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  NASA seeks ideas for a nuclear reactor on moon

  November 20, 2021 6:30 IST

  NASA is collaborating with the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to establish a sun-independent power source for missions to the moon by the end of the decade.

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  Lunar Eclipse 2021: Why Moon may appear red today

  November 19, 2021 17:38 IST

  Lunar Eclipse 2021: Skygazers are in for a celestial delight as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century on Friday is likely to turn the moon to a red-brown hue, despite not being a blood Moon.

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  Lunar Eclipse 2021: Longest partial Chandra Grahan in 580 years today | How and where to watch

  November 19, 2021 13:04 IST

  The lunar eclipse, the last of 2021, will be the longest since the 15th century.

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  What is Green Hydrogen? How it can bolster fight against climate change

  November 15, 2021 15:06 IST

  India has pledged to accomplish a net zero emission target by 2070 at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Glasgow in Scotland.

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  Longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years on November 19, will be visible from parts of India

  November 13, 2021 18:21 IST

  The duration of the eclipse will be 3 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds, making it the longest in 580 years.

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  SpaceX delivers new crew of 4 to International Space Station, ‘glorious sight’

  November 12, 2021 8:20 IST

  “Floating in space and shining like a diamond,” noted German astronaut Matthias Maurer. “We’re all very thrilled, very excited.”

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  SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station

  November 11, 2021 9:18 IST

  The crew launch marked SpaceX's fourth for NASA in 1-1/2 years and the company's fifth passenger flight overall.

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  International Week of Science and Peace 2021: History, relevance and theme

  November 10, 2021 9:47 IST

  The annual celebration and observance of the 'International Week of Science and Peace' is making a relevant contribution to the promotion of peace.

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  NASA delays human moon landing until 2025, blames seven months lost in Litigation

  November 10, 2021 6:44 IST

  Another reason for the delay is that the original 2024 deadline set by the Trump administration "was not grounded in technical feasibility," Nelson said.

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  SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day space station mission

  November 09, 2021 9:25 IST

  NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and France's Thomas Pesquet should have been back Monday morning, but high wind in the recovery zone delayed their return.

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  NASA, USGS release first Landsat 9 light images of Earth

  November 06, 2021 8:42 IST

  These first light images show Detroit, Michigan, with neighbouring Lake St. Clair, the intersection of cities and beaches along a changing Florida coastline and images from Navajo Country in Arizona.

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  Are COVID-19 boosters the same as the original vaccines?

  November 04, 2021 13:42 IST

  The vaccines work by training your body to recognize and fight the spike protein that coats the coronavirus and helps it invade the body's cells. Delta's mutations fortunately weren't different enough to escape detection.

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  Making space travel inclusive for people with disability

  November 01, 2021 17:48 IST

  As part of the project named AstroAccess, a group of 12 disabled scientists, veterans, students, athletes, and artists launched into a zero-gravity environment last month.

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  SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves

  October 30, 2021 19:01 IST

  For crew launches, SpaceX requires good weather all the way up the Eastern Seaboard and across the North Atlantic to Ireland.

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  Novel drug treatment for COVID-19 identified

  October 29, 2021 18:04 IST

  The study, published recently in the journal Metabolites, shows that cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 can only produce novel coronaviruses when a metabolic pathway called pentose phosphate pathway is activated.  

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  Sun fires significant solar flare, can disrupt Earth's GPS signals: NASA

  October 29, 2021 15:44 IST

  The flare originated from a sunspot called AR2887 currently positioned in the center of the sun and facing the Earth, based on its location, Spaceweather.com reported.

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  Raja Chari to be the commander of SpaceX flight launching on October 31

  October 28, 2021 16:46 IST

  This will be SpaceX’s fourth launch of NASA astronauts and its fifth passenger flight overall.

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  NASA finds first signs of planet outside Milky Way galaxy

  October 26, 2021 23:11 IST

  The possible exoplanet -- or planets outside of our Solar System -- candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive profile, NASA said in a statement.

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  Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space

  October 26, 2021 12:05 IST

  Blue Origin said that the new space station Orbital Reef will be habitable for up to 10 people. It will become operational by 2030. 

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  South Korea test launches 1st domestically made space rocket

  October 21, 2021 18:24 IST

  While Nuri is powered by liquid propellants that need to be fueled shortly before launch, the South Koreans plan to develop a solid-fuel space launch rocket by 2024.

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  Can animal organs be life-saving for humans? Scientists experiment pig kidney transplant

  October 20, 2021 12:38 IST

  This research is “a significant step,” said Dr. Andrew Adams of the University of Minnesota Medical School, who was not part of the work.

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  Lucy spacecraft - NASA's mission to explore distant asteroids, suffers glitch with solar panel

  October 19, 2021 12:28 IST

  NASA said the mission team is working on analysing the problem and will come up with the next steps in the days ahead.

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  Hubble finds persistent water vapour in Jupiter's moon

  October 16, 2021 16:17 IST

  Astronomers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Space and Plasma Physics, Sweden found that Europa harbours a vast ocean underneath its icy surface, but, mysteriously, only in one hemisphere.

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  China launches 3 astronauts on 6-month space station mission

  October 15, 2021 23:39 IST

  The Shenzhou-13 spaceship carrying the three astronauts was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:25 a.m. Saturday (4225 GMT Friday).  

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  NASA's 1st mission to distant asteroids prepares for launch on Oct 16

  October 15, 2021 22:37 IST

  The Lucy mission will complete a 12-year journey to eight different asteroids: exploring one asteroid in the solar system's Main Belt asteroid and seven Trojans, the remnants of our early solar system trapped in stable orbits, and following Jupiter in its path around the Sun.  

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  NASA's Perseverance rover reveals history of water on Mars

  October 11, 2021 23:11 IST

  Based on the detailed images sent by the six-wheeler rover on Mars, the team has now published first scientific results about the Jezero Crater delta in the journal Science.

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  OneWeb to be first private player to launch satellite from Indian soil: Sunil Bharti Mittal

  October 11, 2021 19:47 IST

  While speaking at the launch of space and satellite companies body Indian Space Association, Mittal said that the company plans to begin roll out of providing connectivity in the country through OneWeb satellite from mid-2022.

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  Maharashtra govt, C40 Cities Network launch 'Women4Climate' program

  October 05, 2021 14:29 IST

  The C40 Cities Network will share the knowledge and experience and provide mentorship, training and networking opportunities to women in the city.