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Oct 22, 2016

European Mars Lander May Have Exploded

As per a NASA probe the European Mars Lander, named Schiaparelli, suffered a violent crash on the surface of Mars.
Newly released pictures from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a dark patch that scientists assume was caused by the lander’s impact.
Contact to the vehicle was lost around 50 seconds before the expected landing time, leaving its fate uncertain.

Oct 18, 2016

European Mars Lander’s Begins decent to Mars

A European Space Agency's tiny lander has embarked on its journey to the Martian and expected to reach its destination in a day.
This experimental probe is aimed at exploring the atmosphere of the Red planet and searching sings of life there.
The disc-shapped, Schiaparelli Mars Lander separated from its mothership on Sunday after a seven-month journey from the Earth.
This mission is a part of the European-Russian ExoMars programme.

Oct 17, 2016

China Launches Manned Space Mission

China launched its longest manned space mission, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard an space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service.
The astronauts will dock with the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, or Heavenly Palace 2, which was sent into space last month. It will be the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts.

Oct 14, 2016

India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030

HFC-23 is a by-product of HCFC-22 (Hydrochloroflurocarbon-22), which is used in industrial refrigeration.
The move will potentially check emissions of HFC-23 equivalent to 100 million tonnes of CO₂ over the next 15 years.
Indian Companies have to internalise the cost of this environmental externality, and create sufficient storage facility to take care of down time and run the incinerators.

Oct 06, 2016

GSAT-18 Launched Successfully

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-18 was successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.
GSAT-18, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aims at providing telecommunications services for the country by strengthening ISRO's current fleet of 14 operational telecommunication satellites.

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