ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer on 8-yr mission to planet's 3 largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto & Europa, which have large underground oceans, making them potentially habitable.
Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut were due to end the mission in March, but got stuck after the cooling system of their capsule started leaking 2 months ago.
At 8th India International Science Festival, ISRO chairman S. Somanath spoke about space agency’s missions in 2023. This includes a collaboration with NASA.
The failure deals a further blow to European space ambitions after an Italian-built Vega-C rocket mission failed after lift-off from French Guiana in December.
The two uncrewed missions preceding the crewed flight are also yet to take place. They are now expected to launch mid-2024. Preparations for the mission are underway.
Shenzhou-15 was the last of 11 missions needed to assemble the multi-module station. The previous Shenzhou crew will return to Earth after a one-week handover.
As luck would have it, India’s domestic policy matrix as well as the international space regulatory scenario are currently aligned with the geopolitical aims.
The astronauts Nie, Liu & Tang are expected to set a new record for China's manned space mission duration, exceeding the 33 days spent by Shenzhou-11 crew in 2016.
Sivan, also the Secretary, Department of Space, advised the new graduates to take up 'calculated risk' in their life as it may safeguard them from 'absolute failure'.
The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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