NASA has said that its astronauts on board the International Space Station will make second attempt to expand the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module or BEAM on Saturday. The experimental module had failed to inflate during the first attempt carried out by NASA astronauts on Thursday. Jeff Williams tried to expand BEAM with spurts of the […]
Author: Y. K. Sharma
Long Space Shuttle Fuel Tank ET-94 Arrives in Los Angeles
ET-94 – the huge, empty, NASA fuel tank – finally reached the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Saturday. The shifting of the tank started around 12:30 a.m. PT early Saturday at Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey. Spectators had lined the streets to watch the huge tank making its way from […]
India Successfully Launches First-ever Indigenous Space Shuttle RLV-TD
On May 23, India launched its first-ever indigenous space shuttle – the Re-Usable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. RLV-TD, the country’s first winged-body aerospace vehicle, is being said to be the ISRO’s first step towards developing a reusable launch vehicle that would be capable of sending spacecraft […]
Tiny RoboBees that can Fly, Land and Stick to Surfaces Using Static Electricity
Scientists at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab have developed a tiny robot – dubbed RoboBee – that can fly and stick to surface using static electricity. Weighing just 0.08 grams, the RoboBee is equipped with a pair of tiny wings that can beat up to 120 times in one second. The first model of the tiny […]
Scientists Discover Aggressive, Man-eating Nile Crocodiles in Florida
Scientists have discovered an aggressive “man eating” crocodile in Florida. The first hatchling was first found on a householder’s porch near Miami in 2009, but the results of DNA testing have only been announced. The second crocodile found was a small female discovered two years later at a Fruit & Spice Park in Homestead, Florida. […]
Studies Reveal How Birds Became Red
Two different teams of scientists have got success in identifying a gene-encoded enzyme in birds which helps them convert yellow pigments obtained from the diet into red pigments, and then birds use these pigments to color their bills, feathers, and bare skin. These two studies have been published in the journal Current Biology. The first […]
British Astronaut Tim Peake’s Stay On Board International Space Station
Tim Peake Says Happy St David’s Day to People of Wales March 1, 2016 British astronaut Tim Peake has sent a special video message for the people of Wales wishing them Happy St David’s Day. The 43-year-old astronaut began his message by saying “Croeso” and “iechyd da”. “I’d like to wish you all a very […]
New Horizons Spacecraft, Pluto and NASA
NASA Releases High Resolution Pictures of Pluto In December 2015, NASA released the first high-resolution image of Pluto captured by New Horizon. The spacecraft captured these pictures during its closest flyby of July 2015. Since July, New Horizons has sent many compressed images, and other data to Earth, but some of the best, high resolution […]
Huge Whale Washing Up on UK Beach Dies after Major Rescue Operation
Three Dead Sperm Whales Removed from Skegness Beach Three whales were found washed up at the Skegness beach have been removed from the beach and taken to landfill sites. Two of these dead whales were found at Gibraltar Point and another at Skegness. Jan Smith said the operation went smoother than expected. The operation […]
Malham Cove Becomes a Wonderful Waterfall for the First Time in Centuries
Malham Cove, a limestone cliff formation in North Yorkshire became a stunning waterfall on this weekend, thanks to the freak weather of the region which brought heavy rains and flooding in North Yorkshire. Malham Cove lies 1 km north of Malham village, and according to locals, it became the highest unbroken waterfall in England when […]
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