Kite Neowise It is not the only cosmic phenomenon visible in the sky this weekend. On Sunday, July 19, sky watchers will be able to look up and spot five planets and the crescent moon, all without even using a telescope. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, as well as …
Read More »NASA reveals what the Mars Helicopter will actually do
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is obviously the star of the Mars 2020 mission. The rover is designed to be the most capable piece of hardware ever sent to the Red Planet and will have the ability to take samples from the Martian soil, look for evidence of ancient life and …
Read More »A hauntingly beautiful time-lapse video shows Comet NEOWISE from Earth’s orbit
In the dark of the orbital night of July 5, a NASA astronaut floated to a window on the International Space Station, looked down at the extremity of Earth and patiently waited for a cosmic spectacle. As the space station circled the Middle East, the newly discovered comet NEOWISE and …
Read More »Explained: What is Hope, the UAE’s first mission to Mars?
By: Desktop explained | New Delhi | Updated: July 16, 2020 7:01:36 am The Emirates Mars Mission called “Hope” was announced in 2015 with the goal of creating humanity’s first integrated model of the Red Planet atmosphere. The launch of the first United Arab Emirates (UAE) mission to Mars has …
Read More »NASA and JAXA design a ‘Moon RV’ made by Toyota
NASA is slated to send the first and next women to the moon in 2024 and has revealed what the crew will call home: a mobile RV vehicle. The US space agency is abandoning concepts of inflatable tents and underground bases, and is now looking at a pressurized surface vehicle. …
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