For us, space travel is exciting and exotic. With the use of “Right Stuff”, we can fly in space, at incredible speeds with breath-taking views of Earth, Moon, and Planets. Several astronauts have penned down their experiences; the thrill of g-loads, weightlessness, going for a spacewalk wearing a spacesuit, and…

The MESSENGER is no ordinary envoy. From changing its course throughout its mission to surpassing its “death” date, it has provided us with crucial and sensitive information. Let’s learn about the heroic tale of NASA’s Mercury MESSENGER.  The story begins on 3rd August 2004 when the MESSENGER was launched off…

Aryabhata is a well-known wonder. Satellites, a technology that changed the cards of communication, remote sensing, navigation, geodesy, weather forecast, oceanography, mineralogy, and much more. The birds-eye view that satellites have allows us to see a large part of the Earth at one time. It gathers more precise data of…