The much-anticipated launch of the Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), featuring Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, has been postponed once again due to technical observations related to the Zvezda module of the ISS.
Researchers estimate that an additional 16 to 24 hours of JWST observations could provide the data needed to reach this five-sigma benchmark.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi among several leaders congratulated the Crew-9 astronauts, including Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, as they safely returned to Earth on Wednesday.
PM Modi said that Space exploration is about pushing the limits of human potential, daring to dream, and having the courage to turn those dreams into reality.
A video shared by NASA captures the dramatic moment when the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft touched down in the ocean.
This is the third major quake InSight has detected in a month: On August 25, the mission's seismometer detected two quakes of magnitudes 4.2 and 4.1.
Less sea ice melted in 2021 even as the planet as a whole was warmer than usual -- with new temperature records in North America and Eurasia, drought in the US West, and episodes of intense melting on Greenland's ice sheet.
These six galaxies lived fast and furious lives, creating their stars in a remarkably short time. Why they shut down star formation so early is still a puzzle.
Boeing and NASA had originally aimed to launch Starliner's Orbital Test Flight 2
Boeing had signed a contract with NASA's Commercial Crew Programme to fly operational missions to and from the space station with Starliner in 2014. However, a series of setbacks have thus far prevented the Starliner from reaching the ISS.
