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In 1961, a UCLA graduate student at JPL discovered how spacecraft could borrow speed from planetary gravity. Decades later, his gravity-assist technique produced a fuel-saving breakthrough that transformed deep-space explorationIn 1961, UCLA graduate student Michael Minovitch found a smarter way to move spacecraft through space. At JPL, he studied planetary gravity...- The Founder of Rocket Lab on Competing with Billionaires to Lead in SpaceRocket Lab launches more rockets at a faster pace than any rival and is expanding into satellites and deep-space missions. Four principles ...
- Lack of funding delayed adoption of modern space technologies, Former ISRO scientist saysFormer ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan stated that insufficient funding hindered the adoption of new space technologies. He explained that c...
- From SpaDeX launch to Aditya-L1: India's top space missions in 2024In 2024, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) showcased remarkable achievements that elevated India’s status in global space explo...
- Isro launches analogue mission in Leh to train astronautsThe Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launches its first analogue space mission in Leh, Ladakh, to simulate extra-terrestrial condi...
- You can help Isro plan next space mission. Here are detailsIndian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is inviting the youth of India to participate in a space robotics challenge named 'Isro Robotics ...
- ISRO invites innovative ideas, designs of robotic rovers from student communityISRO has invited innovative ideas and designs of robotic rovers from the youth for future missions; months after the landing of Chandrayaan...
- India's PSLV-XL rocket has close links with Moon, Mars and the SunNearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mis...
- India capable of launching more interplanetary missions, says ISRO chairmanAn elated Somnath said he and his colleagues were happy and proud to be part of the great achievement of the ISRO and requested people to c...
- Chandrayaan-3: India's moon lander clears key tests successfullyAccording to ISRO, the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully underwent EMI/EMC test during January 31-February 2 at the U.R. Rao Satellite Cent...
- Made for mission life of six months, India's Mars probe completes seven years in orbitISRO has been continuously monitoring the spacecraft and its five scientific instruments, and officials said analysis of the data being rec...
- United Arab Emirates publishes first photo from Mars probeThe picture, taken Wednesday, shows sunlight just coming across the surface of Mars. It shows Mars' north pole, as well as Mars' largest vo...
- Isro’s 2020 target: Sun mission, Gaganyaan test, 10 satellite launchesThe launches will include advanced communication satellites and earth observation satellites.
- Why moon matters for future interplanetary missionsMoon will likely be the base for future interplanetary missions. A presence there is of strategic importance.
- Isro @ 50: India's space agency now has a new missionOn the golden jubilee year of Isro, its chairman K Sivan said the agency is now looking to develop technologies required for future.
- 9-year-old among 1 lakh Indians who ‘took off’ for MarsPratik was among one of the thousands to be included in response to a global call to submit names for the Mars mission.
- Chandrayaan-2 mission cheaper than Hollywood film InterstellarIsro will try to launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission, involving a soft-landing on the moon's surface and rover walk, sometime in April. Howeve...
- MOM completes 1000 Earth days, has enough fuel to last 'more years'The spacecraft has five key scientific instruments. One of the payloads, the Mars colour camera, has produced more than 715 images so far, ...
- Launch is only part of Mars mission as more challenges ahead of its journeyThe successful launch of the country's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) today, is only part of the country's first inter-planetary venture story.
- NASA tests "deep space Internet"US space agency NASA has successfuly conducted a first test of a deep space communications network modeled on Internet.
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