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NASA spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit

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NASA spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit

LIVE! NASA spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit 09:32  NASA spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit:  “Success! Engine burn complete. Juno is now orbiting Jupiter, poised to unlock the planet’s secrets,” tweeted @NASA. NASA scientists have confirmed that Juno, a football-field-sized spacecraft designed to unlock some of the secrets of our solar system, successfully entered an orbit around Jupiter. To enter an orbit around Jupiter — the largest, oldest planet in our solar system, and one with some of the most powerful radiation scientists have ever seen — Juno had to complete a 35 minute…

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After 6 Months Three Astronauts Leave The International Space Station For Earth !

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After 6 Months Three Astronauts Leave The International Space Station For Earth !

Share on Facebook (145) Tweet Share (12) Pin Tonight, three astronauts onboard the International Space Station will load into a Russian Soyuz capsule, beginning their nearly seven-hour journey back home to Earth. The returning crew is an international bunch, including NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, British astronaut Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. THE ASTRONAUTS ARE FINISHING UP A 186-DAY STAY IN SPACE  After that, the Soyuz will remain in orbit until about 4:21AM ET. That’s when the vehicle ignites its engines, taking the Soyuz out…

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Mice showed liver damage

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Mice showed liver damage

Lab mice that spent just two weeks in orbit showed early signs of liver damage upon returning to Earth, raising concern about what long-duration spaceflight might do to humans, researchers said Wednesday. The findings could interest the US space agency, which plans to send people to deep space destinations such as an asteroid or Mars by the 2030s — missions that will require long stays in space. NASA is already studying the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body, and recently sent one of its veteran astronauts, Scott Kelly,…

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ISRO launching US satellites

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ISRO launching US satellites

WASHINGTON: Amid the US’ push to expand cooperation with India in the space sector, the country’s nascent private space industry has expressed its opposition to the large scale use of low cost ISRO launch vehicles for putting American satellites into orbits. Such a move, corporate leaders and officials of the fast- emerging American private space industry told lawmakers this week, would be detrimental to the future health of the private sector US space companies. They feel it would be tough for them to compete against low-cost Indian Space Research Organisation…

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