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India-US relationship more critical for space exploration: Ex-Nasa official

The relationship between India and the US is absolutely critical on earth and possibly even more so in space, a former top NASA official has said, describing India as a "sleeping giant" for whom the sky is no longer the limit. Mike Gold, the former associate administrator for Space Policy and Partnerships at NASA, hoped that cooperation in the field of space would be one of the major areas of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden when they meet here at the White House next week. The relationship between the United States and India is absolutely critical on earth, and possibly even more so in space. India will soon become the fourth country to be able to launch its citizens into space and is therefore a global leader in the field, said Gold who is currently Chief Growth Officer of Florida-based Redwire Space. Sky is no longer the limit for India, he told PTI on Thursday. Gold is considered an architect of the Artemis Accord, a set of agreements t

NASA mission to avert 'internet apocalypse' that could pause online access

Such an event could cause people to lose internet access for months or even years, rendering satellites and power lines useless

Wilson Aerospace sues Boeing over IP theft related to NASA Artemis mission

Aerospace giant Boeing has been sued by Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace over alleged theft of intellectual property (IP) related to NASA's Artemis rocket mission

Nasa's telescope detects complex molecules in galaxy 12 bn light-years away

The unexpected discovery is assisting astronomers in piecing together answers to some of the universe's lingering questions

NASA's Parker Solar Probe detects fine structure of source of solar wind

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown close enough to the sun to detect the fine structure of the solar wind close to where it is generated at the sun's surface

Nasa to invest $45mn in small biz to develop tech for future missions

For first-round funding, Nasa selected 300 proposals from 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions

Indian scientists discover alien planet, 13 times bigger than Jupiter

The planet is 731 light years away from Earth and orbits its star once every 7.24 days, reports said

NASA, Boeing one step closer to joint Starliner crewed flight to ISS

NASA and Boeing have completed a joint crew flight test checkpoint review ahead of the first flight of Starliner with astronauts to the International Space Station

Meet GiGi- The teddy bear sent to space on SpaceX's chartered flight

Along with the other four astronauts, the GiGi teddy bear was sent to the space station by Axiom Space's Ax-2 Mission

Nasa tracks two large asteroids approaching Earth at more than 30,000 kmph

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Centre for Near-Earth Objects (NEO) maintains a list of objects that may come close to Earth to understand the potential risk they pose

New AI model by IBM-NASA designed to help track Earth's climate change

"The model could speed up geospatial analysis by three to four times, and can help reduce the amount of data cleaning and labelling required in training a traditional deep-learning model"

NASA scientists successfully extracts oxygen from lunar soil simulant

The same technology could be applied to Artemis missions, and one day to journeys deeper into the solar system

S Korean prez opens Washington visit with spotlight on space, mega deals

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol opened his state visit to Washington on Tuesday by touring a NASA facility with Vice President Kamala Harris as the Biden administration looks to deepen ties with a close ally that it sees as only growing in importance in an increasingly complicated Indo-Pacific. Before Harris and Yoon's visit to the Goddard Space Flight Center in suburban Greenbelt, Md., the two countries signed a joint statement on cooperation in space communications and navigation, and received briefings from NASA scientists on cooperative efforts on space exploration and addressing the climate crisis, Our alliance is leading on some of the most important and pressing issues of our time, Harris said in remarks with Yoon by her side at the NASA facility. Yoon, for his part, recalled his exhilaration as a third-grader watching on television as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped off Apollo 11 to become the first humans to set foot on the moon in 1969. Now, NASA and the Korea

Hybrid solar eclipse 2023: When, where and how to see rare celestial event

One of the rarest celestial events is about to happen today. A hybrid solar eclipse will be witnessed on Thursdays that occurs a few times in a century

Old NASA satellite expected to fall to Earth this week, may pose low danger

An old NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week, but experts tracking the spacecraft say chances are low it will pose any danger. The defunct science satellite known as Rhessi will plummet through the atmosphere Wednesday night, according to NASA and the Defense Department. NASA said Tuesday that the reentry location is not being disclosed, given lingering uncertainty over when and where it might go down. Most of the 660-pound (300-kilogram) satellite should burn up upon return, but some parts are expected to survive. The space agency said in a statement the risk of anyone on Earth being harmed by plunging satellite pieces is low" about 1-in-2,467. Rhessi short for the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager rocketed into orbit in 2002 to study the sun. Before being shut down in 2018 because of communication problems, the satellite observed solar flares as well as coronal mass ejections from the sun. It captured images in high-energy X-rays and gamma r

IIT Indore develops low-cost camera in collaboration with Nasa, Caltech

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore in collaboration with the NASA-Caltech from the US and Sweden's University of Gothenburg has developed a low-cost camera setup which can provide multispectral imaging of four chemical species in a flame using single DSLR camera. Using only a single DSLR camera, it can simultaneously capture multiple spectral three-dimensional images of four chemical species in a flame, whereas earlier scientific imaging required a complex system with four cameras, said Devendra Deshmukh, professor with the IIT Indore's Department of Mechanical Engineering. It would come in handy for the study of combustion of fuels which in turn can lead to improvement in combustion engines to make them more efficient and reduce carbon emissions, researchers believe. The picture of the four chemical species present in a flame can be clicked together in complete detail with this smart camera, a professor of IIT Indore involved in the research told PTI. Deshmukh said th

NASA sends powerful new instrument to space to track air pollution

"The TEMPO mission is about more than just studying pollution -- it's about improving life on Earth for all," NASA said

NASA Psyche Mission set to launch in Oct 2023 with new flight plan

Estimated to land in August 2029, the metal-rich 16 Psyche asteroid will be the subject of the mission's 26-month exploration

Nasa announces crew for lunar mission Artemis II to be launched in Nov

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Monday introduced the four astronauts, who will be a part of the lunar mission, Artemis II, next year

NASA's first moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman and three men

NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men. The three Americans and one Canadian were introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation's astronauts as well as Mission Control. This is humanity's crew, said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. They will not land or even go into lunar orbit, but rather fly around the moon and head straight back to Earth, a prelude to a lunar landing by two others a year later. The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, will be joined by Victor Glover, an African American naval aviator; Christina Koch, who holds the world record for the longest spaceflight by a woman; and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. All are space veterans except Hansen. This is a big day. We have a lot to celebrate and it's so much more than t