Lawmaker Dumps NNPP For APC In Nasarawa
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Lawmaker Dumps NNPP For APC In Nasarawa

NASA Space Technology NASA Space Technology A Nasarawa State lawmaker, Mohammed Isimbabi, has dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).Naija News reports that the Toto/Gadabuke Constituency representative in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly confirmed his new political alliance in a letter addressed to the assembly.During a session in Lafia on Monday, the Speaker of the House, Danladi Jatauannounced Isimbabi’s defection while reading his official letter.The lawmaker indicated that the primary reason for his move to the APC was the ongoing divisions within the NNPP at the national level.Jatau praised Isimbabi for his courageous decision to align with the ruling APC, expressing confidence that his addition would enhance the party’s strength.Additionally, Alhaji Aliyu Bello, the state APC chairman, expressed his appreciation for Isimbabi’s decision and promised him a...
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NASA Boeing Starliner Astronauts to Return Home on SpaceX Flight in 2025
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NASA Boeing Starliner Astronauts to Return Home on SpaceX Flight in 2025

NASA Space Technology Image Credit: Houston Chronicle via Getty ImagPilot Sunita "Suni" Williams and Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore from NASA’s Boeing Starliner will return home in 2025 on a SpaceX flight. The news comes more than two months after the astronauts embarked on their mission, which was scheduled to be an eight-day stay in space.“NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew-9 next February, and that Starliner will return unscrewed,” NASA administrator Bill Nelson said during a press conference on August 24, according to the space agency’s website.Nelson went on to note that Boeing “has worked very hard with NASA to get the necessary data to make this decision” while pointing out that space travel comes with risks.After extensive review by experts across the agency, NASA's @BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test will...
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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts, including Needham native, in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts, including Needham native, in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

NASA Space Technology Skip to Main ContentNational NewsIn this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore give a news conference aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. NASA via APBy MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press August 25, 2024 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eight months.The seasoned pilots have been stuck at the International Space Station since the...
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‘Fireflies’ help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons
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‘Fireflies’ help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons

NASA Space Technology (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images)The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.The map reveals how Jupiter's powerful magnetosphere influences the radiation environment around one of the gas giant's moons, Europawhich is crucial for understanding the moon's surface chemistry, potential habitability, and the challenges of future space missions to this icy world."This is the first detailed radiation map of the region at these higher energies, which is a major step in understanding how Jupiter's radiation environment works," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, in a NASA statement. "This will help planning observations for the next generation of missions to the Jovian...
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