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First historic Mars helicopter flight on April 8: NASA
"When NASA's Sojourner rover landed on Mars in 1997, it proved that roving the Red Planet was possible and completely redefined our approach to how we explore Mars. Similarly, we want to learn about the potential Ingenuity has for the future of scientific research," said Lori Glaze, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters.
Russia, US hold space security consultations
The participants on Tuesday exchanged views on a wide range of problems related to ensuring the safety of outer space activities, the ministry said in a brief statement, Xinhua news agency reported. Both sides expressed interest in continuing the dialogue on this issue, it added, without providing more details.
NASA set to fly a mini helicopter on Mars
"Away goes the debris shield, and here's our first look at the helicopter. It's stowed sideways, folded up and locked in place, so there's some reverse origami to do before I can set it down. First, though, I'll be off to the designated "helipad," a couple of days' drive from here," the rover team said in a tweet on Monday.
ISRO demonstrates free space quantum communication
According to ISRO, a number of key technologies were developed indigenously to accomplish this major feat, which included the use of indigenously developed NAVIC receiver for time synchronization between the transmitter and receiver modules, and gimbal mechanism systems instead of bulky large-aperture telescopes for optical alignment.
Indian spacetech startups take baby steps befor big leap
Inspired by these words, the space tech startups in India have kicked off the journey to take a big leap in the near future. The government opened up the space sector in June last year and created the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) that is working as a link between the ISRO and private companies that wants to participate in space-related activities or use India's space resources.
NASA hails nomination of new chief before key Moon mission
US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Nelson to serve as the 14th NASA administrator. While chair of the House space subcommittee, Nelson flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist on the STS-61C mission in 1986. He was appointed to the NASA Advisory Council by former Administrator Jim Bridenstine in May 2019.
NASA inks pact with SpaceX on space safety
The focus of the agreement is on conjunction avoidance and launch collision avoidance between NASA spacecraft and the large constellation of SpaceX Starlink satellites, as well as related rideshare missions, NASA said on Thursday. Conjunction is defined as a close approach between two objects in space, usually at very high speed.
NASA's Artemis Moon rocket passes key test
The successful test is a critical milestone ahead of the agency's Artemis I mission, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test flight around the Moon and back to Earth, paving the way for future Artemis missions with astronauts, NASA said on Thursday. The team will use data from the tests to validate the core stage design for flight.
NASA names Mars rover touchdown site after Octavia Butler
So the location of the rover's touchdown site is now being called "Octavia E. Butler Landing," the US space agency said last week. The rover was launched on July 30 last year from the Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US state of Florida. It reached Mars on February 18 after a 203-day journey.
India to expand space ties with Italy: ISRO
"At a bilateral meeting in virtual mode with the Italian Space Agency (ISA) on Wednesday, we have agreed to form thematic working groups to work on earth observation, space science and robotic and human exploration," said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in a statement here.
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