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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicSpace station

Topic: Space station

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams stuck in space station for 2 weeks. What’s delaying her return to Earth

Williams is now the first woman to pilot a new spacecraft on its maiden crewed mission. Boeing’s Starliner launched into space on 5 June.

Sunita Williams dances as her Boeing Starliner arrives at space station

The mission's success heralds a new era in space exploration and collaboration between NASA and private industry partners.

China’s youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to Tiangong space station

The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or 'Divine Vessel', and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.

China launches Shenzhou-16 mission, send astronauts to its fully operational space station

The astronauts on Shenzhou-16 will replace the three-member crew of the Shenzhou-15, who arrived at the space station late in November.

SpaceX launches 4-person space station crew to orbit International Space Station for NASA

The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

3 Chinese astronauts begin 6-month mission to complete Beijing’s first permanent space station

Astronauts landed on space station Tiangong, considered crown jewel in Beijing's 30-year-old crewed space programme, Sunday. Assembly likely to be completed by 2022-end.

This is the space station China is building to challenge the US

Last week, China released a new, high-definition image of Tiangong, an under-construction orbiter started after US barred Beijing from participating in the International Space Station.

PM Modi to launch Indian Space Association on 11 October

The association will undertake policy advocacy in the Indian space domain and help in making India 'self-reliant and a leading player' in the field, the PMO said.

PM Modi to virtually launch Indian Space Association on 11 October

Indian Space Association represents corporations with advanced capabilities in space & satellite technologies including Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, OneWeb, Godrej among others.

Why we’re never going to mine the asteroid belt

People are shooting for the stars, but those who declined to fund the expansive plans of the nascent space mining industry were right about the fundamentals.

On Camera

Hyderabad has a HYDRAA-headed bulldozer story. Saving lakes or razing opposition?

Revanth Reddy’s bulldozing of lake ‘encroachments’ with new agency HYDRAA have left some serious questions unanswered, especially regarding the selective nature of the work undertaken.

iPhone craze, Goa trips, to making ends meet, ‘addictive’ instant loan apps leading many into debt trap

Unsecured loans have been a concern for RBI for a while now. Last year, it took steps to make it more expensive for banks, NBFCs to give them out in bid to deter such borrowing.

India-China disengagement completed at Depsang & Demchok, patrolling to start after Diwali

Corps commanders signed an agreement on 21 October to pull back troops from eastern Ladakh’s two face-off points, following efforts on diplomatic front to ease tensions along LAC.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.