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SpaceX announced First All-Civilian Mission to Space
The SpaceX of Elon Musk has recently announced to launch its first all civilian mission to the space. Highlights The SpaceX is planning for the launch of Inspiration4 on Falcon 9. This would be the first all-commercial astronaut mission in the world. The spacecraft will start orbiting in the fourth quarter of this year. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Elon Musk • Falcon 9 • Inspiration4 mission • SpaceX • SpaceX cargo craft • SpaceX Crew-2 mission
SpaceX’s Mars test rocket makes first successful flight and upright landing
The Elon Musk-owned company, SpaceX has launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air and then landed it upright in a successful test flight. This lasted for 45 seconds and reached just 500 feet at the southeastern tip of Texas near Brownsville. This is the first successful flight by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Dragon • Elon Musk • Space X • Starship
Two NASA Astronauts water-landed on the Earth
Two NASA astronauts made safe water-landing in the Gulf of Mexico and this is the first time such a thing has taken place since 1975 Mission by NASA. This was also the first astronaut trip to orbit by a private company and two astronauts dropped out in orbit. Details of the Landing Suspended under four ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Crew Dragon • Elon Musk • NASA • Space X • Water-Landing
Amazon plans to invest $10 billion to build satellite infrastructure
The Federal Communications Commission declared that Amazon might build its ambitious satellite internet system that is going to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink network. Amazon has also announced that it is going to invest more than $10 billion for this purpose in the years to come. Highlights The project by the e-commerce giant, named as Kuiper, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon • Elon Musk • Federal Communications Commission • Kuiper • Space X
SpaceX launches First 60 satellites of its ‘Starlink’ Constellation
SpaceX launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its ‘Starlink’ constellation, from Cape Canaveral, Florida in US. The SpaceX’s new array of Starlink communication satellites is intended to provide Internet from space Key Highlights Launch Vehicle: The launch was conducted by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets which began to release the satellites at an ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Topics: Amazon's Project Kuiper • Elon Musk • International Space Station (ISS) • Space Exploration Technologies • Space Race • SpaceX • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets • Starlink’s Constellation