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NASA mission finds the first seismic waves passing through Mars’s core

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

NASA’s InSight lander has been collecting soundwaves from quakes and meteorite impacts on Mars over the past four years that have contributed to the discovery of Martian secrets. During these occasions, Understanding identified interestingly seismic waves going through the Martian…

SpaceX starts launching second-generation Starlink satellites, which have four times the network capacity

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, has upgraded and expanded its orbiting network by launching the first batch of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites. On Monday, 21 of the so-called “V2 Mini” satellites were launched into orbit by a Falcon 9…

NASA and SpaceX postpone Crew-6 astronaut launch till February 27

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

The launch of SpaceX’s next astronaut mission will take an additional day. Crew-6, a four-person mission to the International Space Station (ISS), was scheduled to launch early Sunday morning (Feb. 26) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. However, NASA…

SpaceX gets consent to convey 7,500 next-generation Starlink satellites

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

SpaceX recently obtained permission to begin developing the subsequent Starlink internet megaconstellation. SpaceX received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday (December 1) to launch 7,500 Starlink 2.0 satellites into low-Earth orbit. FCC officials wrote, “Our action will…

Crew Dragon successfully launch, carrying the first Russian from US land in 20 years

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

In 2002, the space shuttle Endeavour launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center four days before Thanksgiving. One Russian cosmonaut, Nikolai M. Budarin, who was conducting his third space journey, was one of the seven crew members travelling to the International…

NASA postpones the launch of Artemis I on Tuesday while delaying the rollback decision

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

NASA finally decided Saturday to postpone its plan to launch its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday due to the impending threat of what is expected to be Hurricane Ian. Managers said on Sunday…

‘Baby’ island forms in Pacific Ocean following eruption of undersea volcano

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

A newborn island, that is, was welcomed into the world by the Central Tonga Islands. In the southwest Pacific Ocean, where there are many underwater volcanoes, the new infant island first appeared. The NASA Earth Observatory reported that on September…

The first orbital test flight of SpaceX’s Starship will not take off this month

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

August will not see the launch of SpaceX’s Starship’s first orbital test flight. According to a radio-spectrum licence application that the business submitted with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX is aiming for a six-month window that opens on September 1…

This week, the night sky will be lighted by 2 meteor showers. Here’s how to view

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

There will be two meteor showers throughout the last few days of July, which will brighten the night sky. According to EarthSky, the first meteor shower, the Delta Aquariids, is expected to peak on Friday at 6 a.m. ET (10…

USPS will begin selling stamps featuring the James Webb Space Telescope On August 8th

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Would you like to show your love for the James Webb Space Telescope in tangible form? It’s possible that the US Postal Service has what you need. The post office will be releasing a JWST stamp that may be pre-ordered…