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NASA's Artemis II Mission: Meet The Astronauts Who Will Fly Around The Moon

Apr 04, 2023, 08:59 AM IST

NASA Announces Artemis II Moon Mission Crew, Names First Woman, Black Astronauts

NASA's Artemis II will mark the debut crewed flight of an Apollo successor program aimed at returning astronauts to the moon's surface.

Apr 04, 2023, 07:17 AM IST

NASA releases new pics of Jupiter taken by James Webb telescope - Watch enchanting pics here

The newly released images were actually stitched together from a number of images of Jupiter, taken from images in July.

Aug 22, 2022, 21:20 PM IST

NASA shares stunning rainbow coloured image of Pluto, leaves internet amazed - See pic

NASA shared a stunning rainbow-coloured image of Pluto that has surprised the internet.

Jul 21, 2022, 08:55 AM IST

James Webb Space Telescope captures 'deepest', 'sharpest' infrared image of universe ever seen - See pic

Known as Webb's First Deep Field, this image of a 4.6 billion-year-old galaxy cluster named SMACS 0723 was released by US President Joe Biden.

Jul 12, 2022, 06:43 AM IST

NASA's Hubble telescope on halt after trouble with payload computer

NASA's initial findings pointed to a degrading computer memory module as the source of the computer halt.

Jun 20, 2021, 19:23 PM IST

NASA's Perseverance rover creates history, extracts oxygen from Mars surface

MOXIE is an exploration technology investigation - as is the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) weather station - and is sponsored by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

Apr 22, 2021, 06:33 AM IST

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spacecraft left a mess at an asteroid when it grabbed a load of rubble last year for a return to Earth.

Apr 16, 2021, 10:42 AM IST

NASA's Perseverance rover will explore Martian terrain (Credit: NASA)

NASA's Perseverance rover to explore Martian terrain, search for signs of life

NASA has confirmed that the rover, which was launched this summer, will touch down in Jezero Crater, an ancient delta on the Martian surface, at around 2:25 am IST on Friday. Hundreds of critical events must execute for the Perseverance rover to land on Mars safely.

Feb 17, 2021, 14:47 PM IST

NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars, study signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet

NASA has confirmed that the rover, which was launched this summer, will touch down in Jezero Crater, an ancient delta on the Martian surface, at around 2:25 am IST on Friday. A key objective of the mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life, said NASA.

Feb 17, 2021, 13:14 PM IST

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows stunning images of Universe: In pics

Dec 06, 2020, 20:57 PM IST

NASA successfully launches Sentinel-6 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to monitor global sea levels -- watch

The spacecraft is named after Michael Freilich who passed away in August 2020 and was a former director of NASA's Earth Science Division.

Nov 22, 2020, 17:02 PM IST

NASA to reveal exciting new discovery about Moon shortly; know when, where to watch

The NASA will be revealing a new discovery about the surface of the Moon from their airborne SOFIA Telescope observatory.

Oct 26, 2020, 18:53 PM IST

NASA awards Nokia contract to set up 4G network on moon

Nokia intends for the network to support wireless operation of lunar rovers and navigation, as well as streaming video.

Oct 18, 2020, 23:07 PM IST

Global survey using NASA data shows 50% increase in glacial lakes since 1990

The team reportedly analyzed more than 2.5 lakh scenes from the Landsat satellite missions and looked at the data in five time-steps beginning with 1990 to examine all the glaciated regions of the world except Antarctica.

Sep 01, 2020, 16:52 PM IST

Asteroid 2011 ES4 to pass by Earth on September 1, says NASA

The last time asteroid 2011 ES4 flew by the Earth was visible from ground for four days.

Aug 30, 2020, 15:36 PM IST

NASA to air departure of Japanese Cargo Ship from International Space Station on August 18

To mark the end of Cargo Ship's three-month stay at the ISS, the Canadarm2 robotic arm will be used by Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA to release the spacecraft from the station at 1:35 PM.

Aug 17, 2020, 18:11 PM IST

NASA maps damage due to explosions that shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4; see picture

As per NASA, such maps can help identify badly damaged areas where people may need assistance.

Aug 08, 2020, 16:19 PM IST

NASA, SpaceX all set for return of astronauts from International Space Station to Earth on August 2

The homecoming of two astronauts after more than two months at the ISS will mark the first return of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft carrying astronauts from the space station.

Aug 01, 2020, 18:01 PM IST