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Astronauts aboard SpaceX spacecraft safely splash down on Earth
Washington : NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, early on Saturday, completing the agency's fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space…
Lucy spacecraft set to swing by Earth to reach Jupiter asteroids
Washington : A NASA spacecraft named Lucy, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, will skim the earth's atmosphere, passing a mere 350 kms above the surface on October 16, to gain some of the orbital energy it needs to travel to…
NASA eyes Nov 14 as launch date for Artemis I Moon mission
Washington : The US space agency has now set the next launch attempt of the Artemis I Moon mission for November 14, after facing two failed attempts due to liquid hydrogen gas leak in one of the engines.
The liftoff of the Space Launch…
Spacecraft changed asteroid’s orbit after smashing into it : NASA
Washington : The US space agency has confirmed that when its spacecraft smashed into an asteroid last month, it altered its orbit by 32 minutes, calling it a "watershed moment" for planetary defense.This marks humanity's first time…
NASA’s Hubble captures spectacular pair of interacting galaxies
Washington : NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning pair of two face-on galaxies, providing spectacular views of their spiral arms, background stars and galaxies.The two interacting galaxies, making up the pair known as…
NASA space tech can charge your electric car in just 5 minutes
Washington : A NASA technology, built with Purdue University researchers for future space missions, can charge an electric car in just five minutes on Earth, potentially paving the way for increased adoption of electric cars.
Purdue…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sends fresh batch of astronauts to ISS
Washington : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata,…
NASA pushes back Artemis I Moon mission launch to November
Washington : The US space agency has pushed back the Artemis I Moon mission launch to November in the wake of Hurricane Ian.As teams complete post-storm recovery operations, NASA has determined it will focus Artemis I launch planning…
NASA shifts Crew-5 launch to ISS due to hurricane Ian
Los Angeles : The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October 5 for the launch of the agency's Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) due to Hurricane Ian, the…
NASA wants Elon Musk’s SpaceX to boost Hubble telescope to stable orbit
Washington : NASA and Elon Musk-run SpaceX on Friday signed a pact to study the feasibility of a joint programme to boost Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, at no cost to the government.
Hubble…