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NASA's NEOWISE telescope got a mission extension of two years

NASA’s NEOWISE telescope got a mission extension of two years

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth for two more years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This mission extension means NASA’s prolific near-Earth object (NEO) hunting space telescope will continue operations until June 2023. Originally launched as

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is going to launch James Webb Space Telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA’s flagship astrophysics mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The JWST will provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu

Recently the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu, and start its two-year long journey back to Earth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Bennu is an asteroid located about 200 million miles away from the Earth. Bennu is named after

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