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NASA’s Roman mission predicted to spot 1L transiting planets
Astronomers expect NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to find one lakh planets using two different techniques as it surveys a wide range of stars in the Milky Way.Scheduled for launch in the mid-2020s, Roman will be one of NASA's most…
NASA’s Artemis Moon rocket passes key test
NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme.The successful test is a critical milestone ahead of the…
NASA names Mars rover touchdown site after Octavia Butler
NASA has named the landing site of its Perseverance Mars rover after the science fiction author Octavia Butler.So the location of the rover's touchdown site is now being called "Octavia E. Butler Landing," the US space agency said last…
NASA awards key contract for Mars sample return
Taking a step closer to realising its ambitious sample return programme after the touchdown of the Mars Perseverance rover, NASA has awarded a key contract to Northrop Grumman Systems of Elkton, Maryland.As part of this Mars Ascent…
NASA astronauts complete 7 hour-long spacewalk
In the third spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewalk after 7 hours and 4 minutes.The two NASA astronauts began work on Monday to install…
NASA rover sends 1st colour images of Mars, a selfie too
NASAs Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on…
How will NASA’s newest rover look for sign of past life on Mars?
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which is slated to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3.55 p.m. EST on Thursday (2.25 a.m. Friday India time) is tasked with searching for telltale signs that microbial life may have lived on Mars…
ESA-NASA’s Sun-observing SOHO mission marks 25 yrs in space
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has become the longest-running Sun-surveying spacecraft as it marks its 25th launch anniversary.Launched on December 2, 1995,…
NASA starts assembling Artemis moon mission rocket
In preparation for the Artemis I launch next year, NASA has stacked the first piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the mobile launcher.Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight to test the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as an…
NASA-ESA launch mission to monitor rising global sea level
The US space agency along with the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched a satellite to monitor rising global sea level. The joint US-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9…