Tag: NASA
17 Results
-
NASA, ESA astronauts returns from space station
"And... splashdown! Dragon has safely made it home with precious cargo aboard: four #Crew3 astronauts!" NASA wrote on Twitter.
May 6, 2022 -
NASA-ISRO mission for scientific studies of Earth
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America to jointly realise a satellite mission named 'NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)' for scientific studies of Earth, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
April 6, 2022 -
Watch skies as ‘Worm Moon’ reaches peak on Friday
The full Moon of March will reach its peak on Friday, just two days before the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Space.com reported.
March 18, 2022 -
Curiosity rover images tiny ‘mineral flower’ on Mars
Continuing to document new diagenetic features like the Blackthorn Salt is important because it could help researchers figure out when liquid water disappeared from Mars.
March 7, 2022 -
SpaceX targeting to launch 52 missions this year
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.
January 28, 2022 -
NASA offers $1mn for innovative ideas to feed astronauts
"Pushing the boundaries of food technology will keep future explorers healthy and could even help feed people here at home," he said in a statement.
January 22, 2022 -
Jupiter-like planet discovered by NASA volunteer citizen scientist
The Jupiter-size planet is special for astronomers because its 261-day year is long compared to many known gas giants outside our solar system.
January 16, 2022 -
NASA names new chief scientist and senior climate adviser
NASA has named Katherine Calvin to serve as chief scientist and senior climate adviser, the agency said in a press release.
January 11, 2022 -
Amazon Alexa to fly with NASA’s 1st Artemis Moon mission
The custom-built hardware and software by Lockheed Martin and Amazon will test Alexa, Amazon's voice-based virtual assistant, to respond to the transmitted audio.
January 6, 2022 -
James Webb Space Telescope finally to launch on Christmas
The mission will explore the outer planets while focusing on our own solar system, as many exoplanets resemble Neptune and Uranus.
December 24, 2021 -
NASA in 2021: From Mars landing to launch of next-gen space telescope
NASA launched the Sustainable Flight National Partnership, teaming up with the industry, academia, and other government agencies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from aviation by 2050.
December 23, 2021 -
NASA’s new mission to study storms, impacts on climate models
NASA has selected a new Earth science mission that will study the behaviour of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impacts on weather and climate models.
November 8, 2021 -
Hubble Telescope snaps a doomed star’s destruction
Hubble's data, combined with other observations of the doomed star from space- and ground-based telescopes, may give astronomers an early warning.
October 28, 2021 -
NASA aims to launch next-gen rocket on debut flight in early 2022
Originally, NASA envisioned the SLS flying for the first time back in 2017, but its debut has been consistently pushed back again and again.
October 24, 2021 -
NASA’s new Lucy asteroid spacecraft faces solar panel glitch
"Lucy spacecraft systems show the spacecraft is operating well and is stable," NASA added in a blog post.
October 19, 2021 -
NASA sends Lucy mission to seek out solar system’s ‘fossils’
Lucy will explore the Trojan asteroids with a suite of remote sensing instruments. Additionally, the navigation cameras will be used to determine the shapes of the Trojan asteroids.
October 17, 2021 -
Hubble Telescope detects spiral galaxy with celestial eye
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) captured the galaxy -- NCG 5728 -- which appears to be elegant and luminous, an ESA statement said.
October 4, 2021