As India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla embarks on his historic journey to the International Space Station, it’s worth understanding the orbital laboratory where he and his Axiom-4 crewmates will live and work for the next two weeks.Hovering silently above us at an altitude of approx 408km, ISS is a symbol of global scientific cooperation, engineering…
Why a white swan named ‘Joy’ is flying to space with Shubhanshu Shukla in the Axiom-4 mission (Image source: Economic Times) India’s eagerly awaited return to human spaceflight is to receive a poetic and symbolic boost not only from rocket power, but from cultural symbolism and international goodwill. Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla…
From being a particle physicist with a deep-rooted career at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) to preparing for a journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Polish engineer and ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski embodies the fusion of science and exploration. Now set to fly on the Axiom-4 mission, he brings experience from CERN to…
In May, the Hubble telescope released a picture of a different galaxy, known as HerS 020941.1+001557, as it appeared 11 billion years ago. Along with SDSS J020941.27+001558.4 and SDSS J020941.27+001558.4, it forms a partial ring captured through gravitational lens, also known as the Einstein Ring. var _mfq = window._mfq || []; _mfq.push([“setVariable”, “toi_titan”, window.location.href]); !(function(f,…
