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US to test nuclear engine for future Mars missions
Los Angeles : NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, the key steps for sending the first crewed missions to Mars.
NASA and…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission scheduled for Feb 26
San Francisco : NASA and SpaceX have set February 26 as the launch date for the Crew-6 mission, which will send four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay.
The mission is NASA's sixth crew rotation…
NASA, Boeing working on more fuel-efficient aircraft design
San Francisco : NASA has announced that it is working on a more fuel-efficient aircraft design with aircraft industry company Boeing. Under a Funded Space Act agreement, Boeing will work with NASA to create, test and fly a full-scale…
2022 was 5th warmest year on record, situation alarming : NASA
Washington : Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis by US space agency NASA, which termed the situation as "alarming".
The global temperatures in 2022 were…
NASA’s Chandra observatory helps dig out black holes previously buried
Washington : NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has helped discover hundreds of black holes previously buried, which will help astronomers get a more accurate census of black holes in the universe.
By combining data from the Chandra Source…
NASA’s Webb telescope spots its first Earth-like exoplanet
Washington : Researchers have confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own,…
NASA mission spots 2nd Earth-size world within ‘habitable zone’
Washington : NASA mission has discovered a second Earth-sized, rocky planet within the habitable zone of its star -- the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface.
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet…
Indian-American named NASA’s chief technologist
New York : NASA has named Indian-American aerospace industry expert A.C. Charania as its new chief technologist to serve as principal advisor on technology policy and programs at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
In his role,…
NASA’s humanoid robot will help do laundry at home, explore space
San Francisco : NASA is reportedly working on a project to develop a humanoid robot that will help humans travel to new celestial bodies and may even help with laundry at home.
Apptronik, a US-based robotics company, is collaborating…
NASA finally bids goodbye to InSight Mars lander
Washington : The US space agency has finally retired InSight Mars lander after more than four years of collecting unique science on the Red Planet. Mission controllers at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California…