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May 03, 2020

Indian-Origin Girl Vaneeza Names NASA's 1st Mars Helicopter

A 17-year old Indian-origin girl Vaneeza Rupani has named the 1st helicopter to be built for Mars as 'Ingenuity' (in Hindi it means the inventive character of a person). She received this credit when she submitted her essay in NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 'Name the Rover' competition.
Before this new name, It was just named as "Mars Helicopter".
Along with Rupani , a total of 28, 000 students from each state and territory of the US (United States) participated in this competition.

May 02, 2020

NASA Names Companies to Develop Human Landers for Artemis Moon Missions

NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history.
The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) Appendix H Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) are firm-fixed price, milestone-based contracts. The total combined value for all awarded contracts is $967 million for the 10-month base period.

IIG Develops New Simulation Code To Study Electric Field Structure In Earths Magnetosphere

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) developed a generalized one-dimensional fluid simulation code capable of studying a wide spectrum of coherent electric field structures in near-earth plasma environment or earth's magnetosphere.
The new simulation code can be useful in planning future space missions.
It can also lead to precisely controlled fusion laboratory experiments for ever-expanding energy needs of humanity.

May 01, 2020

NASA selects Bezos's Blue Origin and Musk's SpaceX to Build New Moon Landers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics, the three space firms to build new lunar landing systems that will carry astronauts to the moon by 2024. The announcement by NASA was made on April 30, 2020.
The deadline has been accelerated by the White House to 2024, under the Space agency's moon to mars campaign. The three companies that include SpaceX and Blue Origin will share the amount of $967 million from NASA.
NASA has been gearing up for a long-term presence on the moon that according to the space agency will eventually help humans to reach Mars.

Apr 29, 2020

The Largest-ever Arctic Ozone Hole Developed this Spring

An ozone hole that formed over the Arctic this spring and eventually grew into the largest ever recorded there has closed.
Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus' Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) made the announcement, noting the "rather unusual" hole was caused not by human activity but a particularly strong Arctic polar vortex.

Apr 28, 2020

ARCI in collaboration with Nanomechanics Inc., has developed NanoBlitz 3D

Scientists from International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology in collaboration with Nanomechanics Incorporated (Inc.,) have developed NanoBlitz 3D, an advanced tool to map nano-mechanical properties of constituent phases, features or components of multiphase alloys, composites, multi-layered coatings & others.

Massive Asteroid 1998 OR2 To Zoom Past Earth On 29th April, Poses No Threat To The Planet

As per the details shared by the NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, a Massive Asteroid 1998 OR2 will zoom past Earth on 29th April 2020.
However it poses no threat to us or our planet confirmed the space agency. According to NASA, the asteroid 52768 (1998 OR2) is expected to be 1.8 to 4.1 kilometres wide and will fly by earth at a distance of 6.2 million kilometres.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has also confirmed that during the fly-by, the massive asteroid will be travelling at an astonishing pace of 19,461 miles per hour.

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