rubio and Russia's Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin are scheduled to take off from…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 21, 2022

Jupiter to loom large tonight as it makes closest approach to Earth in 59 years

It could be the brightest object in the night sky, and you may even spot its moons

Wales Online · Sep 21, 2022

NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one day save Earth from catastrophe

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA plans to change an asteroid’s orbit.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022

New study shows one of Saturn’s icy moons may be extremely habitable

Beneath Enceladus's frozen surface, the moon's ocean could contain phosphorus, a key ingredient for building cells.

Inverse · Sep 20, 2022

Saturn's rings were once a moon ripped apart by bizarre forces

Resonance with not-so-near Neptune destabilized the moon 100 million years ago.

Inverse · Sep 20, 2022

All systems are go as France zeros in on space ambitions

France has grabbed a firm footing in the next generation space race – throwing 9 billion euros at ramping up its astronomical ambitions over the next three years. The news comes as Paris hosts the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which brings together thousands of experts from the world’s burgeoning space…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 20, 2022

Starship Orbital Flight: SpaceX Successfully Fired Enough Engines for Liftoff

SpaceX is gearing up to launch the Starship into orbit, the biggest test yet for the ship designed to send humans to Mars and beyond.

Inverse · Sep 20, 2022

Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration

People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. Many of these missions are still ongoing, but over the decades of Martian exploration, humankind has…

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022

Valery Polyakov, took longest single trip to space, dies at 80

Polyakov's record of 437 days in space began on January 8, 1994, orbiting the Earth more than 7,000 times, before returning March 22, 1995

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2022