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Topic: NASA

What is NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars? Twin satellites to study red planet’s magnetic field

The mission’s two satellites are named Blue and Gold. They will circle Mars from opposite directions and provide a 3-dimensional view of the planet.

Why Artemis III mission is causing tensions between NASA and SpaceX

With a major US election every two years, Nasa’s direction hasn’t been stable enough to manage long-term planning. It's hard to see problems easing with the US Artemis lunar programme.

Trump re-nominates Musk ally, billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was re-nominating Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of fellow billionaire and SpaceX founder...

Comet that launched a thousand conspiracy theories: Why the mysterious 3I/ATLAS has astronomers excited

3I/ATLAS will be visible to ground telescopes through September, after which it will pass too close to the Sun to observe, according to NASA. It will reappear by early December.

NASA opens up moon lander contract to rival bidders as SpaceX runs behind schedule

The move paves the way for rivals such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to snatch a high-profile mission to land the first astronauts on the moon in half a century.

SubscriberWrites: NASA in Satis

What the US government shutdown means for science and space.

After setbacks, SpaceX’s Starship successfully deploys mock satellites, tests heat shields

NASA Administrator Sean Duffy posted: "Flight 10's success paves the way for the Starship Human Landing System that will bring American astronauts back to the Moon on Artemis III."

Have vision to land on moon by 2040, Shubhanshu Shukla tells students

A star from Lucknow, Shubhanshu Shukla’s inspiring return and lunar vision.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar’s stellar limit was called absurd. It got him 1983 Physics Nobel

No direct observations of any star exceed the Chandrasekhar limit. The theoretical physicist's calculations have helped so far to understand supernovas, neutron stars, and black holes.

ISRO, NASA’s sharped-eyed NISAR satellite reaches orbit, countdown to science phase begins

World's most powerful Earth observation satellite will produce high-res images & data on various aspects of globe, including info to predict landslides, volcanoes, floods, earthquakes.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.