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Earth to Capture an Asteroid as Second Moon Temporarily This Weekend, NASA Confirms
Earth is set to capture a temporary second moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, starting September 29, 2024. This small asteroid, part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, will only remain in Earth’s orbit until November 25, 2024, before continuing its journey around the sun. Though not visible to the average observer, this rare event has piqued the interest of prof...
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Earth To Get A Mini-Moon For 2 Months? All You Need To Know
Earth's moon will soon have a temporary junior companion, an apparent mini moon revolving around our planet for about two months. In a rare event, an asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity and will orbit the earth from Sept 29 to Nov 25.
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Why Don't We Have A Solar Eclipse Every Month? NASA Video Explains
Total Solar Eclipse Today: According to NASA, the Moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the sun.
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Eye On Moon Rocks, ISRO Chief On "Unconventional" Chandrayaan-3 Experiment
ISRO continues to surprise India with Chandrayaan-3. Now the orbiting satellite of the Chandrayaan-3 mission called the propulsion module - which was orbiting the Moon - has been extracted from the Moon orbit and placed in an orbit around Earth.
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ISRO Moves Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module To Orbit Around Earth
The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth, ISRO has said, terming the operation a unique experiment.
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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Discovers "Mini Moon" Orbiting Asteroid Dinkinesh
With its first flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, Lucy discovered it is not one single asteroid, but a system of two, with a small 220m-wide satellite spinning around it.
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ISRO's Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.
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Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module Establishes Connection With Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter
In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already fixed around the moon established a two-way connection with the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 on Monday. Earlier today, ISRO released images of the lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).
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Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft Achieves 'Near-Circular Orbit' Around Moon After Performing Another Manoeuvre
Chandrayaan-3, India's third Moon spacecraft performed another manoeuvre on Monday, bringing the spacecraft closer to the surface of the Moon. The spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit on August 5, after which orbit reduction manoeuvres were conducted on August 6 and August 9.
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Chandrayaan-3 Leaves Earth's Orbit, Next Stop Moon: ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday injected the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the translunar orbit.
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Chandrayaan-3 Launch Live Streaming: When and Where to Watch ISRO's Lunar Mission
Chandrayaan-3, ISRO's third lunar mission, is all set to take off today on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to take place at 2:35 pm IST with a hope for its success and soft-landing on the surface of the moon. The lunar mission will land on the southern pole of the mo...
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Opinion: The World's Best Stablecoin Has Advice For Newbies
The celestial algorithm that keeps the moon in its orbit around the earth clearly works a lot better than the one that governed Luna and Terra.
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China’s ‘Space Dream’: A Long March to the Moon and Beyond
The return to Earth of three astronauts after six months at China's new space station marks a landmark step in the country's space ambitions, ending its longest crewed mission ever.
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Fly Your Name Around the Moon: NASA Accepting Entries for Artemis I Flash Drive
NASA is offering space enthusiasts a chance to fly their names around the Moon. The US space agency has set up a website where you can add your name on a flash drive that will travel aboard Artemis I, an unmanned mission to orbit the Moon and test the Space Launch System (SLS).
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Earth to Capture an Asteroid as Second Moon Temporarily This Weekend, NASA Confirms
Earth is set to capture a temporary second moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, starting September 29, 2024. This small asteroid, part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, will only remain in Earth’s orbit until November 25, 2024, before continuing its journey around the sun. Though not visible to the average observer, this rare event has piqued the interest of prof...
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Earth To Get A Mini-Moon For 2 Months? All You Need To Know
Earth's moon will soon have a temporary junior companion, an apparent mini moon revolving around our planet for about two months. In a rare event, an asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity and will orbit the earth from Sept 29 to Nov 25.
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Why Don't We Have A Solar Eclipse Every Month? NASA Video Explains
Total Solar Eclipse Today: According to NASA, the Moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the sun.
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Eye On Moon Rocks, ISRO Chief On "Unconventional" Chandrayaan-3 Experiment
ISRO continues to surprise India with Chandrayaan-3. Now the orbiting satellite of the Chandrayaan-3 mission called the propulsion module - which was orbiting the Moon - has been extracted from the Moon orbit and placed in an orbit around Earth.
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ISRO Moves Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module To Orbit Around Earth
The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth, ISRO has said, terming the operation a unique experiment.
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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Discovers "Mini Moon" Orbiting Asteroid Dinkinesh
With its first flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, Lucy discovered it is not one single asteroid, but a system of two, with a small 220m-wide satellite spinning around it.
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ISRO's Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.
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Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module Establishes Connection With Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter
In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already fixed around the moon established a two-way connection with the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 on Monday. Earlier today, ISRO released images of the lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).
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Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft Achieves 'Near-Circular Orbit' Around Moon After Performing Another Manoeuvre
Chandrayaan-3, India's third Moon spacecraft performed another manoeuvre on Monday, bringing the spacecraft closer to the surface of the Moon. The spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit on August 5, after which orbit reduction manoeuvres were conducted on August 6 and August 9.
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Chandrayaan-3 Leaves Earth's Orbit, Next Stop Moon: ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday injected the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the translunar orbit.
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Chandrayaan-3 Launch Live Streaming: When and Where to Watch ISRO's Lunar Mission
Chandrayaan-3, ISRO's third lunar mission, is all set to take off today on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The launch of Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to take place at 2:35 pm IST with a hope for its success and soft-landing on the surface of the moon. The lunar mission will land on the southern pole of the mo...
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NASA's Capstone Satellite Breaks From Earth’s Orbit, Heads Towards Moon Ahead of Upcoming Artemis Program
NASA’s Capstone satellite is headed to the moon, after it broke from the Earth’s orbit on Monday, according to the US space agency. Launched six days ago from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula by the company Rocket Lab in one of their small Electron rockets, the Capstone satellite will send back vital information for months as the first to take a n...
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Opinion: The World's Best Stablecoin Has Advice For Newbies
The celestial algorithm that keeps the moon in its orbit around the earth clearly works a lot better than the one that governed Luna and Terra.
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China’s ‘Space Dream’: A Long March to the Moon and Beyond
The return to Earth of three astronauts after six months at China's new space station marks a landmark step in the country's space ambitions, ending its longest crewed mission ever.
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Fly Your Name Around the Moon: NASA Accepting Entries for Artemis I Flash Drive
NASA is offering space enthusiasts a chance to fly their names around the Moon. The US space agency has set up a website where you can add your name on a flash drive that will travel aboard Artemis I, an unmanned mission to orbit the Moon and test the Space Launch System (SLS).
