Scientists from both space agencies ISRO and NASA are working closely on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission to help make sure that they make the most out of the data that will be coming down from the spacecraft, said Laurie Leshin, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics […]
Chandrayaan-3 landing site photographed by NASA satellite; See pictures
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the American space agency NASA has captured an image of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. The spacecraft is currently near the moon’s south pole since its successful soft landing on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site is located about 600 kilometers from the Moon’s South Pole. […]
NASA re-establishes contact with Mars Ingenuity Helicopter
The official mission logbook now lists the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s 52nd flight as a success. The trip took place on April 26 but mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California lost communication with the chopper as it dropped towards the Mars surface for landing. The Perseverance rover was at a different […]
NASA’s retired Compton mission reveals superheavy neutron stars
Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly before it collapsed into a black hole. This fleeting, massive object likely formed from the collision of two neutron stars. “We looked for these signals in […]
NASA launches international mission to survey Earth’s water
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday launched the newest Earth science satellite to track nearly all the water on Earth’s surface. “A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its […]
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Kamala Harris at NASA headquarters as US tour starts
French President Emmanuel Macron met US Vice President Kamala Harris at the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington and discussed space exploration and the continued strengthening of joint investments in the exploration of the Moon and Mars. Macron, who is US for his official visit, agreed with Harris to strengthen US-France space cooperation […]
NASA’s DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. “IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssion’s DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which […]
NASA will make another attempt to launch Artemis Moon Rocket on Saturday
NASA will make another attempt to launch the Artemis moon rocket on Saturday, the space agency’s Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin said, as per media reports. “We also agreed to move our launch date to Saturday, September the third,” Sarafin as quoted by Sputnik News Agency said on Tuesday. On Monday, NASA called off a planned test flight […]
Times Square screens ‘displays’ stunning images captured by NASA’s Webb telescope
Giving the deepest view of the Cosmos, the first full-colour images from the world’s most powerful space telescope were on display at Times Square Screens in New York City on Tuesday. The images captured on the world’s most powerful space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope were taken from its most powerful observatory […]
NASA’s fear about China’s militarization of space not baseless: Think tank
China earlier this month opposed remarks made by an official of NASA on its space program after the administrator of the US space agency, Bill Nelson, said that Beijing’s space program is a “military” space program. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian during a presser said that it is not the first time that NASA […]
NASA’s new space telescope James Webb sent the first color photo, showing amazing view
The universe is full of innumerable wonders. Humans have been curious for a long time to know its secrets. With the help of new technology and advanced technology, NASA scientists have seen something in space, which was never seen before. He has drawn a unique picture of the universe. NASA’s […]
Colombia signs Artemis Accords to join NASA’s Moon program
Colombia has signed the Artemis Accords to join the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lunar program, intended to return humans to the moon by 2024 and conduct research on Mars, Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez said. The signing ceremony took place at NASA Headquarters in […]
NASA Chief rues Chinese lack of transparency in space operations
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Tuesday China continues to display a lack of transparency and willingness to cooperate with the United States and other countries in space. “We want cooperation that has not been forthcoming from the Chinese government (but) it takes two to tango,” Nelson told a press […]
NASA continue to work with Russian counterpart
While Russian forces invade Ukraine and the West responds with unprecedented sanctions, US space agency NASA said they are continuing to work with their Russian counterparts. “NASA continues working with all our international partners, including the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station,” […]
NOAA’s newest earth observing satellite launched by NASA, ULA
In a big development, NASA has successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-T, was launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It has been confirmed that […]