Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? Renowned astronauts like Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Kalpana Chawla, and Sunita Williams have made us all curious about space travel, but do you know what it’s like to actually live in space? Today, we’re going to walk you through a regular day on one of the oldest and most famous space stations out there, so you know what it feels like to be a space explorer yourself! The International Space Station (ISS) is an artificial satellite that orbits the earth and acts as a laboratory for low g…
Embed from Getty Images It’s one thing to be an astronaut, it’s another to be a record-setting one! Christina Koch falls among the latter. The 41-year-old American astronaut returned to Earth on Feb 6th, 2020 after spending 328 days in space on the International Space Station. This set a new record for the longest time a woman has spent in space! And that’s not all, during her long orbit around Earth, Christina also made history by completing the first all-female spacewalk with fellow astronaut Jessica Meir! F…
Did you know about these heroes of ISRO? Did you know that the latest smartphones in the market can now latch on to NavIC? NavIC(Navigation with Indian Constellation) is India’s very own navigation system just like the GPS of the US. Up until now, most of the smartphones have been using US-powered GPS. But that changes with the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)’s, IRNSS satellite as discussed in the video above. This is not the first time that ISRO has made us proud. In fact, ISRO is now considered to be one of t…
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