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NASA, ESA congratulate ISRO on successful Chandrayaan-3 launch
New Delhi: American and European space agencies on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of its third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3. ISRO launched Chandrayaan-3 on-board the heavylift…
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NASA gets 3 electric vans to shuttle Artemis crew to launchpad
Washington: NASA has received three fully electric and environment friendly crew transportation vans that will take Artemis crews on the final Earth-bound leg of their journey to the Moon before boarding their…
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Study shows ‘Man in the Moon’ craters 200 mn years old than thought
London: Scientists have ‘reset the clock’ for craters on the Moon, meaning that parts of its surface — which characterise the children’s story of the Man in the Moon — are around…
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NASA seals 4 volunteers on isolated Mars-like habitat for a year
Washington: NASA has sealed four participants to embark on the agency’s first one-year analogue mission in a habitat to simulate living on Mars. CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 16th close flyby of Sun
Washington: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed 16th closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, the agency said. On June 22, the sun-kissing spacecraft came within 5.3 million miles of the solar…
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Sun releases strong X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts on Earth
New Delhi: The Sun has emitted a strong X-class solar flare triggering a strong radio blackout on various places on Earth, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which recorded the extreme…
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New image from NASA’s Webb Telescope reveals Saturn’s iconic rings
San Francisco: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a new image of Saturn and its rings which seem to glow eerily in the infrared picture, plus it unveiled unexpected…
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NASA calls off all-electric aircraft flight plan over safety concerns
Washington: NASA has called off its plan to fly X-57, the experimental electric aircraft, after discovering an anomaly in its propulsion system which can put people’s lives at risk. Safety and time…
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NASA builds all-electric aircraft to create path toward electric aviation
Washington: NASA has created an all-electric aircraft that will not only pave the way toward electric aviation but also support the US climate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the…
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NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft captures ultraviolet image of Mars
Washington: NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission has acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along the Red Planet’s orbit around the Sun. By…
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NASA teams up with 7 US companies to advance space capabilities
Washington: NASA announced that it will partner with seven US companies for its upcoming human spaceflight and the commercial low Earth orbit economy. The companies are Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,…
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NASA mission to avert ‘internet apocalypse’ that could pause online access for months
San Francisco: NASA has launched a spacecraft as part of a mission in an effort to avert a potential “internet apocalypse” that could leave people without access to the internet for months.…
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Brightest gamma-ray burst powered likely by unique jet structure: NASA
New York: The brightest ever gamma-ray burst, which was detected October last year, may have been powered by its unique jet structure, according to a new study. The burst known as GRB…
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Boeing sued over claims of theft of IP related to NASA’s Artemis mission
San Francisco: Aerospace giant Boeing has been sued by Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace over alleged theft of intellectual property (IP) related to NASA’s Artemis rocket mission. In the lawsuit, the small family-run tools…
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NASA to invest $45mn in small biz to develop tech for future missions
Washington: NASA plans to invest $45 million in funding to more than 200 small businesses to develop new technologies designed to protect the health of astronauts, lower risk of collision damage to…