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Tons of space junk likely to punch hole up to 20-metre hole in moon

Mar 4, 2022 - 9:41 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side […]

NASA’s new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie

Feb 21, 2022 - 5:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Nasa’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror. All 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be […]

Europe narrows hunt for next astronauts, eyes crewed flights

Jan 22, 2022 - 7:52 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The European Space Agency has narrowed the candidate list for its next generation of astronauts, including dozens who have a physical disability. The agency announced last year that it had received a record number of […]

Lucknow Woman Scientist Plays a Key Role in Launching of Ten Billion Dollar NASA’s Webb Space Telescope

Jan 8, 2022 - 8:25 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): “What are the odds of a girl child born in the newly formed Republic of India to become a Program Scientist at NASA,” said Dr. Hashima Hasan reminiscing about her early school […]

NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched James Webb Space Telescope

Jan 7, 2022 - 10:29 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NASA aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court. Ground controllers cheered and bumped fists once the fifth and […]

Indian-origin USAF doctor among 10 chosen by NASA for as astronauts future missions

Dec 11, 2021 - 8:30 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Houston (TIP): Indian-origin physician Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force, has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has announced. […]

Indian American US Air Force physician among 10 chosen by NASA for as astronauts future missions

Dec 10, 2021 - 7:57 am EST @theindpanorama 0

HOUSTON (TIP): Indian American physician Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force, has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has […]

Jessica Watkins to be first Black woman on International Space Station crew

Nov 21, 2021 - 7:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): When NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins launches to the International Space Station next year, her debut spaceflight will make history. Watkins is set to become the first Black woman to join the space […]

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Nov 11, 2021 - 8:43 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Cape Canaveral (TIP): Four astronauts returned to Earth, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring. Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of […]

NASA finds first signs of planet outside Milky Way galaxy

Oct 31, 2021 - 10:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA‘s Chandra X-ray Observatory has for the first time spotted signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy, opening up a new avenue to search for exoplanets at […]

Indian American astronaut Raja Chari all set to lead NASA’s next mission

Oct 30, 2021 - 7:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Astronaut Raja Chari is all set to lead NASA’s next mission to the International Space Station on Sunday, October 31, the Halloween Day, on his very first space flight. The […]

NASA’s Lucy mission to probe Jupiter’s mysterious Trojan asteroids

Oct 1, 2021 - 3:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): Lucy will launch on October 16 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA is poised to send its first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to glean new insights into the solar […]

NASA rover Perseverance collects first Martian rock sample

Sep 12, 2021 - 8:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NASA‘s Mars science rover Perseverance has collected and stashed away the first of numerous mineral samples that the US space agency hopes to retrieve from the surface of the Red Planet for analysis on Earth. […]

Nasa scientists spot unusual set of rings around black hole with companion star

Aug 14, 2021 - 7:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Astronomers have spotted a spectacular set of rings around a black hole in an image captured using Nasa‘s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Nasa said that the X-ray images of the giant […]

Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Jul 30, 2021 - 8:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Seattle (TIP): Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a […]

Hubble finds first evidence of water vapour on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

Jul 30, 2021 - 8:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Washington (TIP): Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede by using new and archival datasets from NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope. According to the study published in […]

“Best day ever as Jeff Bezos endshis ride into space on own rocket

Jul 23, 2021 - 8:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS (TIP): Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, went to space and back Tuesday, July 20 morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule system developed by his space company, Blue […]

NASA captures a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4680

Jun 19, 2021 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NASA has shared a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4680 in all its glory. The image is said to have been taken by the Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. The NGC 4680 galaxy […]

NASA’s Juno sends 1st images of Jupiter’s largest moon

Jun 11, 2021 - 11:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

After flying closer to Jupiter’s largest moon than any other in more than two decades, NASA‘s Juno spacecraft has sent back two images offering dramatic glimpses of the icy orb. During the flyby on June […]

NASA’s Venus missions to probe divergent fate of Earth’s hothouse sister planet

Jun 6, 2021 - 2:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NASA has announced plans to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 – its first in decades – to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and […]

Mars Curiosity Rover snaps shining clouds on Red Planet

Jun 6, 2021 - 2:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NASA‘s Mars Curiosity rover has captured shining clouds on the Red Planet, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected. The atmosphere on Mars is usually thin, dry and cloudy days are rare. And clouds […]

NASA astronaut successfully harvests 2 plants in space

May 2, 2021 - 10:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Washington (TIP): NASA’s Expedition 64 crew member Michael Hopkins has harvested two crops in space—‘Amara mustard, and a previously grown crop, ‘Extra Dwarf pak choi. They were grown for 64 days, the longest leafy greens […]

In a first, NASA’s Perseverance rover makes oxygen on Mars

Apr 24, 2021 - 7:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NASA‘s Perseverance rover keeps making history. The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the space agency said Wednesday, April […]

Indian American engineer behind NASA’s Ingenuity’s historic Mars flight

Apr 23, 2021 - 10:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras trained Indian American robotics technologist Bob Balaram is the man behind Monday, April 19 history making flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Red Planet. […]

Mars did not dry up all at once, says study

Apr 12, 2021 - 8:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely about three billion years ago, says a new study which suggests that the Red Planet did not dry up all at once. The findings are […]

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