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ISRO has achieved a significant milestone with the successful launch and landing of Pushpak viman, an SUV-sized winged rocket often dubbed as the "Swadeshi space shuttle." The test, conducted in Karnataka, saw Pushpak viman make a precise landing on a runway after being released from an Air Force helicopter. This accomplishment marks a major stride in India's endeavor to enter the reusable rocket segment, signaling a promising advancement in the country's space exploration efforts.ISRO Chief S Somanath expressed…

A jaw-dropping feat occurred Monday night and early Tuesday morning at the California Science Center: Space Shuttle Endeavour was lifted by a 450-foot crane into the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in downtown Los Angeles, which will be the permanent home of the retired orbiter that stands five stories tall, has a wingspan of 78 feet and weighs 170,000 pounds. With the weather cooperating, Endeavour — a white mass, as it was covered for added protection — began to rise around…

NASA’s Endeavour orbiter made its way to the top of a 20-story-tall vertical display of the retired Space Shuttle, completing a legendary ready-for-launch stack that makes it look as though it’s ready to soar to the skies once more.Alex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie A 450-foot crane carefully lifted the 122-foot-long (37 meters) winged orbiter onto two solid rocket boosters and a massive external tank for its final vertical position as part of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is…

Photo: California Science CenterWhen it’s all done, the full stack of the Space Shuttle launch system will stand 200 feet (61 meters) tall, becoming the main attraction around which the Air and Space Center building will be constructed.The display will include the Endeavor orbiter, which embarked on its first mission with the Space Shuttle program in 1992. NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour landed for the final time on June 1, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following a 16-day mission to the International Space…

After 15 years of waiting, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will have to wait at least one more year before his first flight in space.NASA announced Tuesday that the launch date of the Artemis II mission to the moon, originally scheduled for later this year, has been pushed back nearly a year to September 2025. The Artemis program is a plan to return humans to the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. Unlike the Apollo program, during which astronauts explored the moon for a few hours or days, Artemis is meant…

Thirty years ago, an 11-day space shuttle mission involving seven veteran astronauts performed the first servicing mission to correct the Hubble Space Telescope's blurred vision.The unprecedented flight involved five spacewalks and would not have been possible without the assistance of the shuttle's robotic Canadarm.The multi-billion dollar Hubble Space Telescope was a crown jewel of NASA's space program. At the time, it was the largest and most capable astronomical observatory in orbit, with a clear view of the universe…

India and the US will launch the joint microwave remote sensing satellite for Earth observation, named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR in the first quarter of next year, said science and technology minister Jitendra Singh. Singh met a high-level delegation of NASA led by its Administrator Bill Nelson.NISAR is targeted for launch onboard India’s GSLV. It is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory that will provide data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise,…

It's a dream that's out of this world.This morning from Canadian Space Agency headquarters just outside of Montreal, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne announced that astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been assigned a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025. "I'm proud to be a crew member on this mission, but especially to be participating as a Canadian astronaut," Kutryk said. "I'm proud that our country continues to play a leading role in space. It's very…

The pair of rocket boosters that lifted the iconic Space Shuttle to orbit are now standing tall at the California Science Center, awaiting the Endeavor orbiter for the full display that will showcase the launch vehicle in its vertical glory for the first time since its retirement. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe solid rocket boosters (SRBs) were stacked in their final vertical position as part of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is currently under…

The Space Shuttle is going to look launch ready once again, although this time the retired spacecraft won’t be firing its engines. Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime DayThe California Science Center is ready to kick off a six-month-long process to stack the components of the Space Shuttle into a vertical launchpad position suchthat it can go on display at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is currently under construction, the science center announced on Thursday. The museum’s Go for Stack process is…