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First abort mission of Gaganyaan, India's first human space flight, in May 2023

The total expenditure incurred for the Gaganyaan programme as on October 30, 2022, was Rs 3,040 crore.

NASA, SpaceX launches Crew-6 with US, Arab and Russian astronauts to space

SpaceX launched another set of astronauts to the International Space Station early Thursday, after a problem with a ground system delayed the launch earlier in the week. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

NASA, SpaceX Crew-6 launch scrubbed minutes before launch; new date to be announced soon

SpaceX and NASA have called off an astronaut launch to the International Space Station after an issue with the rocket’s ground system was detected. With about two minutes left on the countdown clock, the launch was called off because of a problem related to the TEA-TEB ignition fluid.

Longest Arab space mission set to take off on the Dragon

Sultan Al Neyadi is already a national hero in the United Arab Emirates. He has earned the nickname 'Sultan of Space' even before lift-off.

NASA's James Webb Telescope confirms its first exoplanet LHS 475 b, says, 'almost same size as ours'

After carefully studying the entire data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which indicated the planet's existence, the team decided to observe it with Webb. Webb's near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) recorded the planet simply and clearly just after two transit observations.

Historic UK rocket mission fails to reach orbit due to 'anomaly'

Funded by the UK Space Agency, the mission was expected to meet a key ambition of the country's National Space Strategy -- first-ever orbital launch from its soil. It would have also been the first orbital launch from anywhere in western Europe.

NASA's 38-year-old ERBS anticipated to drop from sky on this day; check details

According to NASA, there is a 1-in-9,400 chance of being injured by falling debris. The satellite is expected to land on Sunday night, give or take 17 hours. However, the California-based Aerospace Corp. has aimed for Monday morning, give or take 13 hours.

Regained smell sense after COVID-19? Here's what a study revealed

According to researchers at Duke University in the United States, the failure of some patients to recover their smell sense after COVID-19 is linked to a persistent immunological assault on olfactory nerve cells and a corresponding decrease in the number of those cells.

IISc researchers develop antimicrobial air filters that can mitigate air-borne infections; check details

Resuspension of these germs can infect people in the vicinity. The antimicrobial air filters were tested at the NABL Accredited Laboratory and were found to deactivate SARS-CoV-2 (delta variant) with an efficiency of 99.24%.

Geminids meteor shower in Bengaluru on December 13: When and where to watch the annual celestial phenomenon

More than 100 meteors will pass by in an hour, but Bengaluru will not be able to see all of them due to air pollution, and the gibbous moon that could obscure the shooting stars.