Tag: NASA
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Listen | NASA releases first ‘voices’ captured in Mars and this is how it sounds like
Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander’s deck, awaiting to be deployed to the surface by InSight’s robotic arm.
December 8, 2018 -
First NASA probe to return asteroid sample reaches destination
It will spend almost a year surveying the asteroid with five scientific instruments with the goal of selecting a location that is safe and scientifically interesting to collect the sample and return it to Earth in September 2023.
December 4, 2018 -
NASA eyes return to Moon, to announce partnerships with US companies
Working with US companies is the next step to achieving long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and Mars, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday.
November 28, 2018 -
InSight catching rays on Mars: NASA
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, that is currently orbiting the Red Planet, relayed the signals.
November 27, 2018 -
Delhi air quality poor, emergency plan to kick in from today
Meanwhile, satellite images from the NASA showed rampant stubble burning activity in Punjab and Haryana.
October 15, 2018 -
Chemically richer
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has revealed unknown details about Saturn's rings-and just how strange they are.
October 10, 2018 -
Surface tensions
A prayer-field of ice may prevent a craft from alighting on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
October 10, 2018 -
NASA’s New Horizons to set record for most distant object ever visited by spacecraft
The "optical navigation" images -- gathered by New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) -- provide direct information of Ultima's position relative to New Horizons, and help the team determine where the spacecraft is headed.
October 8, 2018 -
NASA astronauts wrap up mission, return to earth amid US-Russia tensions
The landing came with Russian and US officials investigating the appearance of a mysterious hole in a Russian space craft docked at the orbiting station.
October 5, 2018 -
NASA completes 60 years of space research
The agency has also conducted nine manned missions and is planning for a human return to the Moon, followed by missions to Mars and beyond.
October 2, 2018 -
NASA launches satellite to track Earth’s melting ice
In a bid to understand Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost, NASA on Saturday successfully launched its Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2.
September 16, 2018 -
NASA plans 45-day campaign to get its Mars rover Opportunity back
Mars rover Opportunity has been out of contact since early June, ever since a major dust storm deprived it of solar power. The storm is learnt to be fading now
September 3, 2018 -
Of hope lurking in icy craters
Nasa's grand vision for the future notwithstanding, the best prospect for life on the Moon is if we put it there ourselves.
August 29, 2018 -
NASA’s Spitzer telescope completes 15 yrs in space
"In its 15 years of operations, Spitzer has opened our eyes to new ways of viewing the universe," said Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division.
August 26, 2018 -
Video | NASA satellite captures intense rains that caused Kerala floods
The NASA video shows satellite-based rainfall accumulation from July 19 to August 18, 2018. According to it, rainfall peaked in Kerala on July 20 and again reached abnormally high levels between August 8 and 16.
August 24, 2018 -
Hubble captures dazzling image with 15,000 galaxies
The image straddles the gap between the very distant galaxies, which can only be viewed in infrared light, and closer galaxies.
August 17, 2018 -
Why won’t NASA’s Parker Solar Probe melt?
With NASA launching a historic Parker Solar Probe deeper into the solar atmosphere than any mission before it, the question arises: Why won't it melt?
August 13, 2018