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'Mission Mangal': Ordinary film about an extraordinary feat

Film: “Mission Mangal”; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari; Nithya Menen, Sharman Joshi; H.G. Dattatreya; Direction: Jagan Shakti; Rating: **& 1/2 (two and half stars) Going to Mars is about as much of a challenge as chomping on a Mars chocolate bar — at least, that’s the impression “Mission Mangal” […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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NASA names Martian rock after 'The Rolling Stones'

Washington: The influence of “The Rolling Stones” has just extended from Earth to Mars, as the team behind NASA’s InSight lander has named a Martian rock after the legendary music band. The announcement was made on Thursday. The Rolling Stones — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood — were delighted with the […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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HPE-built supercomputer to help NASA land humans on Moon

San Francisco: After entering into a four-year, multi-phase partnership with NASA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has said it custom-designed a new supercomputer that will support the US space agency’s Artemis programme, a mission to land the next humans on the lunar South Pole region by 2024. The supercomputer, named “Aitken”, has been designed for NASA’s […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Hubble Images Show Giant Star On Edge Of Destruction
Hubble Images Show Giant Star On Edge Of Destruction

Washington: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust and…

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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TN Class 10 Girl Student To Visit NASA In Oct

Chennai: J. Dhaanya Thasnem, a Class 10 student from Tamil Nadu, is set to visit the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US and interact with astronauts. Thasnem, a student of Mahatma Montessori Matric Higher Secondary School in Madurai, will visit NASA in the first week of October, according to a statement issued […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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NASA atomic clock to help spacecraft navigate in deep space

Washington: NASA has activated an atomic clock that could enable spacecraft to safely navigate themselves in deep space rather than rely on the time-consuming process of receiving directions from Earth. Launched in June, NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock is now ready for its year-long tech demo, the US space agency said this week. Developed at […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Watch Chandrayaan-2 landing on Nat Geo with NASA astronaut

New Delhi: National Geographic on Tuesday announced that it is all set to take its viewers on a once in a lifetime expedition to witness a historic event in the country’s space endeavours, the Chandrayaan-2 landing on September 6 at 1.30 a.m.-2.30 a.m. The TV channel is bringing in NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger in an […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Euphoria Grips US Scientists Ahead Of India's Chandrayaan-2 Landing

Washington: US space scientists, including those from NASA, are all over the moon as they await with bated breath for India’s ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-2’s historic soft landing on the moon in the early hours of Saturday. Chandrayaan-2’s landing module ‘Vikram’ will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Half of lunar missions involving landing failed in last six decades: NASA fact sheet

New Delhi: Only half of the lunar missions involving landing on moon surface have succeeded in the last six decades, according to NASA. There have been a total of 109 lunar missions from 1958, out of which 61 were successful, says the US space agency’s ‘Moon Fact Sheet’. As many as 46 missions involved landing […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
NASA Lauds India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission, Ready To Jointly Explore Solar System With ISRO

Washington: NASA has lauded Chandrayaan-2, saying India’s moon mission has “inspired” the US space agency which is keen to jointly explore the solar system with ISRO, a day after the lunar expedition suffered a snag while attempting a historic landing on the uncharted South Pole of the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organistion’s (ISRO) plan […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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NASA Joins ISRO To Track Vikram 'Calling Home'

Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is continuing its attempt to reach out to India’s moon lander sending communication signals with its Deep Space Network (DSN), said officials. It is also reported the American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is sending radio signals to Vikram. “Attempts are […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Newly Spotted Comet May Be Interstellar Visitor

Washington: A newly discovered comet could only be the second intersteller object scientists have found after ‘Oumuamua. The new comet – designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) – appears to have originated from outside the solar system, but it has not yet been officially confirmed, NASA said on Thursday. The object – designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) – […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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2 Big Asteroids Flying By Earth Pose No Risk: NASA

Washington: NASA has ruled that the pair of asteroids flying by Earth this weekend could pose a threat to our planet. “These asteroids have been well observed – once since 2000 and the other since 2010 – and their orbits are very well known,” said NASA’s Planetary Defence Officer Lindley Johnson. “Both of these asteroids […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Search For Vikram On: NASA Scientists Analyse Lunar Images From Orbiter

New York: Scientists are analysing the images taken under harsh light conditions by the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera of the area where the Vikram moon lander is likely to have touched down on the moon and it may be a while before they can locate it, project experts told IANS. LRO project scientist […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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NASA Captures Images Of Chandrayaan-2's Moon Landing Site

Houston: As the deadline to re-establish communication with Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander nears, NASA’s Moon orbiter has captured images of the lunar region where the Indian mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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