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Nasa’s Europa Clipper gears up for Jupiter’s Moon – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Nasa's Europa Clipper spacecraft has undergone a stringent series of environmental tests, simulating the harsh conditions it will face on its journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. Scheduled for launch in less than six months, this mission will traverse a staggering distance of 1.6 billion miles to investigate Europa's subsurface ocean and its potential to support life.Preparing for the extremesThe spacecraft's resilience was tested at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where it was subjected to the violent vibrations of launch, extreme temperatures, and Jupiter's intense radiation.“These were the last big tests to find any flaws,” said Jordan Evans, the mission's project manager at JPL. The successful completion of these tests confirmed the spacecraft's...
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‘Nasa’s upcoming mission: Sounding rockets to probe Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse’ – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Nasa has announced an ambitious plan to launch sounding rockets into the shadow of the Moon during an upcoming solar eclipse. This unique mission aims to provide researchers with a rare opportunity to study the effects of solar eclipses on our planet's atmosphere, specifically focusing on the ionized particles in the Earth's upper atmosphere.During the solar eclipse, the Moon's shadow creates a dramatic shift in the Earth's ionosphere, the layer of the atmosphere filled with charged particles.This change is akin to sudden nightfall, causing rapid cooling and generating atmospheric waves, similar to ripples on a pond surface after a stone is dropped.The phenomenon was notably observed during the 2017 total solar eclipse, leading to significant findings about ionospheric distur...
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Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx mission wins prestigious Collier trophy – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Nasa's OSIRIS-REx mission has been honored with the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J Collier Trophy, recognizing it as the year's most significant achievement in American aerospace. This prestigious accolade is in recognition of OSIRIS-REx's groundbreaking endeavor — being the first US mission to collect and return a sample from an asteroid.Celebrating a milestone in space explorationThe award will be presented to the OSIRIS-REx team at a ceremony in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024, marking a significant milestone in space exploration history.“Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on this well-deserved honor,” said Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson. “By successfully designing, building, and carrying out the first US mission to collect an asteroid sample, Nasa p...
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Morning Digest | Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowing; Kuki tribal body to re-impose blockade on NH-2, and more

While pulses inflation hardened in July, other protein sources such as milk (8.6%) and meat and fish also reported higher inflation last month. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowingTomato prices may be cooling from recent highs, but pulses could play the next spoilsport in the battle against inflation, with a below-par monsoon in August dragging down the sown area for pulses in the Kharif season by almost 10% from a year ago. Kuki tribal body to re-impose blockade on NH-2A tribal body in strife-hit Manipur announced that it would re-impose the blockade of the vital Dimapur-Imphal National Highway 2 from the early hours of Monday. The blockade is likely to affect supply of essentials to the...