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Venus’ Volcanoes: Important Facts

Venus and Earth are often compared as sister planets, having similarities in size, mass, density, and volume. Now, a recent study has shown that Venus might share another...

March 16, 2023

What is Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)?

For the first time, Oxygen-18 was detected in Earth’s mesosphere and lower thermosphere using the data collected by the GREAT instrument on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy...

March 12, 2023

What is NISAR Mission?

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Mission is a collaborative project between NASA and ISRO aimed at building and launching an Earth observation satellite equipped with a dual-frequency synthetic...

March 11, 2023

What is Terran 1?

On March 8, Relativity Space, a startup company based in California, made history with the launch of Terran 1, the world’s first 3D-printed rocket. The launch is part...

March 10, 2023

LESA or Lunar Evacuation System Assembly is a system to rescue astronauts in case of injury on lunar surface. Comment.

The Lunar Evacuation System Assembly developed by the European Space Agency is a structure shaped like a pyramid which is being aimed to rescue astronauts if they incur...

February 27, 2023

NASA Space-X Crew-6 Mission to ISS

The Crew-6 mission is to be launched on February 27 from the Kenedy Space Centre of NASA located in Cape Canaveral. It is a joint operation of both...

February 25, 2023

Joe Acaba selected as NASA’s Chief Astronaut

In December 2022, the deputy chief of NASA Drew Feustel became the chief. However, his services recently ended and he was succeeded by the new chief Joe Acaba....

February 9, 2023

NASA Webb Telescope bags Prestigious Space Foundation

The James Webb Telescope is an infrared space telescope orbiting the sun. The telescope was jointly developed by European Space Agency, NASA, and Canadian Space Agency. It is...

February 7, 2023

NASA-ISRO Joint Satellite – NISAR

NISAR is an earth-observing satellite planned to be launched in 2024. It stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. SAR creates two-dimensional and three-dimensional reconstructions of landscapes. NISAR is...

February 4, 2023

DRACO: Nuclear Fission powered Spacecraft of NASA

DARPA of the USA is working on nuclear fission-powered spacecraft along with NASA called the DRACO. DARPA is Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency. And DARPA is the research...

January 25, 2023

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