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Satellite Photos Show Iran Expanding Missile Production: Report
Recent satellite imagery shows major expansions at two key Iranian ballistic missile facilities that two American researchers assessed are for boosting missile production, a conclusion confirmed by three senior Iranian officials.
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NASA Official Recalls Near Miss With Russian Spacecraft: "Less Than 10 Metres Apart"
Former astronaut Colonel Melroy stated that hundreds of bullet-fast fragments of debris would have shot around Earth if the satellites had collided.
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2nd Spy Satellite Successfully Placed In Orbit, Says South Korea
South Korea's second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul's defence ministry said Monday, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Sun-Observing Spacecraft Sheds Light on the Solar Wind's Origin
The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth, it triggers geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites and it causes the dazzling auroras — the northern and southern lights — at high latitudes.
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NISAR: 5 Points On NASA-ISRO Satellite That Can "Map All Of Earth In 12 Days"
NISAR satellite, a joint project between India and the United States, reached a key milestone recently as its two components were integrated to form a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, American space agency NASA said on its website.
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NASA's Pic Shows Earth At Night, Internet Says "India Shining Too Bright"
American space agency NASA recently shared a stunning old picture of Earth at night, providing a clear view of the patterns of human settlements across our planet.
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NASA Is Offering Cash Prizes For Finding Toxic Algal Blooms In Space Pictures. See Details
American space agency NASA is offering cash prizes for finding algal blooms in pictures from space. The competition asks participants to use satellite imagery to detect and classify the severity of algal blooms in small, inland water bodies.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Open Star Cluster Glittering In A Nearby Galaxy
American space agency NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a stunning image of a beautiful open star cluster called NGC 1858, located in an area full of star-forming regions.
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Stranded Man In Alaska Saved By iPhone's Emergency SOS Feature: Report
American tech giant Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite feature for iPhone 14 line-up, which was recently activated by the company in the US and Canada, has already helped in saving a stranded man in Nimiuk Point, Alaska.
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NASA To Launch "Flashlight" To Search For Drinking Water On Moon
The small, briefcase-size satellite will be launched in November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.
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NASA's First Set of Small Satellites for SunRISE Mission Ready to Detect, Track Hazardous Space Weather Events
The first of the small satellites to be used in NASA's SunRISE, or Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment, have been completed at Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL). The SDL has been contracted by the American space agency to build, test, and commission all six satellites for the mission to detect and track hazardous explosiv...
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NASA Captures Eruption Of "Sharkcano", The Underwater Volcano Where Sharks Live
Kavachi volcano in the Solomon Islands, which is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and most known for its shark inhabitants, is showing increased plumes, as per the American space agency NASA.
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NASA's New Telescope Captures Stunning Images Of Neighbouring Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope, which will soon succeed Hubble, has captured some stunning images of a neighbouring satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, according to American space agency NASA.
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Space Fuel Station: International Effort Underway to Turn Space Junk Into Rocket Fuel in Space
There is a growing amount of space debris, comprising everything from dead spacecraft and spent rocket parts to the junk created by anti-satellite tests. This junk is whizzing around at incredible speeds, posing a serious threat to communications satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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Satellite Photos Show Iran Expanding Missile Production: Report
Recent satellite imagery shows major expansions at two key Iranian ballistic missile facilities that two American researchers assessed are for boosting missile production, a conclusion confirmed by three senior Iranian officials.
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NASA Official Recalls Near Miss With Russian Spacecraft: "Less Than 10 Metres Apart"
Former astronaut Colonel Melroy stated that hundreds of bullet-fast fragments of debris would have shot around Earth if the satellites had collided.
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2nd Spy Satellite Successfully Placed In Orbit, Says South Korea
South Korea's second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul's defence ministry said Monday, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Sun-Observing Spacecraft Sheds Light on the Solar Wind's Origin
The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth, it triggers geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites and it causes the dazzling auroras — the northern and southern lights — at high latitudes.
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NISAR: 5 Points On NASA-ISRO Satellite That Can "Map All Of Earth In 12 Days"
NISAR satellite, a joint project between India and the United States, reached a key milestone recently as its two components were integrated to form a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, American space agency NASA said on its website.
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NASA's Pic Shows Earth At Night, Internet Says "India Shining Too Bright"
American space agency NASA recently shared a stunning old picture of Earth at night, providing a clear view of the patterns of human settlements across our planet.
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NASA Is Offering Cash Prizes For Finding Toxic Algal Blooms In Space Pictures. See Details
American space agency NASA is offering cash prizes for finding algal blooms in pictures from space. The competition asks participants to use satellite imagery to detect and classify the severity of algal blooms in small, inland water bodies.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Open Star Cluster Glittering In A Nearby Galaxy
American space agency NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a stunning image of a beautiful open star cluster called NGC 1858, located in an area full of star-forming regions.
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Stranded Man In Alaska Saved By iPhone's Emergency SOS Feature: Report
American tech giant Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite feature for iPhone 14 line-up, which was recently activated by the company in the US and Canada, has already helped in saving a stranded man in Nimiuk Point, Alaska.
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NASA To Launch "Flashlight" To Search For Drinking Water On Moon
The small, briefcase-size satellite will be launched in November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.
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NASA's First Set of Small Satellites for SunRISE Mission Ready to Detect, Track Hazardous Space Weather Events
The first of the small satellites to be used in NASA's SunRISE, or Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment, have been completed at Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL). The SDL has been contracted by the American space agency to build, test, and commission all six satellites for the mission to detect and track hazardous explosiv...
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NASA Captures Eruption Of "Sharkcano", The Underwater Volcano Where Sharks Live
Kavachi volcano in the Solomon Islands, which is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean and most known for its shark inhabitants, is showing increased plumes, as per the American space agency NASA.
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NASA's New Telescope Captures Stunning Images Of Neighbouring Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope, which will soon succeed Hubble, has captured some stunning images of a neighbouring satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, according to American space agency NASA.
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Space Fuel Station: International Effort Underway to Turn Space Junk Into Rocket Fuel in Space
There is a growing amount of space debris, comprising everything from dead spacecraft and spent rocket parts to the junk created by anti-satellite tests. This junk is whizzing around at incredible speeds, posing a serious threat to communications satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
