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Science News: With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in ‘moon dirt’

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Science News: With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in ‘moon dirt’

If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabling astronauts on ‌long-term moon missions to produce their own food. Researchers said harvestable chickpeas were grown in soil mixtures composed primarily…

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Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up

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Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up

This file computer-generated image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on April 15, 2008 shows trackable objects in orbit around Earth. – The United States said November 8, 2021 it was investigating a “debris-generating event in outer space” after astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to prepare for a possible evacuation. |…

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What next for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission?

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What next for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission?

Representational image of a launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota | Photo Credit: PTI A mission to study the Sun, and launching a climate observation satellite, a test vehicle as part of Gaganyaan human space flight programme and an Indo-US synthetic aperture radar — ISRO has a packed schedule following the highly anticipated…

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