Tag: NASA
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Noble amidst Ignoble
More the pity, therefore, that the acknowledgement has been announced at a critical moment in America’s racist narrative, often horrific ~ a month after George Floyd was done to death by a white police officer.
June 29, 2020 -
Kathy Lueders becomes first woman to head NASA’s human spaceflight programme
While the official statement by NASA says, 'Kathy gives us the extraordinary experience and passion we need to continue to move forward with Artemis and our goal of landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024.'
June 13, 2020 -
Russian space agency congratulates NASA on successful SpaceX flight; calls Trump’s reaction ‘hysteria’
Russia on Saturday lost its long-held monopoly on space travel as SpaceX made history by becoming the world's first commercial company to send humans into orbit.
June 1, 2020 -
No decision on next launch attempt for historic SpaceX crewed mission
The mission is a defining moment for SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a goal of tearing up the rules to produce a lower-cost alternative to human spaceflight.
May 30, 2020 -
NASA-SpaceX Demo-2 mission launch cancelled due to bad weather
The launch was to be witnessed by US President Donald Trump from Kennedy Space Station in Florida.
May 28, 2020 -
Landfall begins in Bengal, AMPHAN cyclone wall cloud entering land, says IMD; Navy on alert
Forty-one teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), including seven reserves, have been deployed in the two states, its chief S N Pradhan said in New Delhi.
May 20, 2020 -
Boeing to refly its 2nd uncrewed commercial passenger space capsule for NASA after flawed first launch
On December 20, 2019, Boeing conducted its first uncrewed flight test on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule.
April 7, 2020 -
NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to earth after record-breaking space mission
Koch's medical data will be especially valuable to NASA scientists as the agency draws up plans for a long-duration manned mission to Mars.
February 7, 2020 -
‘Our orbiter located crashed Vikram lander first’: ISRO chief after NASA announcement
The assertion came shortly after NASA said that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera sighted the remains of Vikram lander on the moon's surface.
December 4, 2019 -
Chennai techie credited by NASA for discovery of Chandrayaan-2 lander debris on moon
Shanmuga Subramanian said he had launched a separate search of his own and had taken it up as a challenge after NASA had given up.
December 3, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: NASA locates Vikram lander’s debris on moon surface
NASA in its statement said, 'Despite the loss, getting that close to the surface was an amazing achievement'.
December 3, 2019 -
Giving facilities to prevent stubble burning: Manohar Lal Khattar
"We distributed 10,000 machines last year while 15,000 machines have been distributed this year, on which we are giving 80 per cent subsidy," he said replying to the Governor’s address on the second day of the Assembly session.
November 5, 2019 -
Kejriwal appeals with ‘folded hands’ as NASA images show spurt in crop burning in Punjab, Haryana
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi said that till the time the Centre, Punjab and Haryana governments do not take stern action, Delhi alone can't fight pollution.
October 30, 2019 -
NASA to send golf-cart-size rover to sample water ice on moon’s south pole
The mobile robot is called Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER
October 26, 2019 -
NASA finds no evidence of Chandrayaan-2 lander on Moon in its latest flyby
On September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) attempted a soft landing of Vikram on the uncharted lunar south pole, before losing communication with the lander.
October 23, 2019 -
Sisters in Space
Very appropriately has the significance of the spacewalk been summed up by Christina ~ "I think it’s important because of the historical nature of what we’re doing," she said ahead of the spacewalk.
October 21, 2019 -
Former NASA Engineer, Gabe Gabrielle interacts with Akshaya Patra beneficiaries in Bengaluru
The session was aimed at providing children exposure to space education and opportunities and attended by 200 enthusiastic children from GHS Peenya and GHS Bagalgunte.
October 18, 2019