NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to start its search for hard-to-find Earth “Trojan” asteroids from Feb 9. Trojan asteroids orbit the sun and are constant companions of a specific planet. These asteroids remain near a stable point 60 degrees in front of or behind the companion planet, and never collide with it as they […]
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NASA Saturn Probe Cassini Sends First Images from Its New Orbit
NASA’s Saturn probe Cassini has started sending images from its new orbit, after entering its newest mission phase – Ring-Grazing Orbits – on November 30. Cassini captured pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere while flying high above the northern hemisphere of ringed planet. There will be 20 new orbits for Cassini in the new phase, with each […]
NASA Awards $127 Million Contract to Space Systems to Build Robotic Spacecraft for Satellite Servicing
NASA wants to build a robotic spacecraft to repair and refuel satellites in orbit, and has awarded a $127 million contract to a private company in this regard. The company receiving the contract is California-based satellite company Space Systems/Loral that will assist NASA in creating the robotic spacecraft equipped with all tools and technologies required […]
NASA Releases 4K Video of International Space Station
NASA has released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the International Space Station (ISS), showing the ISS in its full high-definition glory and also revealing what life onboard ISS is like. The Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD) video has been captured and produced by Harmonic company for NASA TV UHD, which […]
NASA’s Simulated ‘Martian Gardens’ to Help Scientists Find Best Vegetables to Grow on Mars
NASA’s simulated “Martian gardens” developed at Kennedy Space Centre and the Florida Tech Buzz Aldrin Space Institute are helping scientists to find out the best vegetable to grow during future manned mission to Red Planet. The Martian soil is completely differently from Earth’s soil, which means growing crops/vegetables on Mars is much different and difficult […]
NASA’s CORAL Mission will Study the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced to begin COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission to investigate the health of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This mission has been designed to provide a better understanding of the ecologically sensitive coral reefs worldwide. The Great Barrier Reef lies in the Coral Sea off Queensland, and is […]
NASA Releases Panorama Picture of the Mars Surface Captured by Mars Curiosity Rover
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the striking 360-degree panorama picture of the Mars surface captured by Mars Curiosity rover. According to NASA, these images are “reminiscent of the US Southwest shape part of the horizon” and were captured on the fourth anniversary of Rover’s landing on Mars. Precisely speaking, the […]
NASA Announces to Make Second Attempt to Inflate Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, BEAM
NASA has said that its astronauts on board the International Space Station will make second attempt to expand the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module or BEAM on Saturday. The experimental module had failed to inflate during the first attempt carried out by NASA astronauts on Thursday. Jeff Williams tried to expand BEAM with spurts of the […]
Long Space Shuttle Fuel Tank ET-94 Arrives in Los Angeles
ET-94 – the huge, empty, NASA fuel tank – finally reached the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Saturday. The shifting of the tank started around 12:30 a.m. PT early Saturday at Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey. Spectators had lined the streets to watch the huge tank making its way from […]
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