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ESA’s mission to probe universe’s dark mysteries to fly on Saturday
Paris: The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid mission, which will explore the dark Universe, is expected to launch on Saturday, the agency has said. The space telescope will lift off from Cape…
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BepiColombo spacecraft completes third closest flyby of Mercury
Paris: BepiColombo, a joint mission of European Space Agencys (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has successfully completed the third of its six encounters with Mercury — about 236 kilometres above…
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Mars comes closer to Earth for millions via ESA live-streaming
London: In a first, the European Space Agency (ESA) live-streamed historic live images directly from Mars on YouTube. The historic images were also shared on ESA’s Twitter account. It took about 18…
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International Space Station evades Russian space debris
Washington: The International Space Station (ISS) has successfully evaded orbital debris coming from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test, according to a media report. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos used an uncrewed Progress 81…
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NASA suspends routine spacewalks due to leaky spacesuit helmet
Washington: After finding water in an astronaut’s helmet, NASA has suspended all, except the most urgent spacewalks, the agency officials have announced. Water was found in the helmet worn by European Space…
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Webb telescope’s instrument reaches coldest operating temperature
Washington: An instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final operating temperature – minus 266 degrees Celsius, NASA officials have said. Along with three other instruments onboard Webb, Mid-Infrared…
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What’s next for Webb telescope after reaching final destination in space
Washington: NASA’s next-generation James Webb telescope, which travelled about 1 million miles from Earth, has reached its final destination. But, the science operations are expected to begin only in late June or…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope unfolds primary mirror, set for big action
Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has successfully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations in deeper space.…