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NASA satellite breaks free from orbit around Earth, heads to moon

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon

NASA satellite breaks from orbit around the Earth, heads to moon

It will take another four months for the satellite to reach the moon, as it cruises along using minimal energy

NASA delays launch of microwave sized cube to Moon over system checks

US space agency NASA has delayed the scheduled launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon over systems checks

Nasa fuels moon rocket for in countdown rehearsal despite issue during test

NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak

NASA to form scientific team to study UFOs, spend up to $100,000

A team of scientists is due to be convened by the fall, then will spend roughly nine months developing a public report on its findings

Webb telescope endures impact from larger than expected micrometeoroid

The next-generation and powerful James Webb telescope was hit by space debris called micrometeoroid, leading to a "marginally detectable effect in the data" but has suffered no damage, says NASA

NASA to launch 3 rockets from Australia's north for scientific studies

"This is a really exciting project," Albanese said during a media briefing in Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory

Attero Recycling plans to spend $1 billion to expand as EVs take off

Attero at present recycles 3,500 MT of Li-ion waste in India and is expanding the capacity to 11,000 MT by October 2022

NASA's diffractive solar sailing project could take science to new heights

Existing reflective solar sail designs are typically very large and very thin, and they are limited by the direction of the sunlight, forcing tradeoffs between power and navigation

Boeing Starliner lifts off to space on NASA's uncrewed flight test

After two failed attempts since 2019, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is finally in orbit and is on its way to the ISS on a mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable system

Dusty demise for NASA Mars spacecraft in July as lander losing power

The Insight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels.

Scientists for first time grow plants in lunar soil brought back to Earth

The researchers at the University of Florida (UF) in the US showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow in lunar soil

Sonification of ripples: Hear the weird sounds of a black hole singing

The Chandra astronomers recently 'sonified' these ripples by speeding up the signals to 57 or 58 octaves above their original pitch, boosting their frequency quadrillions of times to make them audible

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

The three U.S. astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24 hours after leaving the International Space Station

Some volcanoes might warm climate, devastate ozone layer: NASA

Extremely large volcanic eruptions called might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life from the Sun's UV radiation, suggests a new NASA climate simulation.

50 years on, Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke still ''excited'' by space

Duke, 86, is one of four surviving moonwalkers from the Apollo program, taking Apollo 16 to the lunar surface in 1972

US warned of Chinese ability to militarise space tech, jam American radars

"As China's and Russia's space and counterspace capabilities increase, both nations are integrating space scenarios into their military exercises," the 80-page report by Biden administration said

UAE partners with NASA on Mars missions to boost scientific collaborations

The United Arab Emirates has partnered with US space agency NASA on a Mars mission to boost scientific collaborations on the Red Planet.

SpaceX, NASA aim to launch Crew-4 mission to ISS no earlier than April 23

The Crew-4 mission will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than April 23, NASA said in a press release.

India, US reaffirm their desire for building advanced defence partnership

India and the US have reaffirmed their ambitions for building an advanced and comprehensive defence partnership in which militaries of the two nations coordinate closely together across all domains. In a joint statement issued after the conclusion of the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue here on Monday, the two sides commended the significant and continuing progress in the India-US Major Defence Partnership. "Drawing on the momentum from the India-US Defence Policy Group meeting in October 2021, they reaffirmed their ambitions for building an advanced and comprehensive defence partnership in which the US and Indian militaries coordinate closely together across all domains," the statement said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar led the Indian delegation for 2+2 Ministerial, while the US side was represented by Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. As information-sharing forms an important pillar of the India-US