New Moon temporarily orbiting Earth for past 3 years discovered
The orbit of the newly discovered object, 2020 CD3, shows that it entered Earth`s orbit some three years ago, The Minor Planet Center (MPC) of the International Astronomical Union confirmed.
Feb 28, 2020, 07:46 AM IST
NASA picks 12 new astronauts, including an Indian-American, for Earth orbit and deep space missions
The 12 new astronaut candidates - seven men and five women - were chosen from more than 18,300 people who submitted applications from December 2015 to February 2016.
Jun 08, 2017, 09:32 AM IST
International Space Station successfully completes 100,000th orbit of planet Earth!
The US space agency proudly announced the achievement of this feat on its website exclaiming that this is more than 2,643,342,240 miles traveled, which is also like 10 round trips to Mars, or nearly the distance to Neptune!
May 16, 2016, 23:42 PM IST
