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  After flight on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter to begin new demo phase

  Science | May 01, 2021 9:32 IST

  After flying over the Red Planet, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter is now set to begin a new demonstration phase

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  EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch

  Science | April 28, 2021 14:40 IST

  When completed by late 2022, Tianhe is expected to weigh about 66 tons, a fraction the size of the International Space Station, which launched its first module in 1998 and will weigh about 450 tons when completed.

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  China, Russia welcome international partners in moon station cooperation

  Science | April 24, 2021 14:08 IST

  China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organizations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project.

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  Martian subsurface has ingredients for present-day microbial life

  Science | April 23, 2021 23:43 IST

  The Martian subsurface might be a good place to look for possible present-day life on the Red Planet, according to a study. 

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  Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time

  Science | April 21, 2021 7:55 IST

  This will be SpaceX's third crew flight for NASA from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in under a year. The commercial flights ended the US' reliance on Russian rockets launched from Kazakhstan to get astronauts to and from the space station after the shuttles retired.

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  Mars did not dry up all at once, says study

  Science | April 09, 2021 20:17 IST

  Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely about three billion years ago, says a new study which suggests that the Red Planet did not dry up all at once.

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  NASA set to fly mini helicopter on Mars to explore Red Planet

  Science | March 23, 2021 12:42 IST

  The teams operating Ingenuity and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover have chosen the flight zone where the helicopter will attempt the first powered, controlled flights on another planet.

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  Mars may be hiding most of its ‘missing’ water underground: NASA-funded study

  Science | March 17, 2021 14:42 IST

  The researchers from California Institute of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found that around four billion years ago, Mars was home to enough water to have covered the whole planet in an ocean about 100 to 1,500 metres deep.

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  Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China

  Science | March 15, 2021 7:40 IST

  Bat-hunting scientists, particularly those in China, have come under fire since the emergence of COVID-19, which is believed to have originated from the animals.

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  NASA’s new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feet

  Science | March 06, 2021 8:53 IST

  In its first drive, Perseverance went forward 13 feet (4 meters), took a 150-degree left turn, then backed up 8 feet (2.5 meters). During a news conference Friday, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shared photos of its tracks over and around small rocks.

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  Animals fake death for long periods to escape predators: Study

  Science | March 03, 2021 10:46 IST

  The study involved evaluating the benefits of death-feigning in terms of a predator visiting small populations of conspicuous prey. Researchers used computer simulations that utilise the marginal value theorem, a classical model in optimization.

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  Pfizer, Oxford vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in elderly: Study

  India | March 02, 2021 13:11 IST

  Data suggests that in the over 80s, a single dose of either vaccine is more than 80 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisation, around 3 to 4 weeks after the jab, PHE said in a statement.

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  Launch of Falcon 9 carrier rocket with Starlink satellites delayed: SpaceX

  Science | March 01, 2021 10:51 IST

  The Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to lift off from the Cape Canaveral (Kennedy) Air Force Station in Florida at 01:37 GMT on Monday.

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  Blood tests offer early indicator of severe Covid: Study

  Science | February 27, 2021 15:28 IST

   The findings, published in the journal Blood Advances, indicated that five proteins (resistin, lipocalin-2, HGF, IL-8, and G-CSF) that are associated with neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, were elevated in the Covid-19 patients who later became critically ill.

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  Astronomers discover 3 planets orbiting younger Sun-like star

  Science | February 13, 2021 12:59 IST

  Archival infrared data from NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) satellite suggests the system retains a cool disk of dust and rocky debris.

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  SpaceX Mars prototype rocket explodes upon landing

  Science | February 03, 2021 7:25 IST

  The rocket's three engines ignited, turned off, and then re-ignited for the landing as planned, however, the rocket burst into a fireball when it returned to the launch pad. 

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  US billionaire to buy SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others, take crew on mountain expedition

  Science | February 02, 2021 10:55 IST

  While Isaacman and his wife, Monica, managed to keep his space trip hush-hush over the months, their daughters couldn’t. The girls, ages 7 and 4, overheard their parents discussing the flight last year and told their teachers.

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  SpaceX ridesharing mission launches record 143 satellites

  Science | January 25, 2021 11:08 IST

  According to SpaceX, the rideshare programme offers cheap access to space for small satellite companies, starting at $1 million for a 200-kg satellite.

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  NASA mulls second firing of its moon rocket engines following halted test

  Science | January 20, 2021 9:17 IST

  In its annual report Tuesday, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel urged NASA to develop a realistic schedule for its Artemis moon program and called into question the 2024 date for returning astronauts to the lunar surface.

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  Asteroids, bigger than Eiffel Tower, followed by 3 others to fly past Earth today

  Science | January 06, 2021 10:58 IST

  Astrologer Nostradamus has made 6,338 predictions out of which 3797 prophecies have apparently proved correct. This time, he had said the asteroid would fly past Earth sometime during early 2021.