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NASA to create computer models to protect delta system

June 29, 2021

NASA Scientists and scientists form other universities from Boston to California are aiming to create computer models which can be used with satellite data to learn which parts of their dwindling deltas can be shored up and which deltas are ..

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Ingenuity undertakes 8th flight on the Mars

June 24, 2021

NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter called Ingenuity undertook its 8th flight on Red Planet. Highlights Most recent flight was made by Ingenuity to Mars  was on June 21, 2021. During the flight, Ingenuity remained aloft for 77.4 seconds. It flew 525 ..

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Boundary Between Solar System and Interstellar Space Mapped

June 16, 2021

Scientists have created first-ever 3D map of boundary between our solar system and interstellar space called Heliosphere. 3D map was created using data from NASA’s IBEX satellite. Key Points Boundary of heliosphere has been mapped for the first time. It ..

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Who was Margherita Hack?

June 14, 2021

On June 12, 2021 Google Doodle celebrated Italian astrophysicist and scientific disseminator Margherita Hack using an animated graphic on her 99th birth anniversary. The doodle shows “Hack sitting on her chair and looking into her telescope”. Who was Margherita Hack? ..

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ESA announces orbiter to study Venus

June 12, 2021

European Space Agency (ESA) has announced about its probe called ‘EnVision’ to study Venus, after American Space agency NASA decided to send two missions to the planet. About EnVision EnVision will be the next orbiter to circle over Venus. It ..

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Two Russian crew do spacewalk at ISS

June 3, 2021

Two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, did spacewalk for more than 7 hours at International Space Station. They walked outside to prepare for arrival of new Russian Nauka Lab module, which has been delayed several times due to ..

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New Zealand signs space agreement with NASA

June 2, 2021

New Zealand has become the latest country to sign “space agreement with NASA” with the objective of boosting nascent space industry of New Zealand. Key Points New Zealand is the eleventh signatory to Artemis Accords. Artemis Accords is a blueprint ..

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Curiosity rover spots colourful clouds on Mars

May 31, 2021

Curiosity Rover, developed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has captured images of “shining clouds” on Mars. This will help the scientists know more about MARS (or the Red Planet). Highlights Researchers are now studying clouds which arrived earlier ..

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NASA’s New Earth System Observatory

May 26, 2021

NASA has set up a new Earth System Observatory which will help in mitigating climate change, forest fires and hurricanes. It will also support real-time agriculture. Purpose of New Earth System Observatory Each satellite in the observatory will be designed ..

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VIPER Rover to Search Resources on Moon

May 23, 2021

Recently, US space agency NASA has announced to send its first mobile robot to the Moon in 2023. Mobile robot will search ice and other resources on and below the surface of moon. This mission is an example showing “robotic ..

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