A large section of the banking population is now covered under digital financial services. As a result, even when bank branches remain closed during the Eid holidays, customers will be able to meet their cash needs through card-based services. In addition, banks now offer their own apps and Internet-based banking services. Through these services, a […]
United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture responsible for the rocket, initially said the launch would be delayed to at least May 10. But further analysis revealed that the valve was too worn and needed to be replaced. The rocket will be taken back to its hangar for repairs. “NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test […]
Chang'e-6 is the first of three high-wire uncrewed missions to the Moon planned by China this decade. Its successor, Chang'e-7, will search the Moon's south pole for water, while Chang'e-8 will attempt to establish the technical feasibility of building a planned base, known as the International Lunar Research Station , Beijing has said that the […]
In addition to Astrobotic’s failed effort, two other private initiatives folded: Beresheet, run by an Israeli nonprofit, collapsed in 2019; Whereas Japanese company iSpace also had a “hard landing” last year. Only five nations have succeeded: first the Soviet Union, then the United States, which is still the only country that has even put people […]
Compared to previous probes that landed “a few or more than 10 kilometers” from the target, SLIM’s reported margin of error of less than 100 meters suggests a level of accuracy that was once thought impossible, 20 of the researchers said. Thanks to the culmination of years of effort, according to JAXA. As technology advances, […]
The European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket has successfully completed a dress rehearsal, testing its engines in preparation for the maiden voyage scheduled for 2024. The final results of Thursday’s ignition test, which involved starting the Vulcan 2.1 engine and running it for more than seven minutes, will not be released until Nov. 30 pending […]
According to PLD Spec, 70 percent of the components developed for MIURA1 will be used for MIURA5. Under an agreement signed with the French National Center for Space Studies, the mini-launcher will take off from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana. Founded by two Spanish academics in 2011, PLD Space is one of several […]
It has been a month and two days since the Indian Space Research Organization launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14. The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ISRO is striving to make a successful soft landing on the Moon, making India the fourth country in the world […]
Hakuto means “white rabbit” in Japanese and refers to the Japanese folklore that a white rabbit lives on the moon. The project was one of five finalists in Google’s Lunar X Prize competition to land a rover on the Moon before the 2018 deadline, which passed without a winner. With only 200 employees, ispace has […]
The plan for the integrated test flight was for the Super Heavy booster to separate from the Starship after launch and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. They however failed to separate and the booster rocket and Starship spacecraft spun out of control, exploding four minutes into the test flight, in what SpaceX politely called […]
Relativity aims to build a rocket that is 95 percent 3D-printed. Terran 1 is propelled by engines using liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas—the “propellant of the future,” capable of eventually fueling travel to Mars, says Relativity. SpaceX’s Starship and Vulcan rockets being developed by United Launch Alliance use the same fuel. Relativity is also […]