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A blood moon against the night sky in 2014. Photo Source: NASA Ames Research Center/Brian Day

February 27, 2025

2025 Ramadan and Easter Dates: Rare Moon Alignment, Blood Eclipse During Holy Month

Lunar Calendar Basics for 2025 The Islamic calendar follows the moon’s phases, with each month starting when the first crescent appears after a new moon. This lunar year runs about 354 days

Space

Voyager 1’s Silence Since November 2023: Navigating the Unknown in Interstellar Space

As ISRO is training the astronauts for its Gaganyan space mission, the Voyager 1, the first craft in interstellar space, may have gone dark. When the Voyager 1 was launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it was

March 9, 2024

SpaceX Sacrifices Falcon 9 Booster to Launch EU’s Latest Galileo Satellites: 146 Flights Without a Loss

Europe·Space

With a military salute, SpaceX, bid farewell to the B1060 rocket, which the company sacrificed on Sunday with the goal of launching two Galileo

Parker Solar Probe Completes 16th Orbit, Touches the Sun, and Uncovers Solar Mysteries

Science·Space

The Parker Solar Probe of NASA achieved a significant milestone on June 27, 2023, by completing its 16th orbit around the Sun. During this

Representative Image. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo Source - NASA HQ PHOTO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Business·News

SpaceX Wins 60% of $13.7B Space Force Contracts as ULA, Blue Origin Join NSSL Phase 3

The U.S. Space Force has allocated $13.7 billion in launch service contracts for National Security Space missions through 2033, dividing the awards among three companies: SpaceX ($5.9 billion), United Launch Alliance ($5.4

Sunita Somvanshi

April 7, 2025

Crew9 NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are seen inside their @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida

Health·Space

Suni Williams and NASA Astronauts Return After 9-Month Space Stay: The Physical Toll of Extended Spaceflight

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely landed off Tallahassee, Florida on March 18, 2025. Their return completed NASA’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to

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Tejal Somvanshi

March 20, 2025

News·Space

Sunita Williams and NASA Astronauts Return After 9-Month Space Odyssey: 121 Million Miles and Dolphin Welcome

After an extended 286-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov safely splashed down in their SpaceX Dragon capsule

Rahul Somvanshi

March 19, 2025

Representative Image. Photo Source:Spokes Spotted In Saturn's Rings(CC BY 4.0)

Astronomy·Discovery·News

Saturn’s Moon Count Reaches 274 After 128 New Discoveries

Saturn has officially secured its title as the “moon king” of our solar system with the discovery of 128 new moons, bringing its total to an impressive 274. This finding, confirmed by

Karmactive Staff

March 16, 2025

Space

AstroForge’s ‘Odin’ Faces Communication Issues on Asteroid Mission

AstroForge has launched the first commercial spacecraft attempting to travel beyond the moon, marking a significant step toward mining precious metals from asteroids. The Odin probe, roughly the size of a window

Karmactive Staff

March 2, 2025

Liquid Propulsion Systems integrated on Crew Module for first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan. Photo Source: ISRO

India·Space

ISRO’s Gaganyaan Crew Module Propulsion System Qualified for Uncrewed Mission

ISRO has completed a crucial step in India’s journey to send humans to space. On January 21, 2025, engineers finished adding the steering and control systems to Gaganyaan‘s test spacecraft at ISRO’s

Rahul Somvanshi

January 22, 2025

Represented Image. It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit. Photo Source: X

Astronomy·Australia

Rare Comet G3 ATLAS Visible in Australia After 160,000 Years

A bright visitor from space is giving Australia and New Zealand a special light show this week. This space traveler, called Comet G3 ATLAS, hasn’t passed by Earth for 160,000 years. Just

Rahul Somvanshi

January 21, 2025

Space

SpaceX, NASA, and Firefly Plan Ambitious Lunar and ISS Missions in 2025

SpaceX and NASA are preparing for multiple missions in 2025, ranging from lunar exploration to the launch of the first commercial space station. The year will see crucial developments in space technology,

Karmactive Staff

January 2, 2025

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, 2024, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight. Part of one of Ingenuity’s rotor blades lies on the surface about 49 feet (15 meters) west of helicopter (at left in image). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS

Space

NASA Investigates Ingenuity’s Final Crash After 72 Flights, 17 km Traveled, and 2 Hours in the Martian Sky

NASA has completed the first-ever aircraft accident investigation on another planet, examining the crash of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 72nd and final flight on January 18, 2024. The investigation, conducted

Karmactive Team

December 15, 2024

ISRO's RLV-LEX-03 Pushpak,Photo Source-ISRO

Space

ISRO’s RLV-LEX-03 Pushpak Proves Precision in Third Landing: What 320 km/h Deceleration Reveals About Future Missions

The third landing experiment of the reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-LEX-03) named Pushpak was accomplished by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) on Sunday. On June 23, 2024, the ISRO announced that the test

Rahul Somvanshi

June 24, 2024

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