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First liftoff: Ingenuity copter to add aerial dimension to Mars exploration

The helicopter onboard the Perseverance rover aims to add the aerial dimension to Mars exploration, which remains unavailable to date

ISS launch honors ''Hidden Figures'' mathematician Katherine Johnson

Northrop Grumman''s Cygnus capsule - dubbed the S.S. Katherine Johnson - should reach the International Space Station on Monday following its launch from Virginia''s eastern shore

Perseverance rover doing great on Mars surface after landing: NASA engineer

The Perseverance Rover is doing great and successfully transmitting data back to Earth after a soft landing on the surface of Mars, NASA engineers told a press conference

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Meet Indian American who led NASA's Perseverance Rover landing on Mars

Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Perseverance rover on Thursday (local time) successfully touched down on the surface of Mars after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere. Among the scientists who are part of this historic mission, Indian-American Dr Swati Mohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing system for the rover."Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life," exclaimed NASA engineer Dr Swati Mohan.When the world watched the dramatic landing, in the control room, calm and composed bindi-clad Dr Mohan was communicating and coordinating between the GN & C subsystem and the rest of the project's team.Apart from being the lead systems engineer during the development process, she also looks after the team and schedules the mission control staffing for GN & C.NASA scientist Dr Mohan ...

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

Ground controllers cheered and exchanged fist bumps and high-fives in triumph - and relief - on receiving confirmation that Perseverance had touched down on the red planet

NASA Mars mission: Perseverance rover successfully lands on red planet

Perseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, stood to become the ninth spacecraft to successfully land on Mars

Nasa's Mars mission 2021: Watch Perseverance land on Mars tonight online

Nasa's Mars mission 2021: Here's all you need to know about Nasa Perseverance landing date and time in India and across the world, online live stream, and other details

NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet

Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm

NASA in talks with US space startup to secure 1 Soyuz seat

NASA is reportedly in talks with the Texas-based aerospace firm Axiom Space which arranges private astronaut rides

Astronomers discover concentration of small black holes in cluster NGC 639

The researchers used previous estimates of the stars' tiny proper motions (their apparent motions on the sky), which allow for determining their true velocities within the cluster

China's space dream scores big win with the first mission to Mars

Tianwen-1 reached Mars' orbit, Chinese state media reported at 8:57 pm. Beijing time on Wednesday

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA's astrophysics mission

The contract is to provide launch services for an astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light

The Webb Telescope, NASA's golden surfer, is almost ready, again

Thirty years, $8.8 billion, multiple mishaps and budget crises and a threatened congressional cancellation later, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready

Elon Musk's SpaceX to fly first civilian crew to space later this year

The flight is expected to launch in the fourth quarter, SpaceX and Jared Isaacman said in a statement on Monday

NASA appoints Indian-American scientist Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff

Bhavya Lal, the Indian-American scientist who oversaw NASA's transition under President Joe Biden's administration, has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff of the US space agency.

US: NASA names Indian American Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff

Lal is an active member of the space technology and policy community, having chaired, co-chaired, or served on five high-impact National Academy of Science committees

Just 40 light years away, 7 Earth-like planets with similar compositions

A new research published in The Planetary Science Journal has now evoked a renewed interest in the system, with astronomers finding that the exoplanets have remarkably similar densities

US: NASA administrator departs, Joe Biden may pick a woman to lead

President Biden is expected to pick a woman to fill the NASA administrator role, which has only been occupied by men since the agency's founding in 1958

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space with key mid-air rocket launch

The rocket, a 70-foot launcher tailored for carrying small satellites to space, aimed to place 10 tiny satellites in orbit for NASA roughly two hours into the mission