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…
A space suit is the equivalent of a small spacecraft. The main purpose of the space suit is to protect the astronaut from the heat, pressure and ultraviolet rays of space. It can also block particles traveling at 18,000 miles per hour. It has all the mechanisms to sustain life in space, including oxygen for…
NASA’s Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon to help carry out scientific and exploration missions to more places, including Mars. NASA’s project focuses on three key components that enable permanent human presence and research on the lunar surface: A lunar surface area vehicle (LTV) used to orbit the moon. Basically, it’s a…
The food was cooked in space for the first time in history. Tacos, a Mexican food, is made from chili grown at the space center itself. NASA revealed this on Friday. Plant Habitat – 04 The small spacecraft experiment at the International Space Station was named Plant Habitat-04. The U.S. space agency has revealed that…
This is an excellent example of international cooperation in the field of scientific research. The station is maintained by five NASA-led space agencies. In addition to NASA in the United States, JAXA in Japan, Roscosmos in Russia, and CSA in Canada, the European Space Agency (ESA). The space exploration scene, which was once in the…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has been launched to study asteroids known as the remains of the Solar System. Lucy set out to target asteroid clusters located in Jupiter’s orbit. The Atlas-5 rocket was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, October 16 at 3.03 Indian time. The spacecraft will be explored…
The image containing your name will be sent to NASA Mars in the next mission in 2026. Anyone can sign up for this for free. More than 10 million names were sent to this last Perseverance Rover. The names are affixed to micro-chips the size of a human nail and placed on a placard on…
