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NASA Mars smallsat mission, ESCAPADE, to take off on Blue Origin’s 1st New Glenn launch vehicle
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA Mars smallsat mission, ESCAPADE, to take off on Blue Origin’s 1st New Glenn launch vehicle

[ad_1] The very first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle is expected to carry the NASA Mars smallsat mission in the coming year. However, experts worry that the spacecraft development might affect the mission's schedule timings. In February 2023, both companies announced their partnership to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) spacecraft with the New Glen. Now, the mission is expected to take its first flight with the new launch vehicle by the end of 2024. Learn more about the partnership between NASA and Blue Origin here.NASA's ESCAPADE mission launchThe Spacenews reported that in February, Blue Origin and NASA joined hands for the ESCAPADE mission which is expected to be launched in the year 2024, however, the budget of the partner...
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Life on Mars? Check what NASA just found
19Jul By adminNo Comments
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Life on Mars? Check what NASA just found

[ad_1] After years of hard work and the best of technology deployed to find any signs of life on Mars, NASA has some good news. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover appears to have made a major discovery that could point towards life on Mars. What the rover has found, are signs of life on the Red Planet. The rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero crater for three years now, and recent findings suggest the presence of something incredible - organic molecules, which are fundamental building blocks of life.Jezero Crater is considered an area of great interest due to its potential past habitability as it was an ancient lake basin and there is the presence of a diverse range of minerals there. Previous clues have already hinted at the planet's dynamic history. However, the latest discovery of organ...
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Really? Signs of life on Red Planet? Take a bow, Perseverance Rover
13Jul By adminNo Comments
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Really? Signs of life on Red Planet? Take a bow, Perseverance Rover

[ad_1] Scientists have been searching for traces of life on Mars for over a hundred years. NASA has even sent the Rover Perseverance in hot pursuit of signs of life on Mars. Now, in a sensational announcement, it has been revealed that it successfully gathered multiple samples of organic matter, further strengthening the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars.In the latest development, NASA's Perseverance Rover has observed diverse organic matter from Jezero Crater on the red planet. The study published in the journal Nature reveals that the presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can help scientists to get key information about the Martian carbon cycle and eventually the potential of the planet to host life throughout its history. The ...
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Perseverance and the science of obtaining results
24Jun By adminNo Comments
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Perseverance and the science of obtaining results

[ad_1] The NASA Science Team is making a special effort to acquire a sample of a conglomerate rock unit located on top of the fan in Jezero crater on Mars. Unfortunately, the initial attempt resulted in a sample that was too small, and the second attempt proved unsuccessful, as reported by NASA But why is this rock so important?Eleanor Moreland, a Ph.D student at Rice University says, "Conglomerate rocks are of great interest to the Science Team due to their composition, which consists of numerous clasts of different rocks. Over time, these individual clasts become bound together, forming the conglomerate. Significantly, these clasts likely originated from distant locations and were transported to Jezero crater. Analyzing the unique clasts and cements preserved within a sample of the co...
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NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth
13Apr By adminNo Comments
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NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

[ad_1] Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth's neighbor.The facility, created for three planned experiments called the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA), is located at the US space agency's massive research base in Houston, Texas. Four volunteers will begin the first trial this summer, during which NASA plans to monitor their physical and mental health to better understand humans' fortitude for such a long isolation. With that data, NASA will better understand astronauts' "resource use" on Mars, said Grace Douglas, lead researcher on the CHAPEA experiments."We can really start to understan...
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Indian-Origin Engineer Amit Kshatriya To Head NASA’s New Moon To Mars Programme
31Mar By adminNo Comments
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Indian-Origin Engineer Amit Kshatriya To Head NASA’s New Moon To Mars Programme

[ad_1] Amit Kshatriya began his career in the space programme in 2003.An Indian-origin software and robotics engineer has been appointed as first head of American space agency NASA's newly-established Moon to Mars programme. With this programme, NASA plans to ensure a long-term presence on the Moon to prepare for humanity's next giant leap to the Red Planet. Mr Kshatriya will serve as first head of the office, with immediate effect, the agency said in a release on Thursday. This new office resides within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, reporting to its Associate Administrator Jim Free, it added."The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said ...
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In a first, NASA Curiosity rover captures Sun rays on Mars
10Mar By adminNo Comments
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In a first, NASA Curiosity rover captures Sun rays on Mars

[ad_1] In its long and remarkable tenure on Mars, the NASA Curiosity rover has reached some significant milestones and discovered some really interesting things. The rover was first deployed on the red planet in 2012 and it continues to collect samples and look for signs of life on the planet. Recently, it discovered a bizarre rock formation that looked just like a duck. And now, it has captured a stunning image of a phenomenon which is extremely rare to see on Mars — visible Sun rays.It should be noted that while sunlight does make its way to Mars' surface just like it does on the Earth, visible Sun rays is not something which is commonly seen. A visible Sun ray is seen on our planet on a hazy day when sunlight is scattered by dust, smoke or other particles. These visible rays are not...
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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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OTT release: ‘Good Night Oppy’ about NASA’s rover mission may make you cry
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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OTT release: ‘Good Night Oppy’ about NASA’s rover mission may make you cry

[ad_1] "Good Night Oppy", currently in select US cinemas, begins streaming on Amazon on Nov. 23. When "Good Night Oppy", which follows NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit before and after they land on Mars, launched at a film festival in September, the documentary had an unexpected effect on audiences: they cried."It's funny because I promise you we were not having conversations in the edit room on how we would make people cry," director Ryan White told Reuters. "It is kind of the shocking resounding response to this film seems to be people coming up to me sheepishly with their hand over their mouths saying 'I cried about a robot'."   The film, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado in September, looks at the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission, which NASA launched...
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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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