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NASA Selects New Telescope To Study History Of Star Birth & Death
Considering the recent history of star birth, star death, and chemical element creation in the Milky Way, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen a new space telescope proposal out of 18 proposals. The new gamma-ray telescope is called Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). The COSI is likely to be launched in 2025. Reportedly, the mission is excepted to cost more than $145 million.
Tags: Gamma ray, telescope, NASA, Milky way, cosi
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8-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Becomes World's Youngest Astronomer
Nicole Oliveira, an 8-year-old Brazilian girl has found 18 Asteroids under the project 'Asteroid Hunters' run by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration. The project is affiliated with NASA and is meant to engage young kids in science by giving them a chance to make space discoveries of their own. Little Oliveira is now called the World's Youngest Astronomer for reaching out to stars at such a young age.
Tags: space Adventures, astronomy, Nicole Oliveira, Brazil ministry of science, NASA
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NASA To Launch 'Lucy' To Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids
NASA has filled "Lucy" with fuel and is being packed into a capsule for launch on October 16. Lucy will be the first spacecraft of the agency to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Scientists aim to improve their views on how the planets originated 4.5 billion years ago by examining these asteroids up close. Engineers have run tests on Lucy's mechanical, electrical, and thermal-systems, and practiced launching the spacecraft from mission-… read-more
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NASA To Explore Moon's South Pole Through 'VIPER' By 2023
NASA stated on September 20 that it plans to send an ice-seeking rover 'VIPER' to the Nobile Crater in the Moon's south pole in 2023. This robot is to explore water ice beneath the surface that can potentially work as rocket fuel for future trips to Mars and beyond afield. The robot is called Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). It's about the size of a golf cart.
Tags: moon, NASA, nobile crater, water ice, Solar system, VIPER rover
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Launches Four Amateurs Into Space
SpaceX launches four amateurs including, sponsor Jared Isaacman, a health care worker, and two contest winners in space to orbit around in an automated Dragon capsule on Sept 16. It is first for Elon Musk but third for the US, after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. The attendees went through 6-month rigorous training. SpaceX's next flight in 2022 will see NASA's retired… read-more
Tags: SpaceX, NASA, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson
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NASA's Tiny Helicopter Successfully Completes 12 Flights ON Mars
In a remarkable achievement, NASA's tiny helicopter, Ingenuity has successfully completed its 12 flights against the expected, it was estimated to fly only five times in Mars's atmosphere. However, the chopper is still working and is now helping NASA's rover Perseverance, which is another mission of searching ancient life on the red planet. ''We're doing better on the surface than we had expected,'' said Josh Ravich, the head of ingenuity's … read-more
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NASA Collects First Rock Sample On Mars In Quest Of Ancient Life
NASA's Mars rover successfully collected its first rock sample from the surface of Mars. Confirming the development on September 2, the perseverance rover's chief engineer said, ''I've never been more happy to see a hole in a rock.'' Reportedly, the rock sample may help the scientist to extract the evidence of ancient life. However, to retrieve the samples, NASA will also launch more spacecraft.
Tags: NASA, Mars, Rover, Rock Sample, Ancient Life
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sues NASA Over SpaceX Moon Contract
Amazon chairman and billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned space company Blue Origin has filed a lawsuit in US federal court against NASA over its decision to give the $2.9 billion lunar moon lander contract to its rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. "This bid protest challenges NASA's unlawful and improper evaluation of proposals," Blue Origin's lawyer said. NASA earlier selected SpaceX as the sole provider for the Human Landing System for the spaceflight… read-more
Tags: NASA, BLUE ORIGIN, SpaceX, Jeff Bezos, Lunar Mission
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Asteroid Likely To Hit Earth; Details Revealed By NASA
Scientists from NASA stated that an asteroid named Bennu is likely to hit the Earth by 2135. Reportedly, the asteroid will be within 125,000 miles of the Earth, which is half the distance between Earth and Moon. “The area of devastation is going to be much, much broader than that, as much as 100 times the size of the crater,” said Lindley Johnson, a planetary defense officer at Nasa.
Tags: Asteroid Bennu, NASA, Scientists, Earth, Asteroid
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NASA Delays Deploying Spacesuit; Elon Musk Offers Help
NASA delays the development of new astronaut spacesuits for the space exploration mission that is scheduled to land humans on the moon by 2024. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered a possible fix to help NASA to overcome the issue. Reportedly, the delay in deploying space suits is due to the "Covid-19 pandemic, shortage of funds and some technical challenges faced by NASA".
Tags: Elon Musk, SpaceX, NASA, spacesuits
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