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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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NASA postpones launch of planetary defence mission
Washington: NASA will delay the launch of a mission which seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat. The launch of the…
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Technology
NASA’s first Mars sample collection mission prepares to land
Washington: After a nearly seven-month journey to Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover, its first mission to collect Martian broken rock and dust, is slated to land at a tricky terrain of the…
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Technology
SpaceX wins contract for NASA’s $332M mission to lunar outpost
Washington: NASA has selected Elon Musk’s private aerospace company SpaceX to provide launch services for two major components of the Gateway that will serve as a way station for future Moon…
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Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flight
Dubai: A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Ground controllers at the UAE’s space…
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SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA’s astrophysics mission
Washington: NASA has selected tech billionaire Elon Musk’s private aerospace company SpaceX to provide launch services for an astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light. The planned…
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World
NASA appoints Indian-American Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff
Washington: NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency’s acting chief of staff. As the senior…
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World
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
Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon called off due to bad weather
Washington: The departure of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft was called off on Monday due to bad weather conditions off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. “Today’s departure of…
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Indian-American astronaut selected for NASA’s moon mission
Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American is among the 18 astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis Program and is the only Indian-American on the list. Raja Chari is a US Air force…
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Science
NASA model reveals how COVID-related pollution levels deviated from norm
Washington: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, space and ground-based observations have shown that Earth’s atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants. However, scientists wanted to know how much…
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Science
SpaceX rocket with 4 astronauts heads to space station
Washington: A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts has been successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, marking the take off of NASA’s first operational flight to the International…
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Technology
NASA delays SpaceX Crew-1 launch until Sunday
Washington: NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Sunday for the launch of the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) due to onshore winds and first-stage booster recovery readiness.…
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World
NASA certifies SpaceX Crew Dragon to carry astronauts
Washington: After years of design, development, and testing NASA has finally certified SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) on its Crew Dragon spaceship. The Crew…
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Delhi’s air quality remains very poor due to unusually high farm fires
New Delhi: The national capital’s air quality remained very poor on Sunday with an unusually high number of farm fires negating the effect of better ventilation, according to a government forecasting…
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Technology
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx successfully stows sample of asteroid Bennu
Washington: NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. On Wednesday,…
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NASA confirms the presence of Water on the sunlit surface of the Moon
New Delhi: Scientists have confirmed, for the first time, the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, a discovery which indicates that water molecules may be distributed…
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Technology
Nokia wins NASA contract to put 4G network on moon
San Francisco: NASA has awarded Nokia of the US $14.1 million to deploy a 4G cellular network on the moon. The grant is part of $370 million worth of contracts signed…
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Science
NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo spacecraft
Wallops Island [US]: A commercial cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS) launched on Thursday night carrying the name of deceased NASA astronaut Kalpana “K.C.” Chawla, the first…
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World
NASA targets Halloween for next manned SpaceX mission
Washington: NASA and SpaceX now are targeting October 31 for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station. The US space agency had earlier…
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Technology
NASA to send $23mn advanced toilet to space station
Washington: NASA is all set to launch this week a$23 million advanced toilet to the International Space Station (ISS) to test out before using a similar system on future Moon…
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NASA shares $28bn plan to send humans to Moon in 2024
Washington: NASA has shared an update on its Artemis programme, including the latest plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024…
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Watch: Stunning pics of river Nile by NASA
Hyderabad: This month NASA brings a bright, sparkling picture of river Nile under the night sky as it flows in north-east Africa. At first glance, it actually looks like fireworks! Almost…
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Technology
NASA gears can withstand freezing cold during lunar mission
Washington: A NASA project is developing special gears that can withstand the extreme temperatures experienced during lunar missions and beyond. During NASA’s Artemis missions, temperatures at the Moon’s South Pole…
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Science
Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth – the closest flyby on record
Washington D.C: Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any…
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Technology
Hubble solves mysterious dimming of ‘Betelgeuse’ star
Washington: The mysterious dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight coming…
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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
NASA satellite finds 66 new exoplanets, 2,100 more ‘candidates’
Washington: During its two-year-long primary mission, NASA’s planet-hunter TESS has found 66 new exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, as well as nearly 2,100 candidates astronomers are working to confirm,…
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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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