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NASA engineers assess data after Artemis Moon mission scrub
Washington : NASA engineers were evaluating data gathered during the Artemis I launch attempt, which was scrubbed owing to a technical glitch in one of the rocket engines.The space agency said that a mission management team was set to…
NASA gears up to send megarocket in deep space on Aug 29
Washington : The US space agency is geared up to send its debut Space Launch System (SLS) mission called Artemis I into deep space on Monday that will perform a long orbit around the Moon before coming back to Earth.
The uncrewed Artemis…
Joe Biden says slavery ‘America’s original sin’
Washington : Slavery is "America's original sin," U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement."More than 400 years ago, twenty enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the shores of what would become the United States," Biden said in the…
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted gets expanded approval in US
Washington : Novavax says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted for adolescents aged between 12-17 years.
The US company said the vaccine was the…
NASA spots 13 regions on Moon for astronaut landing in 2024
Washington : The US space agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar south pole, as it prepares to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis programme in 2024.Each region contains multiple potential landing sites…
NASA, Microchip to develop next-gen spaceflight computing processor
Washington : NASA has selected US-based Microchip Technology to develop a high-performance space flight computing (HPSC) processor that will provide at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers.
The…
FBI ‘stole’ passports during Mar-a-Lago search : Donald Trump
Washington : Former US President Donald Trump has accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of stealing his passports during a recent search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
"Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my…
Joe Biden calls India, US ‘indispensable partners’
Washington : US President Joe Biden on Sunday called India and the US "indispensable partners" on the eve of the 75th anniversary of India's independence."The United States joins the people of India to honour its democratic journey, guided…
Ashraf Ghani says he fled to deny Taliban another chance to ‘humiliate’ a President
Washington : Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has broken his silence and said that he fled the country last August because he did not want to give the Taliban an opportunity to "humiliate" another former President, as he forcefully…
NASA asks students to design metal production pipeline on the Moon
Washington : The US space agency has asked university students to design a metal production pipeline on the Moon from extracting metal from lunar minerals to creating structures and tools.
The ability to extract metal and build needed…