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Ready for lift off? NASA's Ingenuity helicopter set to make history
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): NASA, America's space agency, will attempt to fly its miniature helicopter--Ingenuity--above the surface of the red planet Mars on Monday (local time).
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NASA to attempt first controlled flight on Mars as soon as Monday
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI): NASA is targeting no earlier than Monday, April 19, for the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at approximately 03:30 am Eastern Time Zone (EDT).
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Soyuz spacecraft to land on Earth today with three cosmonauts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dzhezkazgan [Kazakhstan], April 17 (ANI): After more than six months in orbit, the Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on Earth on Saturday.
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Biden to nominate former space shuttle commander for NASA's number 2 spot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden is set to nominate eight leaders to key administration posts, including former space shuttle commander Pamela Melroy for the post of Deputy Administrator in NASA, the White House statement said on Friday.
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Cuttack-based astronomy team designs rover to exhibit at NASA challenge
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], April 12 (ANI): A Cuttack-based Navonmesh Prasar Student Astronomy Team (NaPSAT), comprising of 10 school students, has designed a rover to be exhibited at NASA Human Rover Exploration Challenge 2021.
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Russia's Soyuz rocket placed into orbit with 3 astronauts on board
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 10 (ANI): Russia's Soyuz MS-18 Yu spacecraft carrying one NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 am Eastern Time Zone (EDT) while both spacecraft were flying about 262 miles above
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NASA to land first person of colour on Moon
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will land the first person of colour on the moon as part of an international spaceflight program called Artemis, according to the US space agency.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter to make first flight attempt on Sunday
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity's first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. If all proceeds as planned, the 4-pound (1.8-kg) rotorcraft is expected to take off from Mars' Jezero Cra
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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity survives its first chilly Martian night
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6, (ANI): NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has survived its first cold Martian night on its own. The space agency's Perseverance rover, which landed safely in the Jezero Crater on the surface of Mars on February 18, has been carrying the helicopter Ingenuity in its bel
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NASA to conduct water-drop tests for its Orion spacecraft structure on Tue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Virginia [US] April 4 (ANI): National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will air live its series of impact tests on the crew capsule of its Orion spacecraft to check how it responds to splashing into water, the space agency has said.
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NASA angers China by calling Taiwan a country
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 1 (ANI): NASA seems to have offended China by referring to Taiwan as a country and Beijing called on the US space agency to rectify its mistake "as soon as possible".
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NISAR mission: US-India partnership will help optimise world's natural res
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 26 (ANI): Noting the importance of a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and ISRO, the US State Department on Thursday said the "steller" partnership between the two countries, will help optimise management of the world's natural resources and enhance disaste
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