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Watch: Astronaut Sunita Williams Reunites With Her Dogs Upon Returning Home
It's been nearly two weeks since NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore returned to Earth after what turned out to be a marathon mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Pentagon Doubles Number Of News Outlets To 'Rotate' Out From Office Spaces
In the first round, the Defense Department said a week ago the New York Times, NBC News, Politico and the National Public Radio had to vacate their dedicated workspaces at the Pentagon.
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Bright Space Rock To Light Up Sky This Week, Comet To Visit After 80,000 Years
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is set to make a dramatic appearance in our skies over the next few weeks.
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Elon Musk's Space X To Restart Falcon 9 Launch After Landing Mishap
US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX to restart launching its stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, as a probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a first-stage booster landing.
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Starliner Flight One Big Step For Boeing's Space Capsule But Many Hurdles Remain
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft scored a crucial achievement last week with the delivery of two astronauts to the International Space Station, but problems encountered along its journey in space and more hurdles that lie ahead make the aerospace giant'
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"Critical Milestone": Boeing To Send First Astronaut Crew To Space After Years Of Delay
Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance to score a badly needed win as it struggles to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Russia Launches Angara-A5 Space Rocket At Third Attempt
A Russian rocket blasted off for a test flight on Thursday at the third try, after previous launch attempts earlier this week were aborted in the final seconds of countdown.
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Japan Lander Wakes Up Again, Survives Another Freezing Two Weeks On Moon
Japan's unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday.
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Explained: From Artemis To Apollo, Why US Is Betting Big On Private Space
A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America's first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's Space Launch Next Week, 1st Since 2022 Crash
Blue Origin said on Tuesday it was aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket next week, the first mission since an uncrewed crash in September 2022 set back Jeff Bezos' space company.
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China Sending Youngest-Ever Crew Of Astronauts To Space Station
China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Chandrayaan-3 Completes Final Orbit Reduction Manoeuvre Ahead of Moon Landing
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully carried out the final orbit reduction manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, a week ahead of its scheduled landing on the moon. “Today’s successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km, as intended. With this, the lunar...
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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Elon Musk Says Starship Could Be Ready For Launch In 6 To 8 Weeks
Elon Musk stated that he was "glad to report that the pad damage is actually quite small," and it would take "six to eight weeks" to get the required infrastructure in place for another launch.
![Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: News of the Week [October 26, 2024]](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2024-10/cokr4tnk_news-of-the-week_160x120_26_October_24.jpg?downsize=245:163 "Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: News of the Week [October 26, 2024]")
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Watch: Astronaut Sunita Williams Reunites With Her Dogs Upon Returning Home
It's been nearly two weeks since NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore returned to Earth after what turned out to be a marathon mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Pentagon Doubles Number Of News Outlets To 'Rotate' Out From Office Spaces
In the first round, the Defense Department said a week ago the New York Times, NBC News, Politico and the National Public Radio had to vacate their dedicated workspaces at the Pentagon.
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Bright Space Rock To Light Up Sky This Week, Comet To Visit After 80,000 Years
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is set to make a dramatic appearance in our skies over the next few weeks.
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Elon Musk's Space X To Restart Falcon 9 Launch After Landing Mishap
US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX to restart launching its stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, as a probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a first-stage booster landing.
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Starliner Flight One Big Step For Boeing's Space Capsule But Many Hurdles Remain
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft scored a crucial achievement last week with the delivery of two astronauts to the International Space Station, but problems encountered along its journey in space and more hurdles that lie ahead make the aerospace giant'
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"Critical Milestone": Boeing To Send First Astronaut Crew To Space After Years Of Delay
Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance to score a badly needed win as it struggles to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Russia Launches Angara-A5 Space Rocket At Third Attempt
A Russian rocket blasted off for a test flight on Thursday at the third try, after previous launch attempts earlier this week were aborted in the final seconds of countdown.
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Japan Lander Wakes Up Again, Survives Another Freezing Two Weeks On Moon
Japan's unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday.
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Explained: From Artemis To Apollo, Why US Is Betting Big On Private Space
A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America's first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's Space Launch Next Week, 1st Since 2022 Crash
Blue Origin said on Tuesday it was aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket next week, the first mission since an uncrewed crash in September 2022 set back Jeff Bezos' space company.
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China Sending Youngest-Ever Crew Of Astronauts To Space Station
China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Chandrayaan-3 Completes Final Orbit Reduction Manoeuvre Ahead of Moon Landing
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully carried out the final orbit reduction manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, a week ahead of its scheduled landing on the moon. “Today’s successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km, as intended. With this, the lunar...
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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander later this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Elon Musk Says Starship Could Be Ready For Launch In 6 To 8 Weeks
Elon Musk stated that he was "glad to report that the pad damage is actually quite small," and it would take "six to eight weeks" to get the required infrastructure in place for another launch.
