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The Moon’s potential for radio astronomy and Chang’e 4
The lunar farside is uniquely placed for better observing the radio Universe.
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NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft revealed how Mars lost its atmosphere and water
What is the achilles’ heel of Mars? MAVEN found out.
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Interviewing Tory Bruno, leading the company that has launched every NASA mission to Mars
“Atlas V is the most accurate rocket in the world.”
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Reading menu: The Apollo Moon landings
In what is considered to be the biggest technological leap of all time, NASA successfully landed twelve astronauts on the Moon between 1969 to 1972. Naturally, there is a lot of Apollo content on the web, including an extensive set of NASA documents. Since all of it can get pretty
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The landing site of NASA Apollo 11
NASA chose the Apollo 11 landing site for engineering simplicity, but it had scientific benefits nevertheless.
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What got me interested in space?
What was my gravity assist?
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Presentation: Why explore Space
I gave this talk on June 27, 2020 to school kids for Asan Vigyan but enjoyable by anyone with an interest in space or science. The kids had a raft of amazing questions on every single topic! They deeply understood why space exploration is important and quintessential. 🚀 Topics discussed include:
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Everything you need to know about SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA astronauts
A successful mission means the US can launch astronauts from home again, and match Russia’s and China’s capabilities.
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Why explore Venus
Earth’s sister planet warns us that planetary climates can change dramatically.
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Timeline for life until the end of the Universe
What does life need to do to survive till the end of stars in the Universe?
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ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is creating the highest resolution map of the Moon
The spacecraft is quantifying just how much water ice exists on the Moon’s poles.
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Super Saturn – How does a planet maintain rings 200 times larger than Saturn’s?
Can such a massive ring system even exist?