Spacecraft
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Contact lost with $32.7 million spacecraft on way to test moon orbit, says NASA
Science | Jul 06, 2022, 12:22 PM ISTAfter one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the space agency said it could no longer communicate with the spacecraft called Capstone.
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NASA-Boeing Starliner spacecraft may get delayed by several months
Science | Aug 13, 2021, 11:52 PM ISTThe Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) -- the second uncrewed flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as part of the US space agency's Commercial Crew Programme -- has been held up since late last year.
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EXPLAINER: The significance of China’s new space station
Science | Jun 18, 2021, 09:22 AM ISTThe three-member crew is due to stay for three months in the station’s main living module, named Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony. They will be carrying out science experiments and maintenance, space walks and preparing the facility to receive two additional modules next year.
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China Space Station: First crewed mission to construct new orbiting laboratory launched
World | Jun 17, 2021, 09:14 AM ISTThe Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert. The launch was telecast live by the state-run CGTN-TV.
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China to send 3 male astronauts to its space station in June
Science | May 31, 2021, 08:26 AM ISTA three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China's new space station, according to a space official who was the country's first astronaut in orbit.
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Chinese cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 docks with orbital station
Science | May 30, 2021, 08:07 AM ISTAutomated spacecraft Tianzhou-2 docked with China's new space station carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew.
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NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble
Science | May 11, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTWith rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.
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NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples
World | Apr 16, 2021, 10:18 AM ISTOSIRIS-REx spacecraft made one final flyby of asteroid Bennu on April 7 to take photos of disturbance left by October's sample collection.
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NASA's Odyssey spacecraft marks 20 years of mapping Mars
Science | Apr 09, 2021, 04:34 PM ISTLaunched 20 years ago on April 7, the orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel "2001: A Space Odyssey", was sent to map the composition of the Martian surface, providing a window to the past so scientists could piece together how the planet evolved.
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Mars Mission: 3 countries to send unmanned spacecraft to red planet this week
Science | Jul 13, 2020, 04:43 PM ISTThe U.S., for its part, is dispatching a six-wheeled rover the size of a car, named Perseverance, to collect rock samples that will be brought back to Earth for analysis in about a decade.
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NASA's spacecraft completes closest flyover of asteroid sample site
Science | Jan 24, 2020, 12:48 PM ISTOSIRIS-REx's primary goal in the Nightingale flyover was to collect the high-resolution imagery required to complete the spacecraft's Natural Feature Tracking image catalog
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Dragon spacecraft delivers cargo to ISS
World | Dec 09, 2019, 09:23 AM ISTSpaceX said the Dragon will leave the ISS in about 30 days and return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, where teams from the company, which is owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, will recover the spacecraft for reuse in future missions.
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Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised for fifth time
Aug 06, 2019, 06:00 PM ISTAccording to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 was raised to an orbit of 276x142,975 km by firing the spacecraft's onboard motors for 1,041 seconds. All spacecraft parameters were normal.
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NASA's Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life
Jun 14, 2019, 10:53 AM ISTThe goal of the Mars 2020 rover is to look for signs of ancient life. It will be the first spacecraft to collect samples of the Martian surface, caching them in tubes that could be returned to Earth on a future mission, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
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Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to land on moon
World | Apr 12, 2019, 08:04 AM IST"We definitely crashed on the surface of the moon," said Opher Doron of Israel Aerospace Industries.
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Scientists find a way to levitate objects with light
Mar 20, 2019, 10:58 AM ISTIn theory, this spacecraft could be patterned with nanoscale structures and accelerated by an Earth-based laser light. Without needing to carry fuel, the spacecraft could reach very high, even relativistic speeds and possibly travel to other stars.
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Why launch of Israel's 'Uber-style' lunar lander Beresheet is causing buzz
Feb 22, 2019, 03:59 PM ISTAn Israeli spacecraft blasted off to the moon in an attempt to make the country's first lunar landing, following a launch on Thursday night by SpaceX.
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NASA's first mini-spacecraft in deep space goes silent
Feb 07, 2019, 03:02 PM ISTIt has been over a month since engineers have heard from MarCO, which followed NASA's InSight to the Red Planet.
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft welcomes 2019 by flying past most distant cosmic object ever explored
Jan 01, 2019, 09:50 PM ISTAccording to mission details published by NASA, New Horizons was scheduled to complete the flyby at around 11 am IST Tuesday.
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NASA's spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu after two-year space travel
Dec 04, 2018, 09:59 AM ISTThe spacecraft's full name, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, has revealed its major tasks. It is expected to return the sample to Earth in September 2023, according to NASA.