About Author
Harsh Vardhan brings over five years of experience in space reporting - a niche he discovered after staring at the night sky years prior. His interests lie in watching thrilling rocket launches, learning about mind-bending outer space discoveries and telling his readers about them. Since his journalism career began in 2021, Harsh has worked at Republic Media Network, Mashable India and Deccan Herald as a science writer. When Harsh is AFK, you can find him on a bike, behind a camera or in bed binging on movies.
Latest From Harsh Vardhan
Chinese experts warn against ‘competition narrative’ as NASA plans to revive Mars sample return mission
A report says that NASA leadership is discussing new strategies to bring rock samples from Mars and China's Tiawen-3 mission is a major motivation.
China likely to send Pakistan’s first astronaut to its Tiangong Space Station this month
A Pakistani astronaut will be part of the Shenzhou 24 mission which includes two Chinese passengers and he will spend a few days aboard the orbital lab.
SpaceX to launch Starship on 15th test flight today, attempt to catch both stages—here’s how to watch live
Similar to Flight 14, Starship will reach an altitude of approximately 170 miles (275 kms) and deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites.
ISRO completes key test for GSLV rocket’s cryogenic engine for next navigation satellite launch
ISRO completed the key test within days of acing the NVS-03 mission, which launched on October 30 from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota.
ESA-JAXA BepiColombo poised to make history, to enter Mercury’s orbit on November 21
BepiColombo is set to become the first dual-spacecraft mission ever to reach Mercury.
ESA’s Hera arrives at Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system, begins survey in ‘rectangular orbits’
The Hera mission launched on October 7, 2024, to study the aftermath of the collision of NASA's DART spacecraft with the Dimorphos asteroid.
Earth captures a mini-moon that will stick around until 2027—here’s all you need to know
Earth's newly captured mini-moon measures about 3 feet (1 meter) wide and it will be around 353,000 miles from our planet at its closest distance.
On this day in 1967: NASA launched Apollo 4—the first test of Saturn V that would take humans to the Moon
This uncrewed mission, carried out months after the Apollo 1 tragedy, was critical in accomplishing the lunar landings as it proved that Saturn V's design worked.
NASA to celebrate Voyager's 1 light-day milestone by flashing morse code at it—here's how you can join
On November 18, the spacecraft will be one light-day away from Earth—the farthest any human-made object has ever been.
Decoding SpaceX's plan to launch and catch both Starship stages on Flight 15 next week
Flight 15 will be Starship’s second-ever orbital mission after Flight 14, which launched on September 28.
NASA’s first ESCAPADE orbiter swings past Earth on trip to Mars, second set to fly by on November 9
On November 9, the second ESCAPADE orbiter will perform a ‘trans-Mars injection burn’ and follow its twin to the red planet.
14 orbits in 22 hours: How SpaceX has planned Starship’s Flight 15; launch timing and streaming details
Starship Flight 15 will mark the first return and catch attempt for a Super Heavy V3 booster.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn return flight slips to January 2027, CEO Dave Limp announces
Blue Origin is trying to return New Glenn rocket to normal operations after it suffered a catastrophic explosion on the launch pad earlier this year.
ESA releases Hera's first close-up image of Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system
Dimorphos, which orbits Didymos, was struck by NASA's DART spacecraft in 2022, altering its orbit. Now, Hera has given us a close-up view of the binary asteroid system.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 delayed by a day, now likely to launch on November 13
Flight 15 will be SpaceX’s most important mission to date as it is aiming to catch both stages of Starship using the ‘Mechazilla’ launch tower’s chopstick arms.
Did comets bring building blocks of life to Earth? New study challenges long-standing theory
The study asserts that it is very unlikely that comets brought ingredients of life to Earth because most of them would not have survived impacts with our planet.
NASA's Swift telescope set to reenter Earth today—chances of you getting hit by it is under one in a trillion
The Swift telescope is predicted to re-enter Earth at approximately 3:30 am EST on November 4, with an uncertainty of 11 hours.
Southern Taurids meteor shower to bring fireballs as it peaks this week—here’s all you need to know
The Southern Taurids will reach its peak on the intervening night of November 4-5 and there's a good chance viewers may spot bright fireballs.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon's new video offers stunning look at newly installed solar arrays on ISS
Astronaut Anil Menon shared the video after completing the first of two spacewalks with his Canadian counterpart Joshua Kutryk on October 29.
NASA’s falling Swift telescope could make a fiery return to Earth this week—where could it crash?
Launched in 2004, Swift was a tool for studying the most powerful to study gamma-ray bursts—the most powerful explosions in the universe. However, a deteriorating orbit and a failed rescue mission means that the telescope's life is at an end.