The Deep Space Network – or DSN – is a series of giant radio antennas used to communicate NASA’s space missions. DSN is owned by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). DSN was founded in 1963. DSN dishes are placed in three places at equal distances from each other – approximately 120 degrees longitudinally. 1) Goldstone…
Atacama in Chile is the driest and oldest desert in the world.It covers an area of 1.05 million square kilometers near the Pacific Ocean. Apart from the polar regions, Atacama has the lowest rainfall on earth. The Atacama Desert is used by many space agencies, including NASA, to study the operation of Mars and lunar…
The cost of a rocket launch on NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission is $ 4.1 billion US dollars! That’s about ISRO’s two-year budget.
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has brought many mysteries and strange views of space to Earth over the past thirty years, is back in operation. The Hubble Space Telescope has been stationary for several weeks. Hubble is down due to technical issues. However, NASA researchers say that these problems have been resolved and that the…
An Indian-origin man is leading SpaceX’s new space mission to NASA. This is the first time an Indian man has taken control of a spacecraft. The four-member team, led by Raja Chari, 44, a US Air Force pilot with family roots in Telangana, set out. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched Wednesday night with the…
The scientific community is looking for a way to divert the asteroids that are targeting the Earth. As part of this, a defense system developed by NASA is preparing for its first test. The defense system is designed to crash into a spacecraft and change its direction. The test, scheduled for the 23rd of this…
Scientists predict that an asteroid the size of Burj Khalifa will pass close to Earth by mid-December. Named 163899, the asteroid is about 791 meters in diameter and about two kilometers long. Burj Khalifa is the tallest man-made structure on earth. However, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has previously observed that the asteroid could…
Let’s take a quick look at the records set by the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. The largest payload of 45,500 kg delivered to the Moon’s orbit, 295 hours, the longest manned mission to the lunar surface, and the first fully equipped deep space electric vehicle to fly to the moon in 18 hours. Spend…
Washington: The United States has again delayed a plan to bring man back to the moon. The project, dubbed the Artemis Mission, was originally planned to be completed by 2024. But this has been postponed to 2025. The astronauts who will be part of the Artemis mission will travel aboard the Orion spacecraft. The first…
The construction of the world’s largest, most powerful, and most sensitive optical telescope is in progress. Manufacturers are the European Southern Observatory (USO). The Etxremely Large Telescope (ELT), built in collaboration with 15 European countries, is located on top of Mount Zero Armason in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Located at an altitude of 3060…
