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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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NASA astronauts lose tool bag during first spacewalk
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NASA astronauts lose tool bag during first spacewalk

[ad_1] As NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara marked their first spacewalk on November 1, an unfortunate incident occurred with their tool bag being lost. The bag is currently floating in space and will continue to do so over the next few months until it disintegrates in the Earth's atmosphere, reports CNN.The spacewalk intended to complete works on the station's solar arrays, which track the sun. The pair ran out of time to remove and stow a communications electronics box, which will have to be completed during a future spacewalk. To make use of their time, the pair conducted an assessment of how the job could be done. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join The pair concluded their maintenance work outside the International Space Station (ISS) in six hours and 42 minutes, a...
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Historic! NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara take stunning spacewalk outside ISS
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Historic! NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara take stunning spacewalk outside ISS

[ad_1] In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara embarked on their maiden spacewalk, forging history as the second-ever all-female astronaut duo to perform an Extravehicular Activity (EVA). This remarkable event took place on November 1 outside the International Space Station (ISS). Key ObjectivesThe mission's primary objectives involved the removal of radio communications gear and the replacement of essential hardware to enhance the solar arrays' sun-tracking capabilities on the orbiting lab. The original plan had Moghbeli installing a foot restraint on the Canadarm 2 robotic arm, but this task was deferred to a future EVA. Mission Control instructed her to navigate to the work site manually, Space.com reported. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to ...
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NASA and ESA scientists to bring next generation camera for future Moon missions
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NASA and ESA scientists to bring next generation camera for future Moon missions

[ad_1] New technologies and innovations have helped scientists to take the space missions to the next level. We have received various mesmerizing images of space till now with amazing high-definition cameras. Now, the NASA astronauts are prepping up to take the next generation camera to the Moon to capture the detailed images of the Lunar surface. European astronauts and scientists have come together with NASA's Artemis imagery team to complete this crucial task.Next generation camera for moonNASA and ESA has been working together to build an amazing next-generation camera to capture the lunar surface. The new camera for moon is constructed with the usage of professional off-the-shelf cameras. These cameras are known for their excellent light sensitivity and state-of-the-art lenses. In ...
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India’s boom, Russia’s crunch: how money is shaping a new space race
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India’s boom, Russia’s crunch: how money is shaping a new space race

[ad_1] The space race India aims to win this week by landing first on the moon's south pole is about science, the politics of national prestige and a new frontier: money.India's Chandrayaan-3 is heading for a landing on the lunar south pole on Wednesday. If it succeeds, analysts and executives expect an immediate boost for the South Asian nation's nascent space industry. Russia's Luna-25, which launched less than two weeks ago, had been on track to get there first – before the lander crashed from orbit, possibly taking with it the funding for a successor mission, analysts say. The seemingly sudden competition to get to a previously unexplored region of the moon recalls the space race of the 1960s, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed.But now space is a business, and the ...
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SpaceX has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk’s Texas launch plans
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SpaceX has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk’s Texas launch plans

[ad_1] Elon Musk-led SpaceX has few alternative options for test-launching its giant Starship spacecraft in the near term if a newly-filed lawsuit disrupts the breakneck speed of development at its remote Texas launch site, legal and industry experts say. Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday for approving SpaceX's rocket operations without conducting a deeper review of its environmental impact on land surrounding the Boca Chica, Texas, launchpad. That lawsuit was filed 11 days after the debut Starship flight toward space showered sand and debris miles from the Texas launchpad, and hurled chunks of reinforced concrete and metal shrapnel thousands of feet from the site, adjacent to a national wildlife refuge. Starship is SpaceX's next-generation r...
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Meet NASA’s next four astronauts headed to the Moon
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Meet NASA’s next four astronauts headed to the Moon

[ad_1] On April 3, 2023, NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of Artemis II, which is scheduled to launch in late 2024.The Artemis II mission will send these four astronauts on a 10-day mission that culminates in a flyby of the Moon. While they won't head to the surface, they will be the first people to leave Earth's immediate vicinity and be the first near the Moon in more than 50 years. This mission will test the technology and equipment that's necessary for future lunar landings and is a significant step on NASA's planned journey back to the surface of the Moon. As part of this next era in lunar and space exploration, NASA has outlined a few clear goals. The agency is hoping to inspire young people to get interested in space, to make the broader Artemis progra...
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NASA’s 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men
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NASA’s 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men

[ad_1] NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men.The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation's astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity's crew,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. They will not land or even go into lunar orbit, but rather fly around the moon and head straight back to Earth, a prelude to a lunar landing by two others a year later.The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, will be joined by Victor Glover, an African American naval aviator; Christina Koch, who...
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NASA Names Astronauts to Circle the Moon on Artemis II Mission
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NASA Names Astronauts to Circle the Moon on Artemis II Mission

[ad_1] NASA tapped astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover for a team of four people to ride around the moon on the Artemis II crewed mission next year.The pair will be joined by Canadian Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman on the flight, the space agency said Monday at an event in Houston. Wiseman, the former chief of the astronaut office, will be Artemis II's commander. Koch, who was previously part of NASA's all-women spacewalk, will be the first woman to go to deep space. Glover, the ship's pilot, will be the first person of color. The announcement brings NASA a step closer to a mission that will return humans to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since the Apollo program roughly five decades ago. Through Artemis, NASA plans to land the first woman, the first person of color...
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NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon
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NASA to reveal crew for 2024 flight around the Moon

[ad_1] NASA is to reveal the names on Monday of the astronauts -- three Americans and a Canadian -- who will fly around the Moon next year, a prelude to returning humans to the lunar surface for the first time in a half century.The mission, Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024 with the four-person crew circling the Moon but not landing on it. As part of the Artemis program, NASA aims to send astronauts to the Moon in 2025 -- more than five decades after the historic Apollo missions ended in 1972. Besides putting the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, the US space agency hopes to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and eventually launch a voyage to Mars.NASA administrator Bill Nelson said this week at a "What's Next Summit" hosted by...
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