Tag: Narendra Modi
India sends unmanned mission to moon’s far side
India’s space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem. Scientists at the mission control centre in Sriharikota, off the Bay of Bengal, burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at 2.43pm…
NASA criticises India’s anti-satellite missile test for endangering ISS astronauts
NASA has criticised India’s satellite destruction test for endangering astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS). On March 27, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced that it had managed to shoot down one of its own low-orbit satellites, declaring that the country was now a “space power”. The risk of collision to the ISS…
