Spacejam
Recent Highlights
All Stories for Spacejam
Interplanetary dust particles in comets may hold major clues to understanding how planets were formed: Study
•Surviving samples of pre-solar dust are most likely to be preserved in comets – small, cold bodies that formed in the outer solar nebula.
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to transfer its lithium-ion cell technology to Indian industry for Rs 1 crore
Ians •ISRO announced it has decided to transfer its own lithium-ion cell technology to Indian industry on a non-exclusive basis for Rs 1 crore
Japan launches surveillance satellite using H-2A rocket to monitor North Korea's military installations
Ians •Japan on Tuesday launched a surveillance satellite to monitor North Korea's military installations and take pictures of areas affected by natural disasters
India discovers new planet revolving around Sun-like star 600 light years away, joins elite club of nations
Tech2 News Staff •In a major scientific discovery, a team from PRL in Ahmedabad has found for the first time a distant planet roughly 6 times the size of Earth
SpaceX plans on building a new campus near Kennedy Space Centre to launch 64 rockets in a year
Tech2 News Staff •SpaceX has asked NASA for a 67-acre patch of land and if everything goes as planned then this proposed operation area will be located about a mile from KSC.
NASA's Juno spacecraft will orbit around Jupiter until July 2021
Ians •Scientists hope that the extension of the Juno spacecraft orbiting around Jupiter will enable the mission to achieve its primary science objectives.
NASA's Curiosity Rover discovers more organic compounds on Mars, which could once have been food for ancient life
Ians •NASA emphasized that these kinds of particles could have been the food source for hypothetical microbial life on Mars.
NASA's New Horizons is ready for the farthest planetary encounter in history, a visit to the mysterious Ultima Thule
Tech2 News Staff •NASA’s New Horizons is back after a six-month sleep and has a new target a Kuiper Belt Object called Ultime Thule; the flyby will take place on 1 January.
NASA managed to fix Curiosity's broken drill, and they've already made some new discoveries
Ians •NASA's Curiosity rover has found new science "results" on Mars and the agency will disclose the findings at a press conference at 11.30 pm IST on 7 June.
Trio of astronauts from Russia, United States and European Space Agency leave off for International Space Station
•The Soyuz MS-09 ship has successfully entered a designated orbit and is set to dock at the space outpost 8 June.