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NASA Observes Heavy Monsoon Rainfall in Sri Lanka

Rainfall from May 23-26 2017

NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite constellation provided rainfall data after the monsoon generated large amounts of precipitation in Sri Lanka that caused landslides over the week of May 22.

Video: Launch of India's RESOURCESAT-2A Earth Observation Satellite

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C36 has successfully launched the earth observation satellite RESOURCESAT-2A from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Chinese Astronauts Land Safely After 30 Day Mission

Two Chinese astronauts, Chen Dong and Jing Haipeng, landed safely in north China's Inner Mongolia region on Friday after spending 30 days in the Tiangong-2 space laboratory.

Orbital View of Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11

CNSA has released imagery taken by a smallsat deployed the other day that shows Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11

Shenzhou-11 Docks With Tiangong-2

China's Shenzhou-11 has docked with the Tiangong-2 Space Station.

Shenzhou-11 Is In Orbit

China placed the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft with two astronauts aboard into orbit today.

Congress Hearing: Are We Losing the Space Race to China

On Tuesday, September 27th the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will held a hearing on "Are We Losing the Space Race to China."

India's PSLV-C35 With SCATSAT-1 Set for Launch Monday, September 26

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirty-seventh flight (PSLV-C35), will launch the 377 kg SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studies and seven co-passenger satellites into polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Co-passenger satellites are from Algeria, Canada and USA as well as two satellites from Indian Universities/ Academic Institute.

China Launches Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory Module

China launched the Tiangong-2 space laboratory module on a Long March 2F rocket today. The two year year mission of Tiangong-2 will see two Chinese astronauts occupy the space lab for up to a month at a time to perform a variety of scientific experiments.

NASA Data Used To Automatically Detect Potential Landslides In Nepal

As farmers in Nepal prepare for a fruitful monsoon season, NASA scientist Dalia Kirschbaum anticipates a different impact of the torrential rains-- the loosening of earth on steep slopes that lead to landslides.

Indian Rocket Successfully Launches 20 Satellites

At 11:57 p.m. EDT (8:57 a.m. Indian local time) the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) PSLV-34 rocket with 20 satellites onboard flawlessly launched. It was a milestone mission for India as it continues to showcase its developing launch capability.