Category: Space News
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Farming in Space?
What do astronauts eat in space? Till now, astronauts pack their food and carry it to space. The cooked food that they take to space is freeze dried. It means that all the water from the cooked food is drained out, and it is packed in vacuum bags so that it doesn’t get spoiled. This…
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After Curiosity, Now a Robotic Explorer for Moon
NASA has launched another explorer to the moon. This time it is not a human explorer aboard another of NASA’s Apollo mission, but a robotic explorer named LADEE, more on the lines of Mars explorer curiosity. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, LADEE (pronounced “LA’-dee) is about the size of a small car and weighs about 400…
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Barbie Goes to Space
Mattel makes the most famous Barbies. NASA makes astronauts. What happens when NASA and Mattel come together? An astronaut Barbie. This new version of Barbie was released on August 5. That was a special day as Curiosity landed on Mars an year ago on this date. Where ever there is Barbie there has to be…
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National Park on The Moon?
First of all, what is a National park? A National park is a piece of land that a sovereign state declares its own and then conserves it for future generations. National parks are often associated with wildlife and its conservation, however, that is not always the case. So why do we need a national park…
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Pluto’s Newly Disovered Moons Named
Two new moons of Pluto were discovered in July 2011 and July 2012. Both the moons were a chance discovery by a team led by Mark Showalter, senior scientist at the Seti Institute, US. The team was actually on a mission to discover whether there were any rings around the dwarf planet. At that time,…
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Fireworks on 4th July By Comet ISON
America celebrates its independence day on July 4th every year. Was it the day American revolution started? No, it was April 1775. Continental Congress decided to declare independence on July 2nd, 1776. July 4th, 1776 was the date when the Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence. Hence, the 4th of July is…
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First Ever Talking Robot Astronaut
Here is another one of ‘firsts of space’. Japan is all set to send a talking robot astronaut in space which will be the world’s first. The robot is named Kirobo- a combination of Japanese word ‘kibo’ meaning hope and ‘robot’. Tiny Kirobo is just 34 centimeters tall and weighs only about 1 kilogram. Kirobo is…
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Back From The Space
China’s Shenzhou 10 spacecraft took off 15 days ago. After a successful mission the Shenzhou 10, touched down safely today. This is China’s fifth manned mission that has been completed successfully now. It’s landing was perfectly on target in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After the hatch was opened the recovery team ran the initial checks.…
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Supermoon is Here!
Are you wondering if we meant the “Man of Steel”, Superman to be here? No, we meant the Supermoon, the full moon of 2013 will be here early Sunday. This Sunday on June 23, the moon will reach the closest point to Earth in its orbit around Earth (perigee). Some people believe that there will…
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Shenzhou-10 in Space
In September 2011, China launched a space module named TianGong- 1. This was launched to work as an experimental space laboratory. It is an unmanned space module that mean that there are no humans on it. So far two space crafts have already visited TianGong- 1. The third one named Shenzhou-10 was launched yeaterday. It carries three…
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Moon Dust Collected by Neil Armstrong Found in a Warehouse
On July 20, 1969, The Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon with three American astronauts – Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. While on this mission, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins collected moon dust from the various spots on the surface of the moon. The samples were gathered so that they could be analysed to learn more…
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Moon Astonishes The Scientists
On March 17, a meteorite weighing about 40 Kg and travelling at 56,000 miles per hour dashed into moon. The impact of the explosion created a stunning bright flash like never seen before. In fact the flash was so bright that NASA said that anyone looking at the moon at that moment would have noticed it…