NASA fixing moon rocket leaks, hoping for September launch try
September 09, 2022 6:56 ISTNASA moon rocket launch: The Space Launch System rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — holds a crew capsule with three test dummies.
NASA moon rocket launch: The Space Launch System rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — holds a crew capsule with three test dummies.
NASA often shares spectacular photos from the universe and their latest photo of a star cluster is winning the Internet. The photo looks so magical that many are finding it hard to believe that it's real.
NASA halted the operation, while engineers scrambled to plug what was believed to be a gap around a seal in the supply line.
Studies showed that female astronauts are less likely to be selected for space missions than men. 'Artemis' signifies the Greeks and Romans who associated Artemis with the Moon. She was a major Goddess who was worshipped in ancient Greece and has also become a modern-day feminist icon.
NASA confirmed the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center, with an empty crew capsule on top.
NASA Artemis 1 mission: The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon.
NASA news: No one was inside the Orion capsule atop the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket at Kennedy Space Center. Instead, three test dummies were strapped in for the lunar-orbiting mission, expected to last six weeks.
NASA posted an audio clip saying that it captured the sound of a black hole. the post instantly went viral on social media. Soon after many users claimed that they hear the 'OM' sound in it.
The Great Red Spot, a famous storm so big it could swallow Earth, appears white in these views, as do other clouds, because they are reflecting a lot of sunlight.
Black Hole sound: In a 34-second audio clip, one can relate it to be a mixture of spooky sounds of cars racing in slow-mode, car taking a pickup, or wind-flow. The sound was produced through Data Sonification of a black hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster.
The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight appearing much like that of the wheel of a wagon. See the photos here.
James Webb telescope's actual aim is to solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it.
The chopper weighs just 1.8 kilograms. The new versions would have wheels and grappling arms.
The team analysed rock fractures on asteroid Bennu from high-resolution images taken by the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer).
The 30-story Space Launch System rocket and attached Orion capsule are currently in the hangar at Kennedy Space Center, following repairs stemming from last month's countdown test.
NASA shared a colourful image of Pluto highlighting its various regions. However, netizens wondered if the image was real or photoshopped?
James Webb Space Telescope new images: The first batch of images from NASA’s new space telescope was unveiled on Monday. Those images showed the Cosmas brimming with galaxies.
President Joe Biden marveled at the image that he said showed “the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from over 13 billion -- let me say that again -- 13 billion years ago. It’s hard to fathom.”
After one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the space agency said it could no longer communicate with the spacecraft called Capstone.
Solar transits are a planet's passage across the Sun's face, as seen from Earth's perspective, where the only observable transits are that of Mercury and Venus, NASA informed.
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