NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Among the scientists who are […]
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NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The asteroid was named after an Egyptian deity by
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has predicted a small chance an asteroid could collide with the Earth in November. The asteroid could be as close as 4,700 miles according to NASA’s close approach database. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The asteroid, dubbed 2018VP1, was first discovered at the Palomar Observatory in California’s San
A massive Sunspot group, AR2770 was observed recently by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. According to the report, a few minor space flares have been emitted by this particular Sunspot group already, which has not caused anything major other than “minor waves of ionisation to ripple through Earth’s upper atmosphere”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
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NASA is set to launch an ambitious mission to Mars with the liftoff of its next-generation Perseverance rover, a six-wheeled robot tasked with deploying a mini helicopter, testing out equipment for future human missions and searching for traces of past Martian life. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The $2.4 billion mission, slated for liftoff
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time to capture a unique view of comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020. Parker Solar Probe’s position in space gave the spacecraft an unmatched view of the comet’s twin tails when it was particularly active just after its closest approach to the Sun,
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NASA has reported that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft had found evidence that the Moon’s subsurface might have greater quantities of metals such as iron and titanium than thought before. The metallic distribution was observed by the Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) instrument aboard the LRO. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The LRO’s Mini-RF
As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the world, including ours, there are some activities which are supremely risky-including touching our face. Here NASA has invented a pendent that stops people from touching the face. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points NASA, joining the league of innovative inventions has now come up with a unique
NASA has described the Gateway as key to the new era of lunar explorations both in the orbit and on the surface of the Moon. It has recently finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. The contract, which is worth $187 million has been awarded to Orbital
