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NASA releases Mars landing video
Cape Canaveral: NASA released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking…
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Meet Indian American who leads NASA’s operation Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars
Washington: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Perseverance rover on Thursday (local time) successfully touched down on the surface of Mars after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the…
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In a first, Mars 2020 rover to capture sounds from Red Planet
Washington: When the Mars Perseverance rover lands on the Red Planet on February 18, it will not only collect stunning images and rock samples, the data it returns may also include…
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World
400 mln km within 163 days, China’s Mars probe heads for red planet
Beijing: China’s first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 travelled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, the country’s space agency said. So…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s views from above
Marking its 15th-anniversary on 12th August since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more. Since leaving Earth 15…
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Technology
Buy Elon Musk-themed Apple iPhone 12 for over Rs 3.5 lakh
New Delhi: If you can spend a little over Rs 3.5 lakh to buy an upcoming iPhone 12 that would come customised with Elon Musk and SpaceX themes, this is your…
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Technology
NASA probe spots Martian night sky pulsing in UV light
Washington: New data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has shown vast areas of the Martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light. However, do not expect the future Mars astronauts to see them…
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Technology
1st crewed round-trip to Mars could take about two years: NASA
Washington: Stressing that human exploration of Mars is on the horizon, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said that the agency is planning its first round-trip voyage to Mars to take about…
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Middle East
UAE launches first mission to Mars
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates’ historic first mission to Mars is under way, after a successful lift-off in Japan. The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport,…
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UAE Mars mission to create history once again
Ever since the UAE rocketed its first astronaut, Hazza Al Mansoori, to the ISS (International Space Station), its hopes and aims of becoming a well recognized nation in terms of…
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Science
Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars’ biggest moon Phobos
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday shared a recent image of the mysterious moon of Mars, Phobos, as captured by the Mars Orbiter Mission. The image…
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Science
How NASA’s Mars helicopter will reach the red planet’s surface
California [USA]: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will travel with the Perseverance rover through 314 million miles (505 million kilometres) of interplanetary space to get to Mars. But for the team…
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Washington DC: Scientists have long suspected that the ‘fire-breathing’ volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the…
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Terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate Mars: Study
New York: Exploring Mars may not pose risk of contaminating the Martian ecosystems as the climate on the Red Planet is not suitable for terrestrial life as we know it, says…
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Alabama High School student names NASA’s Mars helicopter
Washington D.C.: A student from the Albama High School, Vaneeza Rupani named the spacecraft that will attempt NASA’s first powered flight on another planet. Destined to become the first aircraft…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover will look at Mars through these ‘Eyes’
Washington DC: When it launches this summer, NASA’s Perseverance rover will have the most advanced pair of “eyes” ever sent to the Red Planet’s surface — its Mastcam-Z instrument packs…
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10.9 million names now aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
Washington D.C.: NASA’s “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign invited people around the world to submit their names to ride aboard the agency’s next rover to the Red Planet. Some…
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NASA Curiosity rover snaps stunning panorama of Mars surface
Washington: NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface — containing 1.8 billion pixels. Composed of more than 1,000 images taken during the 2019 Thanksgiving holiday…
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Moon to pass before Mars on February 18 before sunrise
Washington D.C. [US]: If it’s clear on the morning of Tuesday, February 18th, you could see Mars wink out as the Moon passes in front of the Red Planet in…
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Mars is losing water faster than expected: Study
Paris: Researchers have revealed that Mars, the red planet is losing water more quickly than what theory as well as past observations would suggest. The gradual disappearance of the water occurs…
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Scientists map winds in upper atmosphere of Mars for first time
Washington: Using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, researchers have created the first-ever map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of Mars. The new map of Mars winds helps scientists to…
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Mars once had salt lakes similar to Earth: Study
New York: Mars once had salt lakes similar to the ones on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods, according to a new study. The researchers from Texas…
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NASA’s InSight lander ‘hears’ strange sounds on Mars
Washington: NASA has released recordings of eerie sounds on Mars picked up by one of its missions to the Red Planet, the InSight lander. Far below the human range of…
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover undergoes ‘eye’ test
Washington: NASA’s latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 rover which has an armada of imaging capabilities from wide-angle landscape cameras to narrow-angle high-resolution zoom lens cameras, underwent…
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NASA engineers install legs, wheels on Mars 2020 rover
Los Angeles: NASA engineers have recently installed the legs and wheels, known as the mobility suspension on the Mars 2020 rover, according to a latest release of NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life
Washington: NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, its latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, will include technology to explore ancient life on Mars, according to the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.…
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Trump claims moon part of Mars; trolled
San Francisco: US President Donald Trump has left people astonished with his knowledge of space and the universe and has become a laughing stock yet again after he claimed that…
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NASA rover finds clay cache on Mars
Washington: Drilling by Curiosity Mars rover at a region of the Red Planet called the “clay-bearing unit” has revealed the highest amounts of clay minerals ever found during the mission,…
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Send your name to fly aboard next Mars rover
Washington: Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, the US space agency has invited public to submit their names to fly abroad the next…
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After the Moon, people on Mars by 2033…or 2060
Washington: On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon “followed by human missions to Mars and other…
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