Tag: NASA
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Famed human computer, Katherine Johnson marks 100th birthday
Katherine Johnson, famed African-American human computer who broke social and racial barriers and was highlighted in the book and movie, Hidden Figures, on Sunday marked her 100th birthday anniversary. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Katherine, born in 1918, was the youngest of four children and showed a talent for mathematics and calculations at an early age. She…
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Jim Bridenstine becomes NASA’s 13th administrator
US Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine the 13th administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). President Donald Trump-nominated Bridenstine was confirmed NASA’s new head after the Senate voted 50-49. Once sworn in, he will oversee the US space agency’s ongoing mission of exploration and discovery. TheNewsGuru reports Bridenstine was a pilot…
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NASA launches world’s smallest satellite designed by 18-year old
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched world’s smallest satellite designed by 18-year old Indian Tamil Nadu student, Rifath Sharook. Asian News International, (ANI) reported that the satellite, Kalamsat was flown into space in a NASA sounding rocket from a NASA facility in Wallops Island. Chennai: Students who built the world's smallest satellite,…
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Video: NASA unveils ‘Out of This World’ Mars Rover
NASA has unveiled an “out of this world” futuristic Mars rover concept vehicle to inspire young people to want to learn more about its plans to send humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s. While this exact rover is not expected to operate on Mars, one or more of its elements could make its…
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Video: Now SpaceX is reusing a different kind of spacecraft
Elon Musk’s space company doesn’t just recycle rockets; over the weekend it became the first outfit to send a ship back to orbit. SpaceX continues to get more use out of its individual rockets and spacecraft than just about any other organization in history. This time it wasn’t a Falcon 9 rocket conquering Earth’s gravity…
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NASA to announce launch of first ever probe to ‘touch the sun’
NASA will tomorrow officially announce its mission to launch a probe that will ‘touch the sun’ for the first time. The £1.2billion Solar Probe Plus expedition will dip inside the sun’s atmosphere and have to survive unimaginable levels of radiation and temperatures of 1,400°C, reports sciencealert.com. Travelling a mind-boggling four million miles, it is set…
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NASA reports Cassini dive between Saturn and its Rings is successful
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports Cassini spacecraft first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26 was successful. NASA’s Deep Space Network Goldstone Complex in California’s Mojave Desert acquired Cassini’s signal at 2:56am EDT (12:26pm IST) on Thursday and data began flowing at 3:01am EDT (12:31pm…
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Google honours Cassini spacecraft with a Google Doodle, what it all means
Today, Google has honoured the Cassini spacecraft with a Google Doodle as Cassini is going where no ship has gone before. On Wednesday Cassini begins a series of dives into the space between Saturn and its magnificent rings. The Google Doodle is seen with Saturn gravitating towards Cassini wearing a smile, with Cassini between its…
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Bad weather postpones SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket launch
Bad weather has postponed SpaceX’s plan to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket until at least January 14, the California-based private space firm said Sunday. SpaceX had planned a launch on Monday of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Launch moving due to high winds and rains…
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US elections: How NASA astronaut, Kimbrough, voted from space
From infinity and beyond, Shane Kimbrough, a NASA astronaut living in space found a way to vote in the United States (US) 2016 November elections. On board the International Space Station, Kimbrough filed his ballot in the presidential election, according to a Tumblr post by NASA, with NASA telling Yahoo News that Kimbrough was able…