Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbitKosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972 for Venus but stranded in Earth orbit due to a rocket malfunction, made an uncontrolle...
10 May, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
Can Kosmos 482 survive the fall to Earth and the legacy of Soviet engineeringThe Soviet-era Kosmos 482, a Venus-bound spacecraft launched in 1972, is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between May 9 and 13, 2025. Bui...
09 May, 2025, 06.37 PM IST
Return of the 53-yr AWOL space canLaunched in 1972, the Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482, intended for Venus, is unexpectedly returning to Earth after a failed mission. After 53...
09 May, 2025, 02.14 AM IST
Flights are facing new menace in sky. Check what is itLatest research regarding space has indicated something extremely shocking and the flights are eventually facing an absolutely new menace w...
07 Feb, 2025, 10.47 PM IST
How safe is your flight? New report warns of rising risks amid back-to-back accidentsRecent aviation accidents have raised concerns about aviation safety. A new study highlights the growing threat of space debris, with a 26%...
05 Feb, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
PSLV-37 rocket's upper stage re-enters Earth's atmosphere right on schedule: ISROISRO confirmed the re-entry of PSLV-37's upper stage into Earth's atmosphere after launching 104 satellites in 2017. The re-entry, monitore...
08 Oct, 2024, 02.57 PM IST
ISRO's rocket body re-enters earth's atmosphere, complies with international guidelinesISRO announced that the cryogenic upper stage of the LVM3 M3/OneWeb India-2 mission has re-entered Earth's atmosphere. The stage, left in a...
18 Jun, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
Will space debris fall on the Earth and hit humans? China accused of ignoring rulesSpace Debris Expert Professor John L. Crassidis accused China of not following the rules and taking unnecessary risks with the uncontrolled...
24 Feb, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
1st ever dead satellite gets assisted reentry to Earth to avoid space debrisThe European Space Agency's (ESA) Aeolus has become the first ever dead satellite that was assisted back to earth in a bid to avoid space d...
30 Jul, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
ISRO successfully carries out controlled re-entry experiment of aged satellite"The satellite re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and would have disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean," the Bengaluru-headquartered national...
07 Mar, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
ISRO prepares for challenging experiment of aged satellite's reentry on March 7Although the mission life of the satellite was originally three years, the satellite continued to provide valuable data services for more t...
05 Mar, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Death by falling space debris is a possibility, reveals new studyEvery minute of every day, debris rains down on us from space - a hazard we are almost completely unaware of.
27 Jul, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Explainer: Why all the fuss over falling debris from China's most powerful rocket?The Long March 5B rocket successfully delivered its payload into orbit on April 29, in the first of 11 missions needed to complete China's ...
11 May, 2021, 12.00 PM IST
NASA denounces China over 'irresponsible standards' after its rocket disintegrates over Indian OceanReacting to China's space programme, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said: "It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards ...
09 May, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASADebris from the Long March 5B has had some people looking warily skyward since shortly after it blasted off from China's Hainan island on A...
09 May, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
Disintegrated space rocket 'highly unlikely' to cause any damage on earth: ChinaThe Pentagon said on Tuesday that it was tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to re-enter earth's atmosphere this...
07 May, 2021, 09.31 PM IST
- 192 Indian space objects currently in orbit
Chennai, Sep 8 (IANS) A total of 192 Indian objects are orbiting in space as of April 1, 2017, catalogued by US Space Surveillance Network,...
08 Sep, 2017, 03.12 PM IST