Tag: NASA
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures Jupiter’s faint rings, Great Red Spot
With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on.
August 24, 2022 -
NASA, Microchip to develop next-gen spaceflight computing processor
The next-generation processor would advance all types of future space missions, from planetary exploration to lunar and Mars surface missions.
August 19, 2022 -
Biden unveils first image of Webb Telescope, calls it ‘historic moment’
The targets were selected by an international committee, including members from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
July 12, 2022 -
15-year study details origins, diversity of every known mineral
Each mineral specimen has a history. Each tells a story. Each is a time capsule that reveals earth's past as nothing else can.
July 2, 2022 -
NASA halts Psyche mission to unexplored metal world
NASA has cancelled its planned 2022 launch attempt of the Psyche asteroid mission -- the agency's first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid.
June 26, 2022 -
SpaceX launches 3 rockets in 36 hours
A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday (June 19) at 12:27 a.m. EDT.
June 19, 2022 -
NASA to buy 5 more SpaceX Crew Dragon flights
NASA aims to buy from SpaceX five additional crewed flights to the International Space Station.
June 3, 2022 -
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