The Space Techie

Grid fins located near the top of first stage of Falcon 9 rocket

Grid Fins: The Wings for Re-entry!

SpaceX

Grid Fins: The Wings for Re-entry!

An illustration showing the instruments of Mariner 10.

Mariner 10: Experiments and Instruments

Space Probes

Mariner 10: Experiments and Instruments

A near-infrared image of exoplanet 51 Eridani b captured by the Gemini Planet Imager on 18 December 2014. Credit: J. Rameau (UdeM) and C. Marois (NRC Herzberg).

James Webb ST & Infrared astronomy

Space Exploration, Space Technology

James Webb ST & Infrared astronomy

Why are rockets cylindrical in shape?

Rocket Science

Why are rockets cylindrical in shape?

Hermann Oberth, explaining orbital mechanics to his students

Hermann Oberth: German Father of Rocketry

Reknowned People, Rocket Science, Space Science

Hermann Oberth: German Father of Rocketry

This picture of Venus was captured by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approach to the planet in early 1974. Taken with the spacecraft's imaging system using an ultraviolet filter, the picture has been color enhanced to simulate Venus's natural color as the human eye would see it.

Mariner 10: Journey and Discoveries

Space Probes

Mariner 10: Journey and Discoveries

Space Science’s Unsung Heroes, part 2

Space Science

Space Science’s Unsung Heroes, part 2

History of European Space Agency (ESA)

Space Exploration

History of European Space Agency (ESA)

Artist’s impression of two merging black holes. Credit Bohn, Throwe, Hébert, Henriksson, Bunandar, Taylor, Scheel

Collision of Black Holes (!)

Astronomers have now discovered the first evidence of giant and potentially supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies that are on a collision course.

Debris recovered from a National Wildlife Refuge after an uncrewed SpaceX Starship prototype rocket failed to land safely, in Boca Chica, Texas in March, 2021.

Boeing 747 and the Space Shuttle

Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory, Austria (Credits ESA)

Technologies to manage space awareness

Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM). Let’s learn what are technologies and systems used for achieving both of these.

A depiction of space debris in Earth orbit. Credit The Space Foundation

What’s Space Awareness and Space Traffic?

Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM) has been doing rounds in the news. Let us understand what these terms mean?

Exciting Startups in Space Industry

SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic often take the big chunk of the news in the category of private spaceflight. But they are not the only private space organizations working in democratizing the space industry.

Why Rocket Launches Gets Delayed?

Recently we have seen many rocket launches such as SpaceX’s Starlink, Falcon Heavy etc. getting postponed. There are various reasons why a rocket launch can’t get launched on time.

Exciting space & rocket events in 2023

2022 was already a happening year with some heart-satisfying events. We are anticipating 2023 to be even more exciting. These are the events we are anxiously waiting for to happen this year.

Top 3 Outstanding Events in 2022

We bring to you, what we feel are the top 3 outstanding moments of 2022 in space.

Enos, the third great ape and only chimpanzee to orbit the Earth, being prepared for launch on Mercury-Atlas 5 (November 29, 1961)

First Animals in Space

Animals have helped us immensely in making long strides in the space journey. In this article, we will be remembering them, and their important roles played.

A Dragon 2 undergoing a Pad Abort test on May 6, 2015, demonstrating a pusher LAS.

Launch Escape Systems

We will be discussing Launch Escape Systems (LES). Also called Launch Abort System (LAS), it is a crew safety system connected to the space capsule

An Orbital Accelerator (Credits: spinlaunch website)

Spinlaunch: Will it work?

We will discuss about the spaceflight technology development company – SpinLaunch. This company is working on mass accelerator technology to move payloads to space.