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International Day of Human Spaceflight: Celebrating the dawn of a new era in space
Tech2 News Staff •Today serves as a remembrance of the first human spaceflight, Yuri Gagarin's trip to orbit in 1961.
Dormant viruses become active during spaceflight, threaten astronaut health: NASA
•Spaceflight releases stress hormones like cortisol & adrenaline that are known to suppress immunity.
Tesla Roadster which SpaceX sent to space via the Falcon Heavy approaches asteroid belt which is way beyond Mars
•Musk’s Roadster became the fastest car ever, hurtling off the planet and zooming away on a route that will now take it all the way to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
UAE Space Agency sign MoU with Luxembourg for exchange of information on space technology
Ians •The MoU was signed by Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, and Etienne Schneider.
NASA to team up with Russian space agency Roscosmos to send humans for deep space missions
Ians •The two space agencies signed a joint statement to give shape to the “deep-space gateway” concept, a mission architecture designed to send astronauts into cislunar space
Sounds of oldest stars in Milky Way captured, may reveal early history of galaxy
•The stars we have studied really are living fossils from the time of the formation of our galaxy, said the scientists involved in the study.
Guess how many asteroids smashed into earth's atmosphere in 20 years? 556!
Fp Archives •A new NASA map has revealed that over 556 asteroids smashed into the atmosphere over a 20-year period between 1994 and 2013, suggesting that space rocks are slamming into the Earth's atmosphere at a higher rate than previously thought.
Space science has become more relevant in India, plays vital role in common man's life: ISRO
Fp Archives •Space science in India has become more relevant now as it plays a vital role in the life of the common man, said ISRO.
Nasa rover finds freshwater lake on Mars
Fp Archives •Scientists have found evidence of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars well suited to support microbial life, the researchers said on Monday.
Nasa rover finds freshwater lake on Mars
Fp Archives •Scientists have found evidence of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars well suited to support microbial life, the researchers said on Monday.