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NASA launches powerful Landsat 9 satellite to monitor Earth's landscapes
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], September 28 (ANI): The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched Landsat 9, a powerful satellite built to monitor the Earth's land surface.
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Russian space agency starts preparations for manned Moon flights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos has launched a tender to study problematic issues related to organising manned Moon flights, requirements for space equipment for the manned missions should be developed, according to Roscosmos' mat
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NASA's self-driving perseverance Mars Rover 'takes the wheel'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 2 (ANI): NASA's newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic journey across a crater floor seeking signs of ancient life, the US space agency announced on Thursday.
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New NASA Earth System Observatory to help address, mitigate climate change
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes, the US space agency on said Monday.
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World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 20 (ANI): An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica.
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China's rocket debris spurs calls for policies to mitigate space junk
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): The uncontrolled re-entry of a China Long March rocket into Earth's atmosphere has spurred the calls for new policies to help mitigate the growing problem of space junk.
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NASA slams China after remnants of its rocket fall near Maldives
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 9 (ANI): NASA, the US space agency, castigated China for failing to meet "responsible standards regarding its space debris" after remnants of a Chinese rocket plunged into the Indian Ocean.
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Chinese military likely behind cyberattacks in Japan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 20 (ANI): The Chinese military has been suspected of ordering hackers to attack hundreds of targets in Japan, including the country's space agency and defence-related firms.
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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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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 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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