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NASA Confirms Successful Flyby of Parker Solar Probe, Completes Closest Sun Approach
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has set an unprecedented milestone, coming 3.8 million miles from the Sun at a speed of 430,000 mph. Launched in 2018, the spacecraft has utilised Venus flybys to perfect its orbit, enabling this historic feat. With advanced technology, it endures extreme temperatures, gathering critical data about solar wind and particle ...
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ISRO Gets Government Nod for Shukrayaan Venus Orbiter Mission and Chandrayaan-4
India’s Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) and Chandrayaan-4 mission, approved by the government in September 2024, mark historic steps toward India's space vision for 2047. VOM will study Venus's surface, atmosphere, and solar interaction, while Chandrayaan-4 will return lunar samples from the South Pole. These missions are set to advance technology an...
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Centre Approves India's Own Space Station, Venus Orbiting Mission: ISRO
The Union government has given the green light to Shukrayaan-1 -- part of India's Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) --, and setting up Bharatiya Antariksha Station (BAS) -- India's own space station.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million miles of the sun, closer than any human-made object has been. While the probe’s primary mission is to study the sun, its instruments have captured rare data...
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November Night Sky 2024: Check Out the Brightest Planets and How to Watch Them?
November's night sky features a spectacular lineup of planets, including Venus, which becomes increasingly prominent in the west. Mars glows brightly as it approaches Earth, while Jupiter rises in the east, captivating observers with its brilliance. Saturn, with its magnificent rings, is also visible high in the southern sky. This month presents id...
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ISRO Chief Says Gaganyaan Mission Will Proceed Cautiously to Avoid Boeing Starliner-Like Incident: Report
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human space mission, is set for launch by the end of this year. However, ISRO Chairman S Somanath emphasised a cautious approach, reflecting on NASA's recent Boeing Starliner incident where technical issues delayed astronauts' return to Earth. Astronauts Sunitha Williams and Butch Wilmore are now expected...
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A Moon May Have Flipped Venus's Spin In Wrong Direction: Study
One plausible explanation suggests that the gravitational influence of an ancient moon with a backward orbit could have caused this phenomenon.
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NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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ISRO Says It Plans a Venus Orbiter Mission With a Launch in December 2024
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that it is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.
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ISRO Eyes December 2024 Launch Window For Its Venus Mission
After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.
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NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Sweden Joins India’s Venus Mission With Instrument to Explore Planet
Sweden is collaborating with India for the Venus orbiter mission “Shukrayaan”. Ambassador of Sweden to India, Klas Molin, said Swedish Institute of Space Physics’ (IRF) satellite instrument Venusian Neutrals Analyzer (VNA) will study how the charged particles from the Sun interact with the atmosphere.
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Back to Venus: Upstart Company Wants to Beat NASA in Search for Life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbour? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023.
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Elon Musk's Space Tesla Might Crash Into Earth - Scientists Tell Us When
Well, three scientists just took a close look at the vehicle's orbit over the next million years, and they found there is a slight chance the car might crash into Earth or Venus.
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Hottest Planet Ever Discovered Has An Atmosphere As Warm As A Star's
The hottest planet ever discovered orbits a massive star so sizzling it burns bluish white. On exoplanet KELT-9b, a gas giant 650 light-years from Earth, temperatures during the day reach 4,300 degrees Celsius, or 7,770 degrees Fahrenheit. That's only about 1,300 degrees Celsius cooler than the surface of the sun. Venus, the planet in our solar sys...
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NASA Confirms Successful Flyby of Parker Solar Probe, Completes Closest Sun Approach
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has set an unprecedented milestone, coming 3.8 million miles from the Sun at a speed of 430,000 mph. Launched in 2018, the spacecraft has utilised Venus flybys to perfect its orbit, enabling this historic feat. With advanced technology, it endures extreme temperatures, gathering critical data about solar wind and particle ...
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ISRO Gets Government Nod for Shukrayaan Venus Orbiter Mission and Chandrayaan-4
India’s Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) and Chandrayaan-4 mission, approved by the government in September 2024, mark historic steps toward India's space vision for 2047. VOM will study Venus's surface, atmosphere, and solar interaction, while Chandrayaan-4 will return lunar samples from the South Pole. These missions are set to advance technology an...
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Centre Approves India's Own Space Station, Venus Orbiting Mission: ISRO
The Union government has given the green light to Shukrayaan-1 -- part of India's Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) --, and setting up Bharatiya Antariksha Station (BAS) -- India's own space station.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million miles of the sun, closer than any human-made object has been. While the probe’s primary mission is to study the sun, its instruments have captured rare data...
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November Night Sky 2024: Check Out the Brightest Planets and How to Watch Them?
November's night sky features a spectacular lineup of planets, including Venus, which becomes increasingly prominent in the west. Mars glows brightly as it approaches Earth, while Jupiter rises in the east, captivating observers with its brilliance. Saturn, with its magnificent rings, is also visible high in the southern sky. This month presents id...
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ISRO Chief Says Gaganyaan Mission Will Proceed Cautiously to Avoid Boeing Starliner-Like Incident: Report
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, India’s first human space mission, is set for launch by the end of this year. However, ISRO Chairman S Somanath emphasised a cautious approach, reflecting on NASA's recent Boeing Starliner incident where technical issues delayed astronauts' return to Earth. Astronauts Sunitha Williams and Butch Wilmore are now expected...
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A Moon May Have Flipped Venus's Spin In Wrong Direction: Study
One plausible explanation suggests that the gravitational influence of an ancient moon with a backward orbit could have caused this phenomenon.
-
NASA Test Payload Launches Into Space Onboard US Satellite for Improved Weather Forecasting
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off on Thursday from California. JPSS-2 was placed into an orbit that circles the Earth from pole to pole, joining previously launched satellites in a system designed to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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ISRO Says It Plans a Venus Orbiter Mission With a Launch in December 2024
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that it is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.
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ISRO Eyes December 2024 Launch Window For Its Venus Mission
After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.
-
NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus Launching in 2029, Will ‘Address Long-Standing Questions About Earth’s Sister Planet’
NASA has planned to explore Venus via two missions in the early 2030s. One of them is VERITAS, which would orbit the planet. And the other, DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging — would launch a probe through the acrid Venus atmosphere to observe various parameters including whether it once had wate...
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Sweden Joins India’s Venus Mission With Instrument to Explore Planet
Sweden is collaborating with India for the Venus orbiter mission “Shukrayaan”. Ambassador of Sweden to India, Klas Molin, said Swedish Institute of Space Physics’ (IRF) satellite instrument Venusian Neutrals Analyzer (VNA) will study how the charged particles from the Sun interact with the atmosphere.
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Back to Venus: Upstart Company Wants to Beat NASA in Search for Life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbour? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023.
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Elon Musk's Space Tesla Might Crash Into Earth - Scientists Tell Us When
Well, three scientists just took a close look at the vehicle's orbit over the next million years, and they found there is a slight chance the car might crash into Earth or Venus.
-
Hottest Planet Ever Discovered Has An Atmosphere As Warm As A Star's
The hottest planet ever discovered orbits a massive star so sizzling it burns bluish white. On exoplanet KELT-9b, a gas giant 650 light-years from Earth, temperatures during the day reach 4,300 degrees Celsius, or 7,770 degrees Fahrenheit. That's only about 1,300 degrees Celsius cooler than the surface of the sun. Venus, the planet in our solar sys...
