Mars
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US to test nuclear engine for future Mars missions
Los Angeles: NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, the key steps for sending the first…
- India
From Mars to Metaverse, as UAE aims high, opportunities open up for India
Abu Dhabi: The year 2022 ends on a positive note with regard to India-UAE relations, with business and political ties between the two countries scaling new heights. The UAE is India’s third…
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NASA finally bids goodbye to InSight Mars lander
Washington: The US space agency has finally retired InSight Mars lander after more than four years of collecting unique science on the Red Planet. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)…
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NASA’s Mars InSight lander posts its last image on Twitter
New Delhi: NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Tuesday posted its last image on Twitter as it prepares to fall silent anytime, ending its history-making mission to reveal secrets of the Red Planet’s…
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Was there life on Mars?
Was there life on Mars? The answer to this earth-shaking question may soon come in the affirmative. The latest findings on Mars by National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s probe Perseverance seem to…
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NASA releases final blueprint for sustained human presence in space
Washington: The US space agency has released a revised blueprint with 63 final objectives for sustained human presence and exploration throughout the solar system, as it plans to land astronauts on the…
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Mars is real mighty in 1st James Webb observations of Red Planet
Washington: NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images and spectra of Mars that show a region of the planets eastern hemisphere at two different wavelengths, or colours of infrared…
- Technology
NASA lander ‘hears’ first impact sounds of space rocks on Mars
Washington: NASA’s InSight lander has detected impact sounds from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. It marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from an impact…
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NASA picks Axiom Space to deliver spacesuits for astronauts’ moon walk
Washington: the US space agency has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for astronauts for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for…
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NASA’s InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry
New York: Martian equator contains little or no ice, according to a new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission. The findings, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, describes…
- Technology
Humanity to reach Mars in your lifetime: Elon Musk
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk is optimistic and has expressed confidence that “humanity will reach Mars in your lifetime”. On Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote that “without a common…
- Science
Evidence of life on Mars may be over 6 feet deep: NASA
Washington: Rovers exploring Mars, such as NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance and others, may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two metres) or more under the surface of the Red Planet to find…
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NASA now ready with Artemis 1 moon mission test launch
Washington: The US space agency has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test. The agency will now roll SLS and Orion back to…
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China aims to beat NASA, ESA in returning Mars samples to Earth: Report
New Delhi: China’s Mars sample return mission aims to collect samples from the Red Planet and deliver them to Earth in 2031, or two years ahead of a NASA and ESA joint…
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NASA Mars rover spots shiny foil piece between rocks
Washington: NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has spotted a shiny silver object that looks like a discarded packet or foil stuck between two rocks on the Red Planet. The image, captured by the…
