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US company forced to abandon first Moon landing attempt in 50 years due to 'crippling' fuel leak
World | Jan 10, 2024, 08:13 AM ISTAstrobotic Technology's lander began to lose fuel possibly due to a ruptured tank as the spacecraft encountered trouble to orient its solar panel towards the sun and generate solar power. The company had been targeting a lunar landing on February 23, the first US attempt in 51 years.
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US launches Peregrine-1 lander to Moon in first American lunar mission after 51 years | DETAILS
Science | Jan 08, 2024, 02:56 PM ISTThe Peregrine lander will study the Moon's surface environment ahead of human missions planned for later this decade. It was launched via the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral and will attempt a soft lunar landing at the "Bay of Stickiness".
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Lunar Mission Countdown: NASA's 5 payloads set to launch for Moon
Science | Jan 07, 2024, 05:25 PM ISTThe payloads will also provide data to NASA’s Lunar-VISE (Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer) instrument suite, slated to land on the Gruithuisen Domes in 2026.
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Scientists seek answers about free-roaming Jupiter-like 'planets'
Science | Jan 01, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTIt has been stated that astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to identify 500 or so previously unseen spots in the Orion Nebula in October 2023.
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Aditya L1 Mission: All you need to know about ISRO's solar study probe
Science | Dec 27, 2023, 06:45 PM ISTThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans for the spacecraft to enter a halo orbit around L1, approximately 1.5 million km from the Earth, and focus on the Sun. Here are the key details about the mission and its objectives.
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ISRO to launch PSLV-C58 with XPoSAT on January 1 to study black holes, neutron stars | Details
Science | Dec 26, 2023, 07:50 PM ISTAs per the reports, the new mission comes with a mark of the first dedicated polarimetry mission and the world's second, after following NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) which was launched in 2021.
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NASA releases Space Security best practices guide to strengthen cybersecurity
Science | Dec 26, 2023, 04:24 PM ISTSpace missions are becoming more interconnected and NASA's Space Security Best Practices Guide represents a crucial milestone when it comes to the agency's commitment towards ensuring the longevity and resilience of space missions.
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NASA beams first-ever cat video from deep space using laser tech | Watch video
Trending | Dec 19, 2023, 10:23 AM ISTNASA made a big leap by sending the first cat video from deep space using laser tech, proving it can improve communication for missions like going to Mars.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meets Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to fly in space, in Bengaluru
India | Nov 30, 2023, 04:18 PM ISTRakesh Sharma went on to become the first Indian citizen to reach outer space on April 2, 1984, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. Nelson is on his maiden visit to India to oversee the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).
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What is NASA's warning against the solar storm? 5 things to know
Technology | Nov 26, 2023, 12:06 PM ISTNASA reported that Earth is continuously experiencing solar storms and it further states that there might be another storm approaching today, one of these CMEs might be the collision course.
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NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar likely to be launched in January: Know its aim and key features
Science | Nov 15, 2023, 12:10 PM ISTThe NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is likely to be launched in January 2024 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission has a three-year duration and aims to survey the entire Earth's land and ice-covered surfaces every 12 days.
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NASA and ISRO to launch NISAR Mission for mapping the globe | Here are the deets
Technology | Nov 15, 2023, 11:43 AM ISTThe NISAR mission is to carry on the promise of significantly advancing our understanding of the earth's dynamics, natural processes and climate change impacts. The collaboration of ISRO and NASA is a remarkable joint effort for international cooperation.
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NASA wishes Diwali with celestial image by Hubble
Technology | Nov 14, 2023, 11:47 AM ISTNASA has shared the images of the cluster containing stars which are very old- with the age of around 12 billion years to 2 billion years. The United States’ space agency calls it a globular cluster which is located around 30,000 light-years away from the Earth.
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Webb telescope to help you find Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe: All you need to know
Technology | Nov 12, 2023, 07:11 PM ISTAlexander de la Vega, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside stated "This galaxy, named ceers-2112, formed soon after the Big Bang."
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Like never before! NASA shares breathtaking image of Earth's Aurora - SEE PIC
Technology | Nov 09, 2023, 05:45 PM ISTNASA shared a stunning photo of a green aurora taken from the International Space Station. The photo shows Earth's surface below the green glow of the aurora above Utah.
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NASA's Hubble space telescope captures mesmerising images of Jupiter
Science | Nov 06, 2023, 05:51 PM ISTEarlier, NASA's Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday (November 1) encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter. The spacecraft swooped past the pint-sized Dinkinesh, about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers) away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars.
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Here's all you need to know about NASA+ streaming platform launch
Technology | Nov 03, 2023, 05:29 PM ISTNASA+ is a subscription-free streaming service that offers users access to a wide range of content, including Emmy Award-winning live coverage and original video series. The best part? It's entirely ad-free, making for a seamless and uninterrupted viewing experience.
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft flies by pint-sized Dinkinesh, heads towards Jupiter
Science | Nov 02, 2023, 10:52 PM ISTLucy, unlike other missions, will not be stopping to collect samples of the asteroids on the way of her destinations.
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US experts wanted India to share space tech with them seeing Chandrayaan-3 development: ISRO chief
India | Oct 15, 2023, 04:30 PM ISTISRO's Chandrayaan-3 soft landed on the lunar surface on August 23 this year, making India the fourth country to land on the Moon. PM Modi named the landing point of Vikram lander as Shiv Shakti Point.
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Americans witness 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse, NASA shares video | WATCH
Science | Oct 16, 2023, 01:26 PM ISTAt the Cancun Planetarium, young visitors built box projectors to indirectly and safely view the ring of fire. The ancient Maya may have used dark volcanic glass to protect their eyes, said archeologist Arturo Montero of Tepeyac University in Mexico City.