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NASA Updates Mars Sample Return Mission, Plans to Lower Costs
NASA will update the public on the Mars Sample Return mission during a press conference on January 7, 2025. The agency aims to reduce costs, risks, and mission complexity, following significant delays and rising costs. Originally estimated at $3 billion in 2020, the mission now carries a price tag of $11 billion, with potential delays extending to ...
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Elon Musk Believes He Might Be Dead Before Humans Settle on Mars, Here's Why
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has openly questioned whether he will live to see humans colonize Mars. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference, Musk highlighted the slow pace of advancements in space travel and the enormous challenges that remain. Despite the remarkable achievements of SpaceX, including the successful launches of Falcon 9 and ...
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Designed For Only 5 Flights, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Completes 70th Trip On Mars
Ingenuity was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on July 30, 2020, and landed onMars'Jezero Crater onFebruary 18, 2021.
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"No Dream Is Too Big": Indian Woman Who Helped NASA Mars Rover Mission Shares Her Journey
"From getting my PhD at MIT to knocking 100s of doors to get hired full-time at NASA, nothing came easy," Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy said.
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JEE Main 2022 Marred By Technical Glitches; Lok Sabha Member Seeks Exemption For Affected Candidates
JEE Main 2022: Member of Parliament for Sivaganga Karti P Chidambaram reiterating the fact that the JEE Main can be taken only thrice has asked the Education Minister to provide for exemption, particularly for the 2020 batch of affected students.
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NASA's InSight Mars Lander Records Vibrations of Space Rocks' Impact on Mars Surface: All Details
NASA announced on Monday that its InSight Mars lander had detected space rocks as they impacted the surface of the Red Planet. The robotic InSight lander tracked one space rock landing in 2020 and the other three in 2021, and all four were relatively modest in size, according to the US space agency. Researchers expect to find more data from the lan...
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Social Media Firms Introduce Few Changes Ahead of Upcoming US Midterm Elections
Social networking platforms are preparing for the upcoming US midterm elections, but offering few details on plans to protect the election. Facebook and Twitter have announced policies in line with the 2020 election season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. TikTok, like Twitter, will...
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Russian-European Mars Rover 'Very Unlikely' to Launch This Year: ESA
A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars is "very unlikely" to launch this year due to sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said.
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Indian Scientists Say Mars Is Active, Find Unique Patterns Created by Falling Boulders on Its Surface
Indian scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory have found thousands of tracks on the Martian surface that were created by tumbling boulders, which will help understand seismic activity on the Red Planet.
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Japan Aims to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by Late 2020s, Launch Mars Probe in 2024
Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans, aiming to put a Japanese person on the moon by the latter half of the 2020s.
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ESA Details ExoMars Cameras Which Will Help Study the Red Planet
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos plan to launch their joint Mars rover mission in 2022. It was earlier planned to take off in 2020, but got delayed for several reasons. The main cause behind the delay is that the journey from Earth to Mars is only attempted when the planets are favourably aligned.
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Violence And Racism Mars Italy vs England Euro 2020 Final: 10 Points
Italy beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final to be crowned champions on Sunday night. However, the thrilling finale was overshadowed by scenes of violent disorder ahead of the historic game in London and racist abuse on social media against some England players following the team's defeat.
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Perseverance Rover Takes 'Road Trip' on Mars. Here's What Red Planet Looks Like
Mars Trek gives you a Google Maps like view of the surface of Mars, while the Perseverance Rover is mapping out routes on its own now.
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Indian-American NASA Scientist Speaks To NDTV On Mars Mission: Full Transcript
The US space agency NASA has released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of wind captured by the Perseverance rover. A microphone did not work during the rover's descent to the surface, but it was able to capture audio once it landed on Mars. NDTV spoke to Dr Swati Mohan, the Indian-American scientist, who led the guidance and c...
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NASA Scientist Swati Mohan's Bindi Creates A Buzz On Twitter
On Thursday, as NASA's Perseverance rover made a successful landing on the Red Planet, it was Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission.
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NASA Updates Mars Sample Return Mission, Plans to Lower Costs
NASA will update the public on the Mars Sample Return mission during a press conference on January 7, 2025. The agency aims to reduce costs, risks, and mission complexity, following significant delays and rising costs. Originally estimated at $3 billion in 2020, the mission now carries a price tag of $11 billion, with potential delays extending to ...
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Elon Musk Believes He Might Be Dead Before Humans Settle on Mars, Here's Why
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has openly questioned whether he will live to see humans colonize Mars. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference, Musk highlighted the slow pace of advancements in space travel and the enormous challenges that remain. Despite the remarkable achievements of SpaceX, including the successful launches of Falcon 9 and ...
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Designed For Only 5 Flights, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Completes 70th Trip On Mars
Ingenuity was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on July 30, 2020, and landed onMars'Jezero Crater onFebruary 18, 2021.
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"No Dream Is Too Big": Indian Woman Who Helped NASA Mars Rover Mission Shares Her Journey
"From getting my PhD at MIT to knocking 100s of doors to get hired full-time at NASA, nothing came easy," Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy said.
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JEE Main 2022 Marred By Technical Glitches; Lok Sabha Member Seeks Exemption For Affected Candidates
JEE Main 2022: Member of Parliament for Sivaganga Karti P Chidambaram reiterating the fact that the JEE Main can be taken only thrice has asked the Education Minister to provide for exemption, particularly for the 2020 batch of affected students.
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NASA's InSight Mars Lander Records Vibrations of Space Rocks' Impact on Mars Surface: All Details
NASA announced on Monday that its InSight Mars lander had detected space rocks as they impacted the surface of the Red Planet. The robotic InSight lander tracked one space rock landing in 2020 and the other three in 2021, and all four were relatively modest in size, according to the US space agency. Researchers expect to find more data from the lan...
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Social Media Firms Introduce Few Changes Ahead of Upcoming US Midterm Elections
Social networking platforms are preparing for the upcoming US midterm elections, but offering few details on plans to protect the election. Facebook and Twitter have announced policies in line with the 2020 election season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. TikTok, like Twitter, will...
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Russian-European Mars Rover 'Very Unlikely' to Launch This Year: ESA
A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars is "very unlikely" to launch this year due to sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said.
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Indian Scientists Say Mars Is Active, Find Unique Patterns Created by Falling Boulders on Its Surface
Indian scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory have found thousands of tracks on the Martian surface that were created by tumbling boulders, which will help understand seismic activity on the Red Planet.
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Japan Aims to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by Late 2020s, Launch Mars Probe in 2024
Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans, aiming to put a Japanese person on the moon by the latter half of the 2020s.
-
ESA Details ExoMars Cameras Which Will Help Study the Red Planet
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos plan to launch their joint Mars rover mission in 2022. It was earlier planned to take off in 2020, but got delayed for several reasons. The main cause behind the delay is that the journey from Earth to Mars is only attempted when the planets are favourably aligned.
-
Violence And Racism Mars Italy vs England Euro 2020 Final: 10 Points
Italy beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final to be crowned champions on Sunday night. However, the thrilling finale was overshadowed by scenes of violent disorder ahead of the historic game in London and racist abuse on social media against some England players following the team's defeat.
-
Perseverance Rover Takes 'Road Trip' on Mars. Here's What Red Planet Looks Like
Mars Trek gives you a Google Maps like view of the surface of Mars, while the Perseverance Rover is mapping out routes on its own now.
-
Indian-American NASA Scientist Speaks To NDTV On Mars Mission: Full Transcript
The US space agency NASA has released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of wind captured by the Perseverance rover. A microphone did not work during the rover's descent to the surface, but it was able to capture audio once it landed on Mars. NDTV spoke to Dr Swati Mohan, the Indian-American scientist, who led the guidance and c...
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NASA Scientist Swati Mohan's Bindi Creates A Buzz On Twitter
On Thursday, as NASA's Perseverance rover made a successful landing on the Red Planet, it was Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission.
