Tag: NASA
Manasa Varanasi Bags Miss India World 2020 Title
Manasa Varanasi, an engineer from Telangana, has bagged the VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020 title. Haryana's Manika Sheokand was declared VLCC Femina Miss Grand India 2020 while Uttar Pradesh's Manya Singh crowned VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 Runner Up. ....
Astronomers Discover 3 Planets Orbiting Younger Sun-like Star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting a much younger version of our Sun called TOI 451. ....
NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully On Mars
The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet's equator called Jezero. ....
Microbes From Earth Could Temporarily Survive On Mars: Study
As NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars last week, a new study by scientists at the US space agency and German Aerospace Centre has found that some microbes on Earth could temporarily survive on the surface of the Red Planet. ....
NASA Astronauts Complete 7 Hour-long Spacewalk
In the third spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewalk after 7 hours and 4 minutes. ....
NASA's Artemis Moon Rocket Passes Key Test
NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme. ....
Navigation Glitch Sends NASA's Mars Helicopter On Excursion
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter encountered a navigational glitch on its sixth flight on the Red Planet and went on an excursion of more than 20 degrees, the first problem since its first flight in April. ....
NASA Satellite Data Helps Track Ocean Microplastics From Space
Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement of tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean. ....
NASA's Mars Rover Set For 2nd Attempt To Pick Up A Rock Sample
NASA's Perseverance rover which did not collect a rock sample on Mars in its first attempt to gather samples, is all set for another attempt in the coming weeks to scoop up Martian rocks. ....
Scientists Find Evidence Of Solar-driven Change On Moon
Solar radiation could be a more important source of tiny lunar iron nanoparticles than previously thought, scientists have found. ....
