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NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara and crew safely land back on Earth after 6-months space station mission
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NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara and crew safely land back on Earth after 6-months space station mission

[ad_1] NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, have safely returned to Earth following a productive six-month research stint aboard the International Space Station.Their journey back commenced when they departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 11:54 p.m. EDT on April 5. After a smooth descent, they made a parachute-assisted landing at 3:17 a.m. on April 6 (12:17 p.m. Kazakhstan time), touching down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Also read: Solar Eclipse 2024: How to click photos of the celestial event like a pro on your Android smartphone Successful Completion of MissionO'Hara initiated her space venture on September 15, 2023, alongside Roscosmos c...
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ISRO’s next frontier: India aims for Venus and Mars missions within five years
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ISRO’s next frontier: India aims for Venus and Mars missions within five years

[ad_1] India's space exploration journey continues to soar to new heights, with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) eyeing missions to Venus and Mars in the next five years, according to Dr. M Sankaran, Director of the UR Rao Satellite Center in Bengaluru. Having successfully achieved a soft landing on the Moon and embarked on a mission to study the Sun, ISRO is now gearing up to conquer the new frontiers in space.Dr. Sankaran, the head of the satellite unit instrumental in placing numerous Indian satellites in orbit, shared insights into the challenges and progress in an interview with NDTV. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Mars' MysteriesWhile acknowledging obstacles, such as spacecraft overheating during Mars atmosphere entry and logistical hurdles in launching heavie...
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Mangalyaan-2 mission: ISRO gears up to visit Mars after 9 years
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Mangalyaan-2 mission: ISRO gears up to visit Mars after 9 years

[ad_1] Yet again a new mission is being planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon and another ongoing mission Aditya-L1. In the year 2014, the space agency successfully completed its first Mars mission, now after 9 years, it is planning the Mangalyaan-2 mission with greater objectives and strategies. The Mangalyaan-1 mission aimed to enter the Mars orbit and now the second mission has more to discover. Know more about ISRO Mangalyaan-2 mission.Mangalyaan-2 missionThe second Mars mission by ISRO will be called Mars Orbiter Mission-2 (MOM-2), also known as Mangalyaan-2. According to a Physical Research Laboratory report, the spacecraft will be equipped with four payloads which will study the atmosphere, environment and ...
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Want to go to Mars? Know the solar flare danger that can even kill you
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Want to go to Mars? Know the solar flare danger that can even kill you

[ad_1] After yesterday's success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, the excitement in the astronomy community is at an all-time high. Many are already wondering about other new achievements India and the world can unlock. And among the huge bucket list of ideas about space exploration, one thing has always remained on top - a manned mission to Mars could pave the way for building a colony on the red planet. However, a NASA scientist has warned us that this dream may just not be possible in the near future with the current technology that we have. Why? It's because the radiation from solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME) will kill us long before we ever reach Mars. NASA scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller spoke with The US Sun and explained that the technology we have at the moment is simp...
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UAE probe offers unprecedented view of Mars moon
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UAE probe offers unprecedented view of Mars moon

[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates' Hope space probe on Monday revealed Mars' smaller moon Deimos in unprecedented detail, shedding new light on the origin of the mysterious lumpy satellite.The probe, the Arab world's first interplanetary mission, has been orbiting Mars for two years, regularly flying past Deimos and its big sibling moon Phobos. It came within 110 kilometres (68 miles) from Deimos, a rocky object the shape of a bean just 12 kilometres wide, according to the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM). The probe -- named "Al-Amal", Arabic for "Hope" -- sent back to Earth the most precise images and observations of the moon ever captured, using instruments that measure the infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths.It also observed for the first time the far side of the moon, revealing regions wh...
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Surprise! NASA’s Curiosity Mission makes awesome new discovery on Mars
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Surprise! NASA’s Curiosity Mission makes awesome new discovery on Mars

[ad_1] After working over a decade on the Martian surface, NASA's Curiosity rover has finally made an unexpected discovery about the presence of water on the planet. So far, Curiosity rover has made several significant discoveries, one of which was the presence of rippled rock textures in an area of ancient Mars that was believed to be dry. The scientists believed that the "sulfate-bearing unit," where the rover arrived last fall, would not have any evidence of lakes because the rock layers there were formed in a drier environment compared to other areas explored during the mission. The sulfates in this region, which are salt minerals, were believed to have formed when water was slowly evaporating. However, the Curiosity team was taken aback when they discovered the clearest...
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Earthbound! NASA Rover deposits second rock sample for Mars Sample Return
27Dec By adminNo Comments
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Earthbound! NASA Rover deposits second rock sample for Mars Sample Return

[ad_1] NASA’s Mars Rover has deposited its second rock sample for the historic Mars Sample Return mission. NASA's Perseverance Rover has now deposited its second rock sample, following the first which was deposited less than a week ago for NASA's Sample Return programme. Mars Sample Return is NASA's programme to bring important scientific samples back to Earth in a bid to study the red planet's conditions for potentially establishing a colony one day. NASA's Mars Sample Return programme is a series of missions to retrieve scientific samples of Mars collected by the Perseverance rover. One of the most ambitious space missions ever planned, the Mars Sample Return mission would allow scientists to study those samples using state-of-the-art technology here on Earth. Just days ago, the mis...
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Signing off! After touching farewell by InSight lander, NASA announces its death on Mars
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Signing off! After touching farewell by InSight lander, NASA announces its death on Mars

[ad_1] NASA's InSight lander had sent a touching message just before its death. Back in November 2018, US space agency NASA landed its InSight Lander on Mars with the aim of helping scientists see deep into Mars. Now, after more than four years of doing unique science on Mars, NASA has officially ended the InSight mission. NASA's InSight lander had sent a touching message just before its death a day ago that said, “My power's really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don't worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I'll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.”NASA had decided that the mission will be declared over if they miss two communication attempts. Hence, the space agen...
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Genius NASA gun to protect Mars Sample Return spacecraft by shooting down meteorites
14Oct By adminNo Comments
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Genius NASA gun to protect Mars Sample Return spacecraft by shooting down meteorites

[ad_1] NASA is preparing a meteorite protective measure for its Mars Sample Return spacecraft with the help of this gun. Spacecrafts are very advanced but highly sensitive vehicles which have to withstand the tremendous pressure of the vacuum in space. Although they are built to withstand the harsh conditions of outer space, they are still at a risk of being damaged by asteroids and meteorites. Even the smallest meteorite could damage the spacecraft enough to jeopardize the mission. NASA recently concluded its first planetary defense test to protect Earth against potential asteroid impacts. It seems like the space agency is planning the same strategy for its other spacecraft.NASA is currently testing a light-gas gun which hatter micrometeorite fragments and other space debris to prote...
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STRANGE! NASA finds suspicious object stuck to foot of Mars helicopter
2Oct By adminNo Comments
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STRANGE! NASA finds suspicious object stuck to foot of Mars helicopter

[ad_1] A suspicious object stuck to the foot of Mars Helicopter left NASA scientists baffled. Know what NASA says. "There's something on your foot, Mars Helicopter!" - NASA's scientists said while pointing towards a suspicious object that was stuck to the Mars Helicopter. The US space agency is investigating a piece of debris that got stuck on the foot of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter during its latest flight. So, did the litle green men on Mars, the aliens, did it? NASA has confirmed that “a small piece of foreign object debris (FOD) was seen in footage from the Mars helicopter's navigation camera (Navcam) for a portion of its 33rd flight.” Strangely, the this debris was not visible in Navcam footage from the previous flight...
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