Artemis II is one of the most popular missions due to both technical progress and the pictures captured while the ship flew through space. One of the photos that attracted a lot of attention is the picture of the Milky Way taken during the lunar flyby. NASA posted the image and subsequently shared by Elon…
Following a groundbreaking voyage to orbit the Moon, NASA’s Artemis II mission is now gearing up for its most exciting part, the homecoming back to Earth. The crew of four astronauts in the Orion capsule is about to go through an intense re-entry procedure and then land on Earth. This offers space enthusiasts worldwide a…
Artemis 2 mission specialist Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Orion as the crew was traveling to the Moon (Image credits: AP) As Artemis II races home from the moon, its crew is preparing for its “riding a fireball through the atmosphere” moment, the most dangerous phase of the mission as the Orion spacecraft…
Image: left/Wikipedia/right/NASA Nowadays, the Moon has become the focus of worldwide aspirations once again, but this time it is not only about exploring but also about occupying it. The recent launch of NASA’s Artemis II has sparked new interest in lunar missions, being the first manned flight to the Moon in more than half a…
The shift to renewable energy sources generally faces a significant bottleneck: producing electric power in bad weather. A team of researchers has created a new type of energy harvesting system that maintains power generation when clouds and rain develop over the solar electric cells. The hybrid energy harvesting system uses high-efficiency perovskite solar cells and…
Deep Jariwala, an Indian-origin scientist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed as the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Quantum Devices, marking a significant milestone in his career. After nearly nine years at Penn, he will take up this prestigious joint role between the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
The discovery of water on the Moon was once a paradigm-shifting discovery that would revolutionise deep-space logistics in the universe in ways we never thought possible; this would allow astronauts to travel to and stay on the Moon or beyond before leaving. However, recent scientific data from agencies like NASA and the ESA reveal a…
The CSIRO, RMIT and the University of Melbourne have successfully built a quantum battery prototype from theory into practice, meaning both energy and physics sciences have now made this transition to energy technology. Whereas traditional electrochemical cells rely on chemical reactions for their energy storage, this organic battery uses principles of quantum mechanics, specifically superposition…
Love You to the Moon and Back. The Moon and love have long kept each other’s company. Since the earliest ages of human expression, poets have used the Moon to speak of longing, lovers have looked up at it for comfort, husbands have reached for it when words ran dry, and newly married couples have…
Exploration of space has always been viewed from a perspective of science and discovery. However, it cannot be overlooked that exploration of space continues to have a very profound human element to it. Prior to the launch of NASA’s next manned lunar exploration mission, named Artemis II, a touching tribute by astronauts was uncovered in…
On April 6, 2026, SpaceX carried out a Starlink mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch placed 25 satellites into low-Earth orbit. It took place at 7:50 pm Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission followed a short delay caused by upper-level wind conditions, which required a shift from the…
NASA’s Artemis II mission has made a significant step in its flight program by taking astronauts to the closest point to the Moon, which was last done during the Apollo 17 mission. While no landing took place during this mission, the mission objectives were to test space systems and make observations during a seven-hour flight…
Quote of the day by Alexander Fleming (Image source: Wikipedia) Sometimes, even when you plan carefully, things don’t go as planned. Some of the most important discoveries in history have happened when things didn’t go as planned. Alexander Fleming, whose work changed modern medicine, said this idea in a famous quote. His words show how…
What would a future look like with no darkness because people learned how to produce limitless amounts of power instead of saving electricity? It seems like this scenario was considered by the engineers from Japan in a project called the “Lunar Solar Ring.” The idea offered by Shimizu Corporation is a solar ring made of…
Artemis II nears historic lunar flyby as Nasa tests path back to the Moon (Picture credit: AP) BENGALURU: Four astronauts are now closing in on the Moon, as Nasa prepares for the most critical phase of its first crewed deep-space mission in over five decades — the Artemis II lunar flyby.Launched on April 2, the…
Nasa’s Artemis 2 astronauts are set to make history Monday, April 6, as they fly around the moon, becoming the first humans in more than 50 years to see it up close.The four-member crew- commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen- are scheduled to begin their seven-hour moon…
PC: Canadian Space Agency The Artemis II mission has achieved an historic milestone that heralds a new epoch, and a mark of tradition and accomplishment for Canada as well. A significant milestone along this great journey, as the Orion spacecraft transitions into its trans-lunar trajectory, Commander Reid Wiseman, with his fellow veteran crew members, honoured…
Quote of the day by Max Planck (Image source: Wikipedia) Science has helped people understand the world in ways once impossible. Scientific discoveries have changed our lives in many ways, from understanding how planets move to discovering what atoms are made of. But even with all of these improvements, there are still a lot of…
For much of their time in space, astronauts are connected to the Earth via an invisible network of communications: voices, information, and continuous assurances from Mission Control. However, for NASA’s Artemis II mission, there is a defining point at which all such connections disappear. The astronauts inside the Orion capsule were silent for approximately 40…
Getting to Uranus had always been a fascination for many scientists. However, because of its immense distance from Earth, any mission there was always seen as one that took decades to complete. However, the advent of Starship, the next-generation rocket that SpaceX is currently working on, might put an end to this age-old story. According…
