NASA shares galaxy cluster Abell 370 image
On January 19, 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared a stunning photo of the giant galaxy cluster – Abell 370 – on its social media account. This picture is the first in itself, as it shows a huge cluster of galaxies. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shared an image on its Twitter and Instagram account with a post that wrote, “This light and ridges cover the Hubble Classic image of this galaxy Abell 370.” The Abel 370 galaxy cluster is located 4.9 billion light-years away from Earth in the constellation Setus. NASA reported that the strange shapes seen
NASA-SpaceX’s first space mission launches
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and the US Space Research Agency NASA on Sunday achieved a new place in the space world. In fact, NASA, along with SpaceX, has sent four passengers to the International Space Station (ISS) in a Falcon 9 spacecraft designed by Tesla. This is the first such mission of NASA, in which the help of private spacecraft has been taken to send astronauts to ISS. The astronauts included in the ‘Crew Dragon Resilience Team’ have been sent to the ISS through this spacecraft. The team consists of US Air Force colonel and astronaut Mike Hopkins, physicist
NASA will launch US-European ocean-surveillance satellite on 21 November
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to launch the upcoming US-European ocean-surveillance satellite – Sentinel-6 (Sentinel-6) on November 21, 2020. The satellite will be launched with a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This information was shared through a series of tweets by Kathy Lieders, head of NASA’s manned spacecraft program. Lyders said that, after SpaceX testing and hardware inspection, it will replace a total of two engines in the first stage of the rocket. He further stated that, this work is now proceeding to complete the engine change work and all engine hardware replacements