Tag: NASA
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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 -
Chandrayaan 2: NASA’s rigorous search continues for Vikram Lander
Vikram lost contact with the ISRO following its launch from Chandraayan 2 moon orbiter on September 6 and likely landed in an area around the moon's South Pole.
October 17, 2019 -
Delhi shares NASA images of stubble burning amid ‘very poor’ air quality
Earlier, the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority had said that local sources of pollution, including stack emissions, dust, and burning of plastic and rubber waste, were the primary reason for deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR.
October 16, 2019 -
Chandrayaan-2: ‘ISRO needs to find lander Vikram’s fate on moon’, says NASA expert
Noting that ISRO scientists have not given up on contacting the lander nearly a month after they lost contact with it in the early hours of September 7, Devereaux said they need to scan the data they got from it till the link snapped.
October 5, 2019 -
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils transportation prototype, Starship
A shiny steel rocketship designed to ferry dozens of humans to the moon and Mars, Starship is the top half of Musk's colossal interplanetary rocket system that stands 387 feet tall (118 meters) as the latest addition to SpaceX's lineup of reusable launch vehicles.
September 30, 2019 -
Chandrayaan’s lander had a ‘hard landing’, says NASA, tweets images of site
Attempts to contact the 14-day mission life Vikram lander, ended on September 21 as lunar night began to fall in the south polar region of the moon where the lander was attempting its descent.
September 27, 2019 -
NASA joins ISRO to track Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander
The American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is sending radio signals to Vikram.
September 13, 2019 -
Purulia girl to go on NASA tour, selected from amongst 1.8 million contestants
The student of St. Xaviers School in Purulia town, Abhinanda Ghosh has successfully qualified all the three levels of International Science Olympiad.
August 20, 2019 -
We are tiny: Elon Musk to NASA
Aiming to land humans on the lunar surface by 2024, NASA has selected 13 firms -- including Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos and SpaceX of Elon Musk -- to develop space technologies for its Artemis mission.
August 4, 2019 -
NASA prepares to send ‘first woman and next man’ on Moon
According to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, the main difference between the Apollo programme and the "Artemis" is that the former culminated with brief stays on the Moon while the latter will entail a permanent human presence there.
July 22, 2019 -
One-hour exercise with proper hydration may tackle low BP
The study is the first to examine the condition called "orthostatic intolerance" during daily activities when the astronauts returned home.
July 21, 2019 -
Google celebrates NASA’s Apollo 11 space mission with doodle video
The doodle video is in the voice of Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins who remained aboard the command module in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon.
July 19, 2019 -
Lunar Eclipse 2019: India to witness last partial lunar eclipse of the year, know the date and time
Lunar eclipses are not eye-damaging. Therefore, it is perfectly safe for people to watch it through their naked eyes.
July 15, 2019 -
The scarce commodity
Niti Aayog's recent report on water is the latest warning about the dwindling of the supply and availability of water in the country and the scary situation it is headed for. The crisis is already here. About 60 crore people ~ nearly half of the population ~ and most cities are facing water shortage. The situation in 21 major cities will be extremely critical by 2020 and, in 10 years, the available supply may meet only half of the demand. It is not just a problem of availability.
July 15, 2019 -
ISRO gears up for Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 15; spacecraft to land on Moon in 2 months
A good measure of women's power is powering India's Rs 978 crore second moon mission with the Project Director and the Mission Director also being women.
July 13, 2019 -
India’s heavy rocket ‘Bahubali’ gearing up for Moon
According to the ISRO, the Chandrayaan-2 will be injected into an Earth parking 170x40400 km orbit by the 'Bahubali'.
July 11, 2019