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Collision Threat for Planned Satellite Constellation – NASA
NASA has shown serious concern regarding a planned and well-structured constellation of broadband-based satellites. They have mentioned that the particular commercial spacecraft is likely to have increased chances of a collision. This might occur on one of the most important slices of the orbit of our planet. NASA has submitted an official report and a […]
NASA has rolled out the MLP for its upcoming Moon Mission
The MLP (Mobile Launch Platform) has been readied at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Rolled out on NASA’s crawler-transporter, the 380-foot tall MLP is slated to carry the Orion Spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The MLP will be moved to the High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The 6.8-kilometer crawl of the […]
NASA launches delicate stowing of asteroid samples collected by Osiris-Rex
Osiris-Rex, NASA’s robotic spacecraft embarked on a delicate operation of storing asteroid materials that it has obtained. The Osiris-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission was launched nearly 4 years back. It is scheduled to return in September 2023. The probe set out to collect about 60 grams of asteroid fragments that […]
Soyuz Crew left Space Station ahead of ISS 20-year Milestone
The Russian Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft left the ISS (International Space Station) and landed in Dzhezkagan, a town in the Kazakh Steppes at 8.45 am Kazakh time on Oct 22, 2020. The landing was supported by a retro-rocket and a parachute. The spacecraft covered 3136 orbits of the Earth measuring nearly 83 million miles. The return […]
UAE plans to Launch its first Moon Rover by 2024
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently planned to visit the moon in a lunar rover called Rashid which is scheduled to be launched in the year 2024. While the nation’s first beyond the Earth’s orbit mission is going on the announcement to visit the moon has been declared. Adnan Airais headed the agency’s Mars […]