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Axiom’s first private mission to space to launch on Friday
Washington : After facing several delays, American private space habitat company Axiom Space's first-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is ready for launch on Friday.The four-member crew will lift off on SpaceX's…
‘Beginning of many beginnings’: Private mission Ax-1 lifts off to space station
Washington : American company Axiom Space has launched the world's first private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday.The 4-member crew lifted off on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 11.17 a.m.…
NASA finds novel ways to track climate change
Washington : Using two space-based studies, NASA has been observing climate change and groundwater loss across the planet.Its Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission, ecosystem and climate researchers can quickly locate their…
Hubble finds new planet forming in intense, violent way
Washington : NASA and European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process". This discovery supports a long-debated…
NASA telescope uses moonlight to enhance accuracy of satellites
Washington : NASA has sent a telescope in space that will measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon in order to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements among Earth-observing satellites. The airborne Lunar Spectral…
NASA satellites detect 1st ever decline in human CO2 emissions
Washington : A team of scientists at NASA has for the first time ever spotted regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using a…
NASA hopes to resume wet dress rehearsal for moon rocket on Monday
Washington : After putting on hold its two-day wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 1 mega moon rocket over safety concerns, NASA said it aims to resume the test on Monday.The test is the culmination of months of assembly and testing for SLS…
Axiom’s 1st private mission to space to lift off on April 8
Washington : American private space habitat company Axiom Space's first-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is now slated for launch on April 8. First scheduled to launch on February 21, the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1)…
Sound gets slower on Mars as ‘deep silence prevails’, reveals NASA rover
New York : While a 'deep silence prevails' on the Red Planet, NASA rover Perseverance has captured several interesting noises during its explorations and a first analysis of acoustics based on recordings has found that the speed of sound is…
NASA launches wet dress rehearsal for Artemis I moon rocket
Washington : After making a public debut on its way to the launch pad, NASA has started a two-day wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 1 mega moon rocket, the US space agency officials said.The dress rehearsal will demonstrate the team's…