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Washington: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Moon passing in front of the Sun. The SDO recorded the 35-minute partial solar eclipse on Wednesday, SpaceWeather.com reported. “At the peak of the eclipse, the Moon covered 67 per cent of the sun, and lunar mountains were backlit by solar fire,” the report said. The high-resolution […]
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Washington: US space agency NASA has delayed the scheduled launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon over systems checks. NASA was earlier targeting Monday for the launch. “NASA, Rocket Lab, and Advanced Space are standing down from the June 27 launch attempt for the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon to allow Rocket Lab to […]
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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 the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy next week to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch, NASA said in a statement late on […]
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Washington: The US space agency NASA has picked three design concept proposals for a nuclear fission surface power system design that could be ready to launch by the end of the decade for a demonstration on the Moon. This technology would benefit future exploration under the Artemis mission that aims to land the first woman […]
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Washington: Stargazers and space enthusiasts living in the North American region are likely to witness meteor showers, according to NASA. Named ‘tau Herculid’ shower, it is forecast to peak on the night of May 30 and early morning of May 31. However, it is not a sure thing, the US space agency said. “This is […]
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Washington: The Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight. The flight, which took place on April 8, covered a distance of 704 metres at a speed of 5.5 metres per second. It was the Red Planet rotorcraft’s longest and fastest flight to date, NASA said in a […]
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Washington: NASA has shared one last selfie taken by InSight Mars lander that is about to retire soon as it is losing power due to dusty solar panels. The final selfie was taken on April 24 and shows the lander completely covered in dust. “A dusty self-portrait,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages InSight, said in […]
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Hyderabad: Let’s look at some developments that took place this year in several sectors and fields (1) NASA on March 1st launched GOES-T, its purpose is? a. 5G technology b. Helping to Army c. Tracking hazardous weather d. Tracking the Corona virus infected patients Ans: (c) Explanation: The satellite named, GOES-T, launched by NASA, is […]
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New Delhi: Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a treat as the first total lunar eclipse of 2022, also known as “supermoon”, “Blood Moon” or “Flower Moon” will shine bright on Saturday night. According to NASA, the eclipse will take place on the night of May 15, and will stretch into the early hours […]
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Washington: Mars Ingenuity helicopter has captured rare images of the wreckage from the Perseverance rover landing on the Martian surface that could provide valuable insights for future missions. We spy with our little eyes…rover landing gear! During the #MarsHelicopter’s 26th flight, it took photos of the entry, descent, & landing gear @NASAPersevere needed to safely […]
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Washington: A potentially hazardous giant asteroid is set to zoom past Earth with a 37,400 km/h speed on Thursday, according to NASA. The asteroid, named 418135 (2008 AG33), has an estimated diameter between 350 to 780 metres, revealed NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). NASA defines any space object that comes within 193 […]
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Los Angeles: The first US private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to undock from the ISS on Saturday and return to Earth on Sunday, according to NASA. The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 8, Xinhua news […]
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Washington: A team of scientists has urged NASA to probe the ice giant Uranus and look for life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, on priority in the coming decade. In a report, the team at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), recommended NASA to focus on three high-level scientific themes: origins, worlds […]
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Los Angeles: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers, the agency has said. The estimated diameter of the largest icy comet nucleus is approximately 80 miles (128 km), making it larger than the state of Rhode Island, NASA said on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. The nucleus is […]
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Washington: Using two space-based studies, NASA has been observing climate change and groundwater loss across the planet. Its Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission, ecosystem and climate researchers can quickly locate their regions of interest and study forest structure and carbon content with greater precision than in the past. GEDI is a high-resolution lidar instrument […]
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Washington: NASA has sent a telescope in space that will measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon in order to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements among Earth-observing satellites. The airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA’s ER-2 aircraft to accurately measure reflected moonlight. By using the Moon as a […]
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New York: NASA is reportedly staging an elaborate dress rehearsal with its massive new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) — practicing all of the major steps the agency will have to perform when the vehicle launches for the very first time. It is a major milestone for the rocket’s development and one of the […]
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Washington: NASA and European Space Agency’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark by detecting the farthest individual star ever seen to date. The star named Earendel, which means “morning star” in Old English, is estimated to be at least 50 times the mass of our Sun and millions of times as bright, […]
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Washington: At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot on the sun have blasted into space in recent days, and may reach Earth as moderate geomagnetic storms by Thursday. The sun eruptions originated from an overactive sunspot, called AR2975, which has been firing off flares since Monday (March 28). The stellar event may also […]
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The car-sized robot will drill one more sample from the current site on the Red Planet and then head towards the ancient river delta, NASA has said.
