SpaceX was targeting a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the outlook for good weather was only 50-50 and their leader was sidelined by Covid-19. Vice President Mike Pence was expected at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is readied for the first operational mission of NASA’s commercial crew. Washington: Four astronauts were set to launch the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first of what the United States expects to be many routine missions after a …
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Tech2 news teamNovember 14, 2020 2:47:04 PM IST The SpaceX crew’s first rotational flight, which was scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, was postponed one day due to bad weather. Now the launch is supposed to take place on Sunday. Four astronauts, three Americans and one Japanese, will be sent to …
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Written by Mehr Gill | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 8:33:20 pm A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on board is seen on the launch pad of Launch Complex 39A after being launched overnight as preparations continue for the Crew-1 mission, Tuesday, 10 …
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Outdoor pollution is not primarily an urban problem, and ambient air is as toxic in rural India as it is in urban areas, according to a new study funded in part by NASA that combined satellite data with models to estimate levels of air pollution. small particles (PM2. 5> 2.5 …
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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) confirmed on Monday the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the moon. The water was detected in the Clavius crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth, indicating that water is present on the lunar surface and is not restricted …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: October 27, 2020 2:35:55 pm NASA says the amount of water in the Sahara desert is 100 times what SOFIA has detected on the lunar soil. (Reuters photo: Lucy Nicholson, file) NASA has announced that its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) …
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The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said Monday that lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface. and more water perhaps hidden in patches of ice that reside in permanent …
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Osiris-Rex has not been the highest-profile space probe in recent memory; That title will likely belong to missions like NASA’s First Private Spaceflight with SpaceX, or India’s Chandrayaan-2 by ISRO. Yet in the fairly quiet quadrants of space, some 330 million kilometers from Earth, Osiris-Rex has accomplished a very important …
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A NASA spacecraft landed on the rugged surface of the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday and took a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to take home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 11-foot (3.35 m) robotic arm into a flat …
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