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NASA Moon rocket returns to workshop after test failure

NASA Space Launch System rocket will return to its assembly building for repairs next week, pushing back the unmanned test flight to the Moon until later this summer, officials said Monday. Since April 1, NASA has been trying to perform a critical “wet dress rehearsal” test, which involves loading liquid propellant. Also Read: NASA discovers […]Read More

SpaceX Launches US spy satellite for 2nd time

SpaceX has successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 carrier rockets with a US intelligence satellite on board on Sunday, broadcasting the launch live. The rocket’s first stage has already landed in the locality of the launch site. This is its second launch as it = previously used for putting another intelligence satellite into orbit. […]Read More

First private trip to the ISS

A four-member crew from Axiom Space will launch first wholly private expedition to the ISS (International Space Station) on Friday. NASA has praised the collaboration, describing it as a critical step toward commercialising the “low Earth orbit” region of space, allowing the agency to focus on more ambitious projects further into space. A SpaceX rocket […]Read More

NASA discovers Jupiter-like planet

NASA Kepler spacecraft has discovered a planet that is ‘nearly identical’ to Jupiter circling a star 17,000 light-years away from Earth. According to researchers in Manchester, the exoplanet, K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, is nearly identical to Jupiter in terms of mass and distance from its star. K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is 420 million miles away from its star, while Jupiter is […]Read More

SpaceX launch four astronauts to ISS

WASHINGTON, 11 November: After a series of delays, Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday night on the “Crew-3” mission. The orbital outpost is currently operating with just one NASA astronaut in the US segment to welcome the incoming crew after the astronauts of the earlier Crew-2 […]Read More

China develops prototype miniature helicopter for Mars missions

BEIJING, 02 September: China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the Red Planet a few months ago. The prototype is similar in appearance to the robotic helicopter Ingenuity, developed by NASA for its […]Read More