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Sunita Williams is set to undertake her first spacewalk in 12 years. According to a statement from NASA, she will join fellow astronaut Nick Hague on a mission aboard (on January 16) the International Space Station (ISS) to repair the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray telescope. In addition to this, Sunita Williams will…
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New Delhi: The US-India NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR mission will observe the Earth down to the centimetre, monitoring its land and ice surfaces, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientist Paul Rosen said. The agreement was inked on 2014 to track changes in wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters through the…
New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams, currently in space, will see 16 sunrises and sunsets on New Year as the International Space Station, where she is located, keeps on the move. A post on X today from the space station handle read: “As 2024 comes to a close today, the Exp 72 crew will see 16…
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NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are currently stuck at the International Space Station (ISS), celebrated Christmas in space with Santa hats, sparking several conspiracy theories on social media. The video, posted by the US space agency, showed Williams wearing a red t-shirt, while three of her colleagues wore the Santa caps. Social…
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Scientists are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 XN1, scheduled to pass Earth on December 24. The asteroid measures approximately 120 feet and passes 4,480,000 miles away; that is 16 times the distance of the Moon and Earth. Moving at a great speed of 14,743 miles per hour. This event is a “near miss,” say the scientists, who…
New Delhi: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ return from the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed once again. Ms Williams, 59, will now touch down on Earth after March next year. NASA insists that the crew is healthy and safe aboard the ISS. The US space agency announced that the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, tasked…
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Two massive asteroids, 2024 XY5 and 2024 XB6, are hurtling towards Earth today, December 16th, according to NASA. Although the space agency has confirmed no imminent danger, the close encounters highlight the importance of vigilant asteroid tracking. Asteroid 2024 XY5 Asteroid 2024 XY5, measuring 71 feet across, will make its closest approach to Earth on…
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This weekend, a “spectacular” meteor shower is predicted to illuminate the night sky.It is predicted that the Geminid shower, known as a “meteor storm” due to its ferocity, would peak between Saturday and Sunday. Producing more than 150 meteors per hour at its peak, the ‘Geminids’ is regarded by stargazers as one of the best…
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Washington: The United States is pushing back its planned return to the Moon from 2026 to “mid-2027” as it deals with heat shield issues and other troubles plaguing its Orion crew capsule, NASA officials said Thursday. The announcement comes as President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to take office in January and could significantly reshape the…
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Since Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, rumours and speculation have circulated that Nasa’s giant Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), could be under threat. The rocket is one of several key elements needed for the US space agency’s Artemis programme, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972….