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World to witness five eclipses in 2013, India to see 2

Eclipse 150x150 World to witness five eclipses in 2013, India to see 2According to latest news, the world will experience five eclipses in the next year, and only two of them will be seen in India.

It is said that India would experience a partial lunar eclipse on April 25 and a penumbral lunar eclipse on October 18, 2013.

In a statement, Madhya Pradesh’s state Jiwaji Observatory, Ujjain, superintendent Rajendra Prakash Gupt said Read more

US Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age of 82

Neil Armstrong 150x150 US Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age of 82The first man ever who set his foot on moon, Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82, as his family members told media on Saturday.

Neil Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and he served in the U.S. Navy and was also a part of the Korean War before becoming an astronaut. Read more

Curiosity’s first test drive hits blockade: Faulty wind sensors

Curiosity test drive 150x150 Curiosity’s first test drive hits blockade: Faulty wind sensors The $2.5 billion small car sized Nasa’s Curiosity took its test first drive on Martian surface of Mars on Wednesday, reported that during drive it is facing some problems due to damaging of its wind sensors with wires hitting roadblock on Mars.

A much disappointing, but minor problem will degrade some measurements, difficult to prevent them, as per Missions engineers, adding that the damage is resulted because of roadblock thrown up during Curiosity rover driving. Read more

Sunita Williams takes off on second space mission

Sunita Williams 150x150 Sunita Williams takes off on second space missionAccording to latest reports, the Indo-American Sunita Williams has today taken off her second space odyssey. Earlier, Sunita Williams had lived and worked in the International Space Station [ISS] for six months in 2006.

As per the statement released by NASA, it said, “The spacecraft carrying the 46-year-old Williams blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8.10 am today with Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.” Read more

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