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Burj Khalifa-sized asteroid to fly past earth

Rabia Shireen | November 28, 2020

An asteroid more than 800m high and over 500m wide is set to barrel past earth on Sunday 29 November at a whopping speed of 90,000 km/h. Asteroid 2000 WO107

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NASA Set for Next Space Station Resupply Mission

Rabia Shireen | November 26, 2020

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX will launch the 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space

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Mars is Tearing Apart its Moon Phobos

admin | November 11, 2015

Mars is slowly ripping apart its biggest moon Phobos, new findings by NASA scientists showed. According to the scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the

These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corroborating their original hypothesis that the streaks are indeed formed by liquid water. The blue color seen upslope of the dark streaks are thought not to be related to their formation, but instead are from the presence of the mineral pyroxene. The image is produced by draping an orthorectified (Infrared-Red-Blue/Green(IRB)) false color image (ESP_030570_1440) on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the same site produced by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (University of Arizona). Vertical exaggeration is 1.5. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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NASA Calls for Ideas From Public to Make Mars Hospitable for Astronauts

admin | October 7, 2015

NASA said on Wednesday that it was offering an opportunity to the public to come up with innovative designs for structures on Mars that could enable astronauts to

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NASA’s Discovery of Flowing Water on Mars: Good News for Possibility of Life

admin | September 29, 2015

NASA scientists have identified strong evidence of the existence of flowing water on Mars, a milestone discovery that boosts the possibility of finding and sustaining life on the

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ISRO Successfully Launches India’s First Dedicated Space Observatory, Astrosat

admin | September 28, 2015

Astrosat, India’s first dedicated space observatory, soared to its destination on Monday at 10 a.m. local time from the Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. PSLV-C30, India’s Polar Satellite Launch

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Virgin America and Alaska Airlines to Test NASA-Developed Aviation Safety Software

admin | September 23, 2015

Virgin America and Alaska Airlines will test a software that is designed to help air carriers save time and reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions, NASA said in

Illustration of the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus showing a global liquid water ocean between its rocky core and icy crust. Thickness of layers shown here is not to scale. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Confirms Presence of Global Sea on Saturn’s Moon

admin | September 16, 2015

NASA scientists have discovered a global ocean that lies beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, Saturn’s moon. According to the scientists who used data from NASA’s Cassini mission to

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Tale of Lost and Found; Recovered GoPro Camera Reveals Stunning Video of Earth

admin | September 14, 2015

This is an amazing story of lost and found. In June of 2013, a group of five students from Stanford University, Arizona launched a Gopro camera on a weather balloon

At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, engineers welded together on Sept. 5, two sections of the Orion spacecraft’s primary structure that will fly on Exploration Mission-1, the first flight of Orion atop the agency’s Space Launch System rocket. Credits: NASA

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NASA a Step Closer to Sending Astronauts into Deep Space

admin | September 9, 2015

On Saturday, engineers at the NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans welded together the first two segments of the Orion crew module that will fly atop NASA’s