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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - May 2015

May 2015

Sep 04, 2015

Key Radar Fails on NASA’s Environmental Satellite

A key instrument on a NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has failed, reducing the ability of scientists to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth`s soil in order to improve flood forecasting and monitor climate change.
As per the US space agency, the mission will continue to produce high-quality science measurements supporting SMAP's objectives with its radiometer instrument.
The SMAP mission is designed to help scientists understand the links between Earth's water, energy and carbon cycles and enhance our ability to monitor and predict natural hazards like floods and droughts.

Sep 03, 2015

Russian Soyuz Heads to Space Station

A Rusian manned spacecraft with three astronauts onboard was launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Veteran cosmonaut Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos is leading a team that also includes first ever Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency and Aidyn Aimbetov from Kazakhstan's Space Agency.
The three are set to dock to the station on Friday, September 4.

Aug 30, 2015

New Horizons' Next Mission

New Horizons has a new destination, a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69.
NASA has picked 2014 MU69, an icy world that orbits nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto, as New Horizons’ next flyby.
Although it has selected 2014 MU69 as the target, as part of its normal review process NASA will conduct a detailed assessment before officially approving the mission extension to conduct additional science as part of its normal review process.
As per NASA, New Horizons will perform a series of four maneuvers in late October and early November to set its course toward 2014 MU69, which it expects to reach on January 1, 2019.

Aug 29, 2015

Nasa Started Year-long Isolation to Simulate Life on Mars

A team of Nasa recruits began living in a dome near a barren volcano in Hawaii to simulate what life would be like on Mars.
The isolation experience, which will last a year, will be the longest of its type attempted.

Aug 28, 2015

GSAT-6 Successfully Placed in Orbit

India successfully placed its GSAT-6 communication satellite in orbit using its heavy GSLV-D6 rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle.
This was the ninth flight of the GSLV and the third development flight using a cryogenic engine.
GSAT-6 is the twenty fifth geostationary communication satellite of India built by ISRO and twelfth in the GSAT series.

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