Tag: outer space

Photos of deep space as revealed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

“The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency),” NASA announced on July 12 as the telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data were released. This was during a televised broadcast at 10:30 a.m. EDT (14:30 UTC) on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from NASA’s Goddard […]

NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft — cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth — was back on the right track Friday thanks to thrusters that were fired up for the first time in 37 years. The unmanned spaceship was launched along with its twin, Voyager 2, more than 40 years ago to explore the outer planets of our solar system, traveling further than any human-made object in history. But after […]

ISS to welcome first Chinese experiment

  (Reuters) – The International Space Stations will welcome its first Chinese experiment, which is to be delivered aboard SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft. The Dragon is scheduled to be launched on Thursday from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is to be done by SpaceX, a United States commercial aerospace manufacturer and transport services company. Scientists from Beijing Institute of Technology, a renowned university in China, are responsible for […]