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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission returns safely after key research
Washington : NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 returned safely to Earth on Sunday after completing the fifth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and spending 157 days in orbit.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh…
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter captures Martian sunset
Washington : NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured a shot of a sunset on the Red Planet, during its 45th flight. The little chopper’s high-resolution colour camera captured the Sun on February 22, Space.com reported.
The image…
Space Station fires thrusters to dodge collision with satellite : NASA
Washington : The International Space Station was forced to fire thrusters to dodge a collision with a satellite, NASA has said. The engines were fired for more than six minutes.
To avoid the approaching satellite, the station also had…
NASA’s Curiosity spots first ‘Sun rays’ on Mars
Washington : NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured first-ever “sun rays” on Mars, the US space agency said. The rays were imaged as the Sun descended over the horizon on February 2, with “rays of light illuminated a bank of clouds”.…
NASA spacecraft captures unusual circles of sand dunes on Mars
Washington : NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on the Red Planet. The dunes were snapped by MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRise) colour camera.
While sand dunes…
NASA-SpaceX crew-6 mission enroute to space for scientific research
Washington : SpaceX on Thursday for the seventh time launched an international crew of four astronauts — two from NASA and one each from Roscosmos and the UAE. “Liftoff! Dragon takes flight!” NASA wrote on Twitter.
The Crew-6 mission,…
NASA-SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission to space ‘scrubbed’
New Delhi : NASA and SpaceX crew-6 mission has been scrubbed, the space agencies said on Monday. A few minutes before the slated liftoff, the mission was scrubbed due to an issue with the ignition system.
“Today’s #Crew6 launch has…
NASA set to send SpaceX Crew-6 mission to ISS early next week
New York : The US space agency is geared up to send four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
The SpaceX Crew-6 mission will…
NASA clears Axiom Space’s 2nd private astronaut mission to ISS
Washington : NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space's second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The mission, targeted for launch in spring 2023, will be the first…
NASA satellites are helping Turkey, Syria earthquake response
Washington : After the massive earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6 and killed thousands, NASA on Saturday said it is working to share its aerial views and data from space to aid relief and recovery…