NASA made the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth's way and the Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, hurling debris out into space.
Just 40 minutes before the Space Launch System rocket was set to take off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on September 3, a leaking fuel line caused engineers to stop the launch.
Studies showed that female astronauts are less likely to be selected for space missions than men. 'Artemis' signifies the Greeks and Romans who associated Artemis with the Moon. She was a major Goddess who was worshipped in ancient Greece and has also become a modern-day feminist icon.
The chopper weighs just 1.8 kilograms. The new versions would have wheels and grappling arms.
NASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.
Capturing changes in the planet’s landscape ranging from the growth of cities to the movements of glaciers, the Landsat program is the longest continuous record of Earth observation from space, according to NASA.
OFT-2 is the second uncrewed flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as part of the US space agency's Commercial Crew Programme. The mission is targeted to launch at 1.20 p.m. EDT on August 3, NASA said in a statement.
With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.
NASA is sharing sounds of its Ingenuity helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
After flying over the Red Planet, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter is now set to begin a new demonstration phase
The craft departed the ISS with undocking right on time at 21:34 EDT on Saturday, reported NASA.
The Comet NEOWISE or C/20202 F3 was first discovered on March 27, 2020, by the Neowise space telescope after the sky witnessed Swan and Atlas in early 2020. The pictures of the newly discovered comet were first shared by a NASA astronaut Bob Behnken on Twitter on Sunday and left the internet amazed. Have a look at how Twitterati reacted to the beautiful pictures of the rare comet.
Astronomers, using the Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the precise rate at which the universe is expanding, by employing a technique completely independent of any previous method.
Unveiled on Friday, the Maxwell is NASA's first crewed X-plane in two decades. It is adapted from Italian Tecnam P2006T aircraft. NASA took delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft from Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo, California on October 2
Until the last decade, scientists thought that the Moon was arid, with any water existing mainly as pockets of ice in permanently shaded craters near the poles.
Launched on August 12, Parker Solar Probe, NASA's historic small car-sized probe will journey steadily closer to the Sun, until it makes its closest approach at 3.8 million miles.
In a major technological advancement, NASA is aiming for the sun and is all set to launch a Solar Probe Plus mission in 2018. NASA is planning to send its first robotic spacecraft to the
New York: NASA researchers have begun flight tests of a computer software that shows promise in improving flight efficiency and reducing environmental impacts of aircraft, especially on communities around airports.Known as Airborne Spacing for Terminal
Washington: NASA has successfully flight tested a revolutionary shape changing aircraft flap for the first time, which could pave the way for lighter, quieter and more fuel-efficient airliners.Researchers replaced an airplane's conventional aluminium flaps with
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