What’s in the news? China has launched its second mission (Chang’e-6) to the far side of the Moon. If successful, it will be the world’s first mission to bring back samples from the part of the Moon that the Earth …
Context: Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicised the final shortlist of candidates to be astronauts on board the maiden human spaceflight mission — called Gaganyaan — of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Assuming two important test flights this year …
