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China rocket blasts off for longest crewed mission to space station

Posted on October 16, 2021 by News Desk

Beijing, Oct 15 (AFP/APP):China on Saturday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts to its new space station on what is set to be the country’s longest crewed mission to date, state media said, in the latest landmark in Beijing’s drive to become a major extraterrestrial […]

China-Pakistan higher education research institute launched

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP):Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and the China Association of Higher Education jointly launched “China-Pakistan Higher Education Research Institute” during the “4th Exchange Mechanism Conference of CPEC Consortium of Universities.” The institute brand was simultaneously unveiled at impressive ceremonies held in hybrid […]

‘Star Trek’ star Shatner space-bound with Blue Origin

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Van Horn, United States, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):”Star Trek” actor William Shatner is set to boldly go where no 90-year-old has gone before when he blasts off to space Wednesday on Blue Origin’s second crewed mission. The Canadian — who will forever be known to the […]

Students participate enthusiastically in IST World Space Week celebrations

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 (APP):World Space Week 2021 celebrations continued on the third day at the Institute of Space Technology (IST) under the theme of “Women in Space” with hundreds of students taking part in space related events showing great enthusiasm. The 40 modules, on the […]

Europe-Japan space mission captures images of Mercury

Posted on October 3, 2021 by News Desk

Paris, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday. The images were obtained almost three years after the unmanned mission vessel was launched aboard an Ariane 5 […]

US grounds Virgin Galactic after space flight ‘mishap’

Posted on September 3, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday said it was grounding space flights by Virgin Galactic while it investigates why the company’s July 11 voyage carrying Richard Branson deviated from its planned trajectory. The move represents a blow to the private […]

NCGSA to hold fifth Space Summer School 2021 next month

Posted on June 17, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, National Center of GIS and Space Applications (NCGSA) has planned to arrange its fifth Space Summer School (SSS) 2021 for all young Space Enthusiasts from July 12-16. Space Summer School (SSS) is a specialized school/program designed specifically for school, college or university students to […]

NASA’s Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight

Posted on April 20, 2021 by News Desk

Washington – NASA successfully flew its tiny helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early Monday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called “our Wright brothers’ moment.” At 3:34 am Eastern Time (0734 GMT), the four pound (1.8 kilogram) rotorcraft lifted […]

China launches satellite to study space environment

Posted on April 9, 2021 by News Desk

China on Friday launched a new satellite to study space environment, local media reported. The experiment satellite was sent into planned orbit at around 07:01 a.m. local time (2301GMT Thursday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern Shanxi province, according to broadcaster CGTN. […]

Scientists create a new electronegativity scale

Posted on April 8, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD – Skoltech chemists have proposed a new electronegativity scale and published their findings in Nature Communications.The concept of electronegativity introduced by Linus Pauling, a great American chemist, in the 1930s refers to the ability of an atom to attract electron density. In a chemical […]

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