Tag: NASA
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First person on Mars likely to be woman: NASA
NASA will also have its first all-female spacewalk at the end of the month, when astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will get to float around in space.
March 13, 2019 -
Virgin Galactic reaches 90 km above Earth’s surface, touches edge of space
The company's rocket-powered commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity reached space for the second time, higher and faster than ever before, as its world record-holding hybrid rocket motor propelled the spaceship at Mach 3.04 to an apogee of 295,007 ft.
February 24, 2019 -
Why is NASA exchanging tweets with Ariana Grande?
Ariana Grande's new song has led NASA to tweet about it.
February 9, 2019 -
Do you know how long is a Saturn day?
Scientists have the answer now, and say they found it hidden in the unique planet's rings
January 19, 2019 -
SpaceX to lay off 10% of workers
SpaceX has a booming business conducting uncrewed resupply trips to the International Space Station (ISS) through contracts with NASA.
January 12, 2019 -
‘Near Neighbour’
With Thursday’s milestone in space exploration, humanity has landed on what they call the “far side of the Moon”, hitherto a wholly mysterious segment.
January 5, 2019 -
Data breach hits NASA, employees’ personal info at risk: Report
NASA also suffered similar security breaches in 2011 and 2016, media reports said.
December 19, 2018 -
Widespread changes in ocean as glaciers lose ice off East Antarctica coast: NASA
A group of four glaciers sitting to the west of Totten -- the biggest glacier in East Antarctica that contains enough ice to raise sea levels by at least 11 feet was losing ice.
December 11, 2018 -
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