Rath Yatra 2024: Lord Jagannath recovers from illness on Anabasara Dwadasi
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Rath Yatra 2024: Lord Jagannath recovers from illness on Anabasara Dwadasi

NASA Space Technology Lord Jagannath and His siblings -Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra have fully recovered from the illness after a secret treatment on the occasion of ‘Anabasara Dwadasi’ on Wednesday. As per the tradition, a team of senior Daita servitors including Patimohapatra went to the royal palace in a ceremonial procession called ‘Rajprasad Bije’ and appraised the Gajapati King Dibyasingha Deb about the recovery of the deities from fever. Gajapati is known as the foremost servitor...
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Firefly puts Alpha rocket NASA mission on hold to study data
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Firefly puts Alpha rocket NASA mission on hold to study data

NASA Space Technology Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA005 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) in support of the “Noise of Summer” mission. Image: Firefly Aerospace / Sean ParkerUpdate 9:30 p.m. EDT: Firefly puts launch on hold to allow “more time to evaluate data and test systems from the first attempt.” No new launch date has been announced.Firefly Aerospace is taking more time before launching its fifth Alpha rocket following a last minute ground systems issue Monday night. This will be Firefly’s first mission with NASA as the customer. When it launches, the two-stage, 29.48 meter (96.7-foot) tall rocket will send eight CubeSats from multiple universities and NASA centers to a sun-synchronous Earth orbit.In a social media post, the company stated that it’s standing down “to give the team more time to evaluate data and...
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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch gamma-ray astronomy mission
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SpaceX wins NASA contract to launch gamma-ray astronomy mission

NASA Space Technology The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) will study gamma-ray emissions in the galaxy using a spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Credit: UC BerkeleyWASHINGTON NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a small gamma-ray astronomy mission on a Falcon 9 in 2027.NASA announced July 2 that it awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) spacecraft, a small Explorer-class, or SMEX, mission into low Earth orbit. The contract, valued at about $69 million, covers the August 2027 launch and related activities.A NASA spokesperson told SpaceNews the agency could not release details on the number of companies that bid on the launch, which was done as a task order through the NASA Launch Services 2 contract vehicle. Such information is considered source selection sensitive, the agency said.NASA selected...
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NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander
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NASA assessment suggests potential additional delays for Artemis 3 lunar lander

NASA Space Technology SpaceX Starship on the Moon Credit: SpaceXWASHINGTON — As NASA pushes ahead with a crewed lunar landing on the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates a nearly one-in-three chance the lander will be at least a year and a half late.That assessment came from a confirmation review for the Human Landing System (HLS) Initial Capability project, which is supporting the development of SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander that will be used on Artemis 3. The confirmation review, known in agency parlance as Key Decision Point (KDP) C, sets cost and schedule commitments for NASA projects.The confirmation review, which took place in December 2023, set a schedule baseline of February 2028 for that project at a 70% joint confidence level. That means there is a 70% chance that Starship...
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