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Jasleen Kaur Josan becomes 2nd Indian women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for Mars Expedition happening in 2030
After Kalpana Chawla, Jasleen Kaur Josan has become the 2nd Indian Women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for the Mars Expedition happening in 2030. The Orion Mission will be the first man mission to Mars, which is on track to take place in 2030. The candidates were selected from around the ..
Topics: Astronauts • Aviation • Human mission to Mars • Kalpana Chawla • Mars • NASA • Space Shuttle Columbia disaster • Spaceflight
ISRO proposes to undertake Mars Mission in October-November, 2013
The ISRO has proposed to undertake a Mars Orbiter Mission in October-November, 2013. It will be India’s first step towards exploring the planet Mars. The proposal is currently under examination for government approval. The Mars spacecraft will be placed in an elliptical orbit around the red planet after a voyage of almost 300 days. During ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2012
Topics: Exploration of Mars • Geography of Mars • Human mission to Mars • Indian Space Research Organisation • Mars • Mars Orbiter Mission • Mars program • Outer space • Spacecraft • Spaceflight
Mars500
An isolation experiment in Russia simulated a 520-day human mission to Mars. Six volunteers were locked away in windowless cells in June 2010. The $15-million Mars500 experiment, which ended on Nov. 4, was the first full-duration simulation of a human expedition to Mars. During the mission, the crew was hermetically isolated. After 250 days the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Topics: Colonization of Mars • Exploration of Mars • Human mission to Mars • Human missions to Mars • International Space Station • Mars • Mars analog habitat • Mars Society • MARS-500 • Outer space • Space medicine • Spaceflight