A US environmental group, The Environmental Defense Fund plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a detection satellite to detect methane leaking from gas and oil industry installations. The project that will be funded by private donations is planned to offer public information, which could be utilized by oil firms, investors and anyone […]
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Why NASA Wants To Extend Boeing’s First Crewed Flight To The International Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is determined to launch crewed spaceflights to the international Space Station from U.S and for this reason NASA has been looking for private commercial space companies to take over the launch of crewed spaceflights. NASA has contracted both Boeing and SpaceX to pursue the crewed spaceflight launch back […]
Asteroids: Threat To The Earth
Asteroids are celestial bodies from the inner solar systems. These small planets orbiting the sun have not really formed to create a planet. Asteroids are likely not to be seen by our naked eyes but some can be vied when they skies are very dark. They are bigger in size compared to meteoroids and are […]
New Government Probe Found Out SpaceX is Not Obliged with the Zuma Spy Satellite Loss
In the early days of January, the rocket company, SpaceX obstinately denied the rumors that they had botched operation in the launching of Zuma, a classified spy satellite. Now, there is a new government investigating body the cleared the rocket company for the incidence and said that they should not be the one to take […]
NASA on a mission on finding alien planets
For decades, scientists have always believed that we are not the only living beings in the universe. The UFO sightings and movies on extra-terrestrial people have often made one curious about them. With an interplanetary mission to Mars already on its plate, the American space organization NASA is set to launch a satellite for alien […]
IRNSS-1I: 8th Navigation Satellite
The 8th navigation satellite IRNSS-1I will be the replacement for the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1H satellite which was to be slung into the polar orbit at 507 km above the Earth. IRNSS-1H launched on 31 August 2017 was expected to replace IRNSS-1A, the first of the seven constellation satellites, which was rendered ineffective after its three […]
NASA’s TESS Will Seek New Worlds Close to Earth
Kepler spacecraft was launched in 2009 to discover exoplanets. Since then, it was able to discover 2,000 exoplanets in the galaxy. But, the mission managers expect that Kepler would run out of fuel in the coming months. For that reason, filling the shoes of the spacecraft would not be easy and simple. Despite the hassles, […]
InSight Lander of NASA Inside One Month to Takeoff towards Mars
InSight Mars lander of NASA will be closed up for takeoff in the coming weeks at the Vanderberg Air Force Base in California, in groundwork for its lifting on Atlas 5 rocket for takeoff in the predawn hours of 5th of May. In the early mornings hours of May 5, millions of residents in California […]
NASA Plans Mission to Send a Spacecraft Close to Sun
It takes most of the scientist and engineers to study the sun and finally this time, it is said that they are now ready to study the stars and the sun as the closest star on Earth. This summer, the NASA is planning to launch its Parker Solar Probe, a heat-proof spacecraft which is designed […]
Juno Spacecraft of NASA Manifests Jupiter’s Structure
For many years, many people on Earth had their attempt to study what is in the atmosphere and reveal its secret to the world. One of the most exciting things when it comes to this is the observed Jupiter’s heart structure. The scientists and researchers had observed that Jupiter’s interior is one of the most […]