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  NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids

  Science | September 29, 2021 7:46 IST

  Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, is the home institution of the principal investigator for the Lucy mission.

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  NASA suspends SpaceX's lunar lander contract till November

  World | August 20, 2021 14:58 IST

  According to court filings, NASA voluntarily agreed to temporarily suspend the contract until November 1, this year, while the US Court of Federal Claims adjudicated the case, the Verge reported on Friday.

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  NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first rock sample | WATCH

  Science | July 22, 2021 19:17 IST

  The mission milestone to collect the first sample of Martian Rock will take off in the next two weeks.  

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  NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft way back to Earth with asteroid sample

  Science | May 11, 2021 20:00 IST

  After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the US space agency said.

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  NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble

  Science | May 11, 2021 11:47 IST

  With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.

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  NASA spacecraft collects rock samples from asteroid Bennu

  Science | October 21, 2020 13:43 IST

  A NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on the rugged surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, collecting a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring back to Earth, the US space agency said.

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  Why is NASA sending 'Dragonfly' to Titan? Here are five reasons

  Science | February 26, 2020 17:06 IST

  Dragonfly, as the mission is called, will be capable of soaring across the skies of Titan and landing intermittently to take scientific measurements, studying the world’s mysterious atmosphere and topography while searching for hints of life on the only world other than Earth in our solar system with standing liquid on its surface.

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  Apollo 11 Space Mission: Twitterati celebrate NASA’s historic moon landing mission on 50th anniversary

  Trending | July 20, 2019 13:17 IST

  Apollo 11 Space Mission: Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin was the crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.

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  NASA spacecraft to crash into small moonlet to demonstrate its planetary defence technique

  Science | May 07, 2019 8:45 IST

  The spacecraft, called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will carry an optical navigation system to capture images that help the spacecraft reach its target.

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  NASA's New Horizons detects anomaly ahead of next flyby

  Science | December 25, 2018 11:31 IST

  Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target - an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.

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  Solar eruptions may not be slinky shaped: Study

  Science | August 31, 2018 15:39 IST

  Knowing the shape and size of coronal mass ejections (CME) is important because it can help better forecast when and how they will impact Earth. CMEs are one of the main sources for creating beautiful and intense auroras, like the Northern and Southern Lights.

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  SEE PIC! NASA’s Fermi telescope detects dazzling gamma-ray binary in space (Video)

  World | September 30, 2016 14:03 IST

  NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found the first gamma-ray binary – the brightest one ever spotted – in another galaxy. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive star and a crushed

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  NASA's Mars spacecraft ready for test flight

  World | November 01, 2014 12:22 IST

  Washington: The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has fully assembled the Orion spacecraft for a test flight on December 4.Orion is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV heavy rocket

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  NASA spacecraft set to enter Mars orbit Sunday night

  World | September 21, 2014 13:14 IST

  Washington: NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is set to enter the Mars orbit Sunday night, two days before India's first interplanetary spacecraft Mangalyaan is due to slip into the martian orbit Tuesday.MAVEN - the MARS Atmosphere and

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  NASA spacecraft to reach Mars this weekend

  World | September 18, 2014 6:56 IST

  Washington: US space agency NASA said on Wednesday its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft will enter orbit around the Red Planet this weekend.The spacecraft has completed a 10-month space journey spanning 442 million

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  Twin NASA spacecraft prepare to crash into moon

  World | December 14, 2012 10:33 IST

  Los Angeles, Dec 14: The moon is about to take another hit.Twin NASA spacecraft are preparing to crash into the lunar surface next week after a successful mission mapping the moon's gravity.Scientists say the crash