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A day in the life of a NASA astronaut trapped on the ISS: From 6am wake-up calls to 15-HOUR shifts - what Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will have to endure over the next 6 months stuck in space, rev
4 months, 4 weeks ago

A day in the life of a NASA astronaut trapped on the ISS: From 6am wake-up calls to 15-HOUR shifts - what Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will have to endure over the next 6 months stuck in space, rev

Daily Mail  

Early starts, long hours at the office, and a nightmare commute might not be the life of adventure and excitement astronauts expected when they signed up. NASA's stranded astronauts won't have much time to feel sorry for themselves as they will be thrown into the space agency's demanding daily schedule As NASA announces that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams …

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NASA to send 4 humans to live on Mars from June 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA to send 4 humans to live on Mars from June 2023

Live Mint  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is training four people to live on planet Mars this summer. While the endeavor to send humans to the neighbouring planet on the part of the US space agency is not new, the four ‘Martians’ will be part of NASA's human exploration expedition on Mars. Living space on Mars The 3D-printed habitat includes private …

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Divided on Earth, united in space: The one place where the US and Russia agree to work together
2 years, 9 months ago

Divided on Earth, united in space: The one place where the US and Russia agree to work together

Firstpost  

After spending the past year together at the International Space Station, an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to a world where the two countries are at loggerheads over Ukraine After spending the past year together at the International Space Station, an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to a world where the two countries are at loggerheads …

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Who was Eugene Parker, the visionary who said wind blows in vacuum of space
2 years, 9 months ago

Who was Eugene Parker, the visionary who said wind blows in vacuum of space

India Today  

Visionary professor and physicist Eugene N Parker passed away at the age of 94 as his work travels across the spectrum of space to hit the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe, named after the famed physicists continues its journey to the Sun, providing new insights about the hidden secrets of the brightest star in our solar system. Dr. Parker’s legacy …

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SpaceX wins more NASA flights as Boeing Starliner stumbles
3 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX wins more NASA flights as Boeing Starliner stumbles

Live Mint  

NASA will award SpaceX three additional Crew Dragon flights to the International Space Station to keep its crew rotations intact as the agency continues to work with Boeing Co. to address glitches keeping that company’s Starliner vehicle from ferrying astronauts. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded Boeing and SpaceX six flights each to carry crew to and from the …

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Ready to film on Moon and Mars, says Russian director after shooting world's first film in space
3 years, 2 months ago

Ready to film on Moon and Mars, says Russian director after shooting world's first film in space

India Today  

Days after the Russian director, actor duo returned from the International Space Station after shooting the first film beyond Earth, director Klim Shipenko said that he was up for making a movie on the moon or even Mars. The Russian director stayed on the Space Station for 12 days shooting a sequence for the film titled "The Challenge". Shipenko and …

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NASA steps in to help develop COVID-19 solutions
4 years, 8 months ago

NASA steps in to help develop COVID-19 solutions

Live Mint  

Washington: In a bid to find solutions that can address shortage of critical medical equipment like ventilators in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, the US space agency has joined forces with a task force in California to build medical devices to help patients infected with the disease. The US space agency on Friday said its Armstrong Flight Research Center partnered with …

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The women who helped put men on the moon
5 years, 5 months ago

The women who helped put men on the moon

LA Times  

Christine Darden, one of the mathematicians featured in the book “Hidden Figures,” had been working as a “computress” for five years when she worked up the courage to ask her supervisor in 1972 why only men were allowed to be NASA engineers. The Civil Rights Act had just passed and the slide rule was giving way to computers when Frances …

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NASA's InSight seems to have landed at a slight angle, mission engineers not worried
6 years, 1 month ago

NASA's InSight seems to have landed at a slight angle, mission engineers not worried

Firstpost  

NASA expects better images from InSight soon, once it sheds the dust covers protecting its cameras. One of the first experiments deployed by InSight were some Marsquake sensing devices NASA’s unmanned Martian quake sensor, InSight, has landed at a slight angle on the Red Planet, and experts are hopeful the spacecraft will work as planned, the US space agency said …

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