A technical problem was reported at the International Space Station (ISS) but the crew was not in any danger, NASA said. According to the insiders of the US space agency, one of two large coolant loops at the ISS, where electrical systems ride, experienced shut accidental down earlier in the day. NASA spokesman Josh Byerly, said, " The issue is likely linked to a valve problem. A lot of the … [Read more...]
NASA finds Gully Channel on Martian surface
Scientists have discovered a newly formed gully channel on the Martian surface. It was found in the images captured by the USD 40 million High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera mounted on the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The scientists are of the belief that the gully channel must has developed on the Red planet in the last three years as it was not present on … [Read more...]
Ukraine unlikely to affect US-Russia space ties
The escalating crisis between Russia and the United States over the Crimea issue is unlikely to affect the cooperation between both the countries in space missions, experts said. When asked whether astronauts would not be carried by Russian rockets to the International Space Station amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis, American scientist John Logsdon said, “The United States in the space area is … [Read more...]
Solar system’s smallest planet Mercury getting even smaller, says NASA study
A new study has found that the smallest planet of our solar system is even getting smaller as its radius has witnessed reduction by some 7 kilometers over the past four billion years. The sparkling revelations have been made by the US space agency NASA after analyzing the data beamed back by its Messenger spacecraft. The first spacecraft sent to explore Mercury was Mariner 10. The spacecraft … [Read more...]
Smallest planet Mercury is shrinking, says NASA’s Messenger
A new study has suggested that Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, is shrinking as its radius has witnessed reduction by some 7 kilometers over the past four billion years. The findings are based on data beamed back by NASA's Messenger spacecraft. Scientists Paul K. Byrne and Christian Klimczak of the Carnegie Institution of Washington used the images and topographic data of NASA’s Messenger … [Read more...]
NASA to search for missing Malaysian aircraft
With more and more exposures coming through in the missing Malaysian plane probe, US space agency NASA has now joined the international search operations to trace the aircraft that vanished with 239 people aboard from radar screens a week ago. The world's premier space agency will carry the search operations by analysing satellite data and images gathered since Flight MH370 went … [Read more...]
Asteroid 2014 DX110 to have close encounter with Earth
Giving a rare treat to the space gazers, US space agency NASA has announced that an asteroid will fly past Earth closer than the moon today. NASA says, with the help of its current detection capabilities the space agency is able to make such last minute asteroid announcements, which happen around 20 times a year According to the space agency, the asteroid is 30 meters across and traveling at … [Read more...]
Oscar 2014: NASA honors ‘Gravity’ by tweeting real space images
The 86th Academy Awards was announced in Los Angeles on Sunday night with the Alfonso Cuarón-directed ‘Gravity’ claiming seven Oscars this year. As the ‘Gravity’ team was busy in clinching the awards, US space agency NASA went to the micro-blogging site Twitter to share the real photos taken in space, in a tribute to the film. NASA posted the pictures under the hashtag #RealGravity. The images … [Read more...]
NASA’s Kepler discovers 715 new planets outside solar system
NASA's Kepler mission, a space observatory launched by the space agency to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, has announced the discovery of 715 new planets. According to NASA, these newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much similar to the solar system. Nearly 95 per cent of these planets, outside our solar system, are smaller than Neptune, … [Read more...]
NASA’s lunar probe beams back first photos to earth
NASA’s newest lunar probe, Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) was launched in September. Last week for the first time LADEE has beamed the view of lunar surface back to earth. LADEE provided new moon photos. The images show stars and pockmarked lunar and were released by NASA on February, 13 to ground controllers on the earth. Wide-angle photos were taken by LADEE’s star … [Read more...]
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