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NASA's Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End World

NASA's Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The mission is over for NASA's Opportunity rover, which went silent following a Martian dust storm in June 2018, after 14 years of explor…

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The International Space Station turns 20 World

The International Space Station turns 20

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, November 21, 2018

At a time when most gadgets, on average, last only a handful of years, it’s heartening to note that one of the most complex technological inst…

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Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket World

Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Falcon Heavy is a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The Falcon Heavy (which was earlier described as …

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A 'supermoon' full moon is seen rising in Pieta, Malta World

A 'supermoon' full moon is seen rising in Pieta, Malta

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, January 04, 2018

A 'supermoon' full moon is seen rising in Pieta, Malta.

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Supermoon of the century World

Supermoon of the century

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, November 15, 2016

A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resu…

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Amazing Photos from Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year in Space Year in Space

Amazing Photos from Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year in Space

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, March 02, 2016

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), in Star City, Russia. Scott Kell…

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