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Dec 22, 2020

SLS: Crucial Test for NASA's Mega-rocket

The core of a giant NASA rocket that will return astronauts to the moon has undergone a crucial test.
For the first time, engineers fully loaded a core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with super-cold liquid propellant, controlled it and then drained the tanks.
That propellant is fuel and an oxidizer — a chemical that makes the fuel burn.
Engineers wanted to check things worked as expected before the SLS makes its maiden flight in about a year's time.
It was part of a testing programme known as the Green Run that is being carried out at NASA's Stennis Space Center, near Bay St Louis in Mississippi.
This evaluation, known as the wet dress rehearsal (WDR), was the seventh of eight tests on the core stage.

Dec 20, 2020

NASA and Canada Sign 'Gateway Treaty'

Canada has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon as part of a broader effort to establish a new space station above the lunar surface.
Industry Minister Navdeep Bains unveiled the new Gateway Treaty, which formalises Canada's involvement in the U.S.-led effort to build that new station known as the Lunar Gateway.
The treaty includes a commitment to having a Canadian on board when the U.S. conducts a manned flyby of the moon in 2023, as well as a second yet-to-be-scheduled flight to the future station.
Canada will join the U.S. on the first crewed mission to the moon since the Apollo missions.
Launching in 2023, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut will be part of Artemis 2, the first mission to carry humans to lunar orbit in over 50 years. This will make Canada only the second country after the U.S. to have an astronaut in deep space.

Dec 19, 2020

New Indian Social Networking App Set to Launch in 100 Countries

Forpose Pvt Ltd, a leading SaaS (Software as a Service) developer, based out of Hyderabad, India, announced the launch of an indigenous social networking app named Forpose. The beta version of Forpose went live in August, 2020, and now the full-scale launch is set to happen at the start of 2021, across 100+ countries.
As a social networking platform, the app will not just connect people, but create new business opportunities for the fashion sector. And with a broad focus on privacy, the Forpose app is set to solve the challenges users face while using current social networks.
In-line with other social networking platforms, the consists of a news feed with image and video sharing, tagging, etc., along with Moments to share byte-sized content. The platform has in-built chatting capabilities, but privacy is the key benchmark where it outperforms other players.

Dec 18, 2020

PSLV-C50 Successfully Injects Communication Satellite CMS-01 into Orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) workhorse rocket PSLV-C50 successfully injected into orbit India's latest communication satellite CMS-01.
The communication satellite is envisaged for providing services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum covering India, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
ISRO successfully launched CMS-01 onboard the launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C50). The polar satellite launch vehicle's 52nd mission lift-off took place from launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota.
CMS-01 is the 42nd communication satellite of the space agency.

Dec 17, 2020

China's Spacecraft Successfully Brings Home Moon Samples

China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years.
The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang'e-5 mission a success.
It marks a successful conclusion of China's current three-step lunar exploration programme of orbiting and landing, and bringing back samples which began in 2004.
It is China's maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body. The Chang'e-5 lunar probe was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on November 24.

Indian-American Raja Chari among 3 on SpaceX Mission

Indian-American US Air Force Colonel Raja Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency.
Chari will serve as the commander, while NASA's Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA's Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist for the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS, which is expected to be launched next year.

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