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NASA's Kepler spacecraft finds 100 new alien planets orbiting other stars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA’s) revamped planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 100 planets orbiting other stars. The Kepler spacecraft discovered these alien planets during its second-chance K2 mission by using the transit method. Transit method The ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Scientists detect Ethyl Alcohol and Simple Sugar from gas emitted by Comet Lovejoy
For the first time, a team of scientists have discovered two complex organic molecules viz. Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde on a comet. These molecules were discovered on Comet Lovejoy from gas emitted by a comet ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
NASA’s SERVIR-Mekong project to help monitor environment in Southeast Asia
NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have started the SERVIR-Mekong project, to strengthen the environmental monitoring in Southeast Asia region. It has been launched in the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand to serve the 5 countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
NASA inks US $490 million contract with Russia for ISS travel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has extended a contract worth US $490 million with Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to carry US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This contract was extended after lack of Congressional funding. Under ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Sunita Williams among 4 astronauts chosen to fly NASA’s first commercial space vehicle
Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four veteran astronauts chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to fly the first commercial space vehicles. Other three astronauts are Robert Behnken Eric Boe Douglas Hurley They will be trained and prepared for ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015
Huge Lava Lake Spotted on Jupiter's Moon Io
Huge Lava Lake was spotted on Jupiter’s Moon Io by an extremely powerful telescope on Earth named Large Binocular telescope Interferometer (LBTI). LBTI located on Mount Graham in Arizona, United States had taken highest resolution ground-based images of Io. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
NASA's 10-Engine Electric Plane named GL-10 Completes Flight Test
NASA successfully tested a 10-Engine Electric Plane named Greased Lightning-10 (GL-10) that that can take off and land like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. During several test flights, remotely piloted GL-10 prototype successfully transitioned from hover to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
NASA develops first 3-D printed copper rocket engine part
NASA engineers have developed the first full-scale three dimensional (3-D) printed copper rocket engine part. The part developed was a combustion chamber liner that operates at extreme temperatures and pressures using additive manufacturing technique. Combustion chamber was manufactured by using ..