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Hyderabad: It has always been interesting to see how our home state or city looks from space. Adding some more excitement to that, NASA recently released a picture of how the city lights of Hyderabad looked from the International Space Station. The city lights are bordered by Nehru Outer Ring Road – pictured as the […]
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Washington: NASA on Tuesday awarded three additional missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to Elon Musk led SpaceX company for a $3.49 billion contract. The contract for Crew-7, Crew-8, and Crew-9 is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap), which follows the US space agency’s notice of intent to procure the flights in […]
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This image mosaic was created by pointing the telescope at a bright, isolated star in the constellation Ursa Major known as HD 84406.
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Hyderabad: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object to fly in outer space and can be seen when they fly above our cities, if the conditions are right. Fortunately, Hyderabad will be able to catch the glimpse of the ISS several times this month. Between February 8 and 19, the station will […]
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Washington: NASA’s much awaited ‘Artemis 1’ mission, that aims to return humans to the Moon, has been delayed until March. It was earlier scheduled for launch in February. In a statement on Wednesday, NASA announced that the ‘Space Launch System’ rocket and Orion spacecraft will not be rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at the […]
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Hyderabad: Living his childhood dream and floating in space is Raja Jon Vurputoor ‘Grinder’ Chari, the Commander of SpaceX Crew-3 (Expedition 66), who is currently docked at the International Space Station (ISS), and gets to watch a sunrise every 45 minutes! Travelling at 17,500 mph and orbiting Earth every 90 minutes, in an exclusive interaction […]
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San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned private rocket company SpaceX plans to launch 52 missions in 2022, a NASA safety panel revealed. According to CNBC, during a meeting of a key NASA agency oversight committee panel member Sandra Magnus said that the private company is targeting “an ambitious 52 launch manifest” for 2022. “NASA and SpaceX will […]
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Meet Kyle Hippchen, the real winner of a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes, who gave his seat to his college roommate.
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The agreement, signed by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and ISA Director-General Uri Oron, sets out principles for cooperation in space exploration and civil use of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids for peaceful purposes, ISA added.
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A new era in space exploration has just begun with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most sophisticated space laboratory ever built, successfully reaching its destination — a gravitational parking spot in an orbit around the Sun nearly 1.50 million miles from Earth. There are several fascinating scientific possibilities arising out of this extraordinarily complex […]
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Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, Global temperatures in 2021 were 0.85 degrees Celsius above the average for NASA's baseline period
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New Delhi: Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth warmest year on record, and the past eight years are the warmest, according to an independent analysis done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, Global temperatures in 2021 were 0.85 […]
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Washington: NASA has named Katherine Calvin to serve as chief scientist and senior climate adviser, the agency said in a press release. “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate adviser effective Monday,” the release said on Monday. Nelson in the […]
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A joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
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By Marcia Rieke The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away on December 25 on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European […]
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The global scientific community could not have asked for a better Christmas gift. The successful launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful and complex space observatory ever built, serves as a perfect gift that is expected to unravel the mysteries of the universe. The launch of the $10-billion telescope, a far […]
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New Delhi: Described as the Apollo moment for science, NASA’s James Webb telescope — on its way toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth — has begun six months of commissioning in space, before it scouts for first galaxies and distant worlds. At the end of commissioning, the world’s largest and […]
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Washington (US): James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed, will lift off on Christmas. The USD 10 billion project spanning over three decades, a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, hopes to look further back in time than ever before – to find […]
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NASA has announced the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at 7.20 am EST (5.50 pm India time) on December 24. Webb, the world’s premier space science observatory, will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s flagship telescope that has been in service for over thirty years now. According to NASA, Webb is not […]
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Hyderabad: Driven by their curiosity in astronomy, two young brothers from the city have discovered two main-belt asteroids. Morapaka Abhiram and Morapaka Vishwaksena studying in 7th and 4th grades respectively at Ravindra Bharathi School in Nizampet here have discovered these two main-belt asteroids which were named as 2021 GB34 and 2021 GG166. According to the […]
