A window seat in an Indigo flight operating between Chennai and Dhaka turned out to be a great vantage point to capture the liftoff of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 for a lucky passenger on Friday. The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan 3, on board the heavy-lift LVM3-M4 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, …
Okyo: Japan on Friday aborted the launch of its flagship medium-lift rocket moments before the H3 vehicle was meant to lift off after secondary booster engines strapped to its side failed to ignite. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency live stream and TV footage showed white smoke billowing from the H3’s main engine. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries spent almost a decade designing …