Overview: What is Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS)? The Bharatiya Antariksh Station is a proposed Indian space station that will be fully developed and managed by ISRO. It is envisioned as a modular platform in Earth’s orbit, where astronauts can live and work. The station’s purpose is to function as a research hub in space—facilitating […]
National Space Day is observed in India on August 23 each year to commemorate the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s southern polar region on August 23, 2023. This achievement made India the fourth country in the world to land on the Moon and the first to reach the lunar south pole. Its aim […]
What is Apophis? Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit around the Sun brings it within 1.3 times the distance between the Sun and Earth. Its full name is Apophis 99942. After Apophis was discovered in 2004, the asteroid was given a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth in 2029, causing a great deal of […]
