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Chandrayaan Touches New Heights

India scripted history on this day, eleven years back! The country’s first mission to the Moon ‘Chandrayaan-1’ was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. With more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon during its operational life of 312 days until 29 August 29 2009, this mission wasn’t an easy one at …

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NASA’s New Spacesuit For Next Moon Landing

NASA has unveiled the look of the next gen spacesuits for the Artemis Programme. In an event at the space agency’s headquarters in Washington DC, NASA’s Chief, Jim Bridenstine shared a close up of the spacesuit, looking similar to the ones used at the International Space Station. But this is an improved version, with comfort, …