Christie’s annual ‘Deep Impact: Lunar and Rare Meteorites’ sale is open for bidding online till August 25. Estimates range from $500-500,000 (roughly Rs 37,000 to Rs 3.7 crore).
The Indian space agency launched two unmanned missions to the moon in 2008 and 2019 as part of its inter-planetary exploration to study the earth’s natural satellite, though it failed to land on the lunar surface.
This method simulates how astronomers and astrobiology researchers will search for evidence of life beyond Earth by observing potential “biosignatures” on exoplanets.
Moving forward, NASA said it will use only the official, International Astronomical Union designations in cases where nicknames are inappropriate.
Musk founded Neuralink in 2016 but has only held one major public presentation. However, more details about Neuralink will be presented at an event on August 28.
The crew’s SpaceX Dragon Capsule splashed down just south of Pensacola on Florida’s Gulf coast, the BBC reported.
The rover will land at Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet.
Scientists have already proved that hydrogen fuel cells can be used to generate greenhouse gas-free energy from the most abundant element in the universe.
NASA is targeting 7.50 a.m. EDT on July 30 for the launch of the rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission was launched on Thursday to begin a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, the space.com reported.
The ice shell on the outside is very thick, maybe 800 km (497 miles) thick.
The plan for science operations has met all of the design, schedule, and budget requirements, and will now proceed to the next phase: building the newly designed data system, NASA said on Friday.
ASTHROS will spend about three weeks drifting on air currents above the icy southern continent and achieve several firsts along the way.
The largest drops in vibrations were seen in the most densely populated areas, like Singapore and New York City.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) late in May is set to depart the orbiting laboratory on August 1 and reach Earth on August 2, marking the end of the first crewed mission for the Elon Musk-led company. Making the[Read More…]
The delay has been caused by the impacts from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as well as technical challenges.
The tomcat – which was examined by a team led by Dr Ashleigh Haruda from the Central Natural Science Collections at MLU – did not have an easy life.
NASA and United Launch Alliance recently updated the mission’s launch period – the range of days the rocket can launch in order to reach Mars.
