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ISRO successfully demonstrates new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) – a game changer with multiple applications for future missions.
Aug 15, 2022 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav:76th Independence Day at Department of Space Aug 10, 2022 Gaganyaan Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) Static Test Aug 10, 2022 Launching of ISRO’s Virtual Space Museum “SPARK” Aug 10, 2022 Selected Pictures – International Moon Day (Online Quiz competition held on 20/07/2022) Aug 10, 2022 Launch of ISRO …
NASA looks to solar sails as a way to power future missions
A NASA-funded project is developing new technologies that would allow a spacecraft to fly through the cosmos propelled entirely with solar sails that “bend” light. The agency announced Tuesday that it will provide $2 million over two years to the Diffractive Solar Sailing project, which is investigating ways to use energy from the sun to …
Space Station Crew Busy With Research as Managers Work Axiom Ax-1 and SpaceX Crew-4 Missions
By NASA April 21, 2022 The SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship is pictured from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship. Endurance is docked to the Harmony module’s forward-facing port while Endeavour is docked to Harmony’s space-facing port on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The four private astronauts from Axiom Space are …
Multiple missions to explore Mars and other space news in 2021
While 2020 may have derailed and delayed some scientific plans due to the pandemic, 2021 still promises to be a year of science “the likes of which we’ve rarely seen,” according to Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Multiple missions will explore Mars, new telescopes will begin observations and plans are underway …
Nasa names companies to develop Moon landers for human missions
Image copyright Blue Origin Image caption The National Team partnership, led by Blue Origin, will build a lander that’s split into three parts Nasa has chosen the companies that will develop landers to send astronauts to the Moon’s surface in the 2020s. The White House wants to send the next man and the first woman …
ISRO invites technology proposals for human space flight missions
The Directorate of Human Space Programme of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited proposals to develop indigenous technologies for its future human space flight missions. The concepts can range from food and medicine eaten by astronauts during low-earth space trips; to anti-radiation and thermal protection technologies for the spacecraft, life support systems for …
NASA chooses Kern County firm to deliver technology to lunar surface ahead of human missions | News
As part of a push to land U.S. astronauts on the moon by the middle of this decade, NASA has selected a Kern County company to deliver cargo to the lunar surface. Masten Space Systems, a commercial space company based at Mojave Air and Space Port in the Kern County desert, is being tapped by …
UCF students help NASA develop safer technology for planned moon missions
0 UCF students help NASA develop safer technology for planned moon missions ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA is determined to return to the moon by 2024, and research underway at the University of Central Florida is a critical part of that plan. UCF student are now working to learn more by testing the safety of moon …
Nasa Mars 2020 Mission’s MiMi Aung on women in space
Next year, Nasa will send a mission to Mars. The woman in charge of making the helicopter that will be sent there – which is set to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet – is MiMi Aung. At 16, MiMi travelled alone from Myanmar to the US for access to education. She …
Special Ops Using Army’s Prototype 3D Maps On Missions: Gervais « Breaking Defense
An early version of One World Terrain, the Army’s attempt at a 3D digital world map detailed enough for training simulations and mission planning. WASHINGTON: The Army’s One World Terrain software was intended to build 3D battle maps for training simulations. But an early version has already proven so useful that special operators are using it …
