US space

27 Aug

NASA’s James Webb space telescope completes testing, ready to ship

Washington: NASA's much-awaited James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests, the US space agency has said.Engineering teams have completed Webb's long-spanning comprehensive testing regimen at Northrop Grumman's facilities. The telescope is now being prepared for shipment to its launch site, and will be completed in September, NASA said in a statement on Thursday.The US space agency recently pushed back the target for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, touted as its next great space observatory, to October 2021. Previously, Webb was targeted to launch in March 2021.The launch has been pushed due to impacts from the…

27 Mar

NASA to return humans to Moon within 5 years

Washington: NASA has accepted a challenge from the Donald Trump administration to return humans to the Moon by 2024, four years ahead of the US space agency's earlier set target.US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday challenged NASA to put humans back on the Moon within five years at a meeting of the National Space Council, CNET reported. "Today, I spoke at the National Space Council where we discussed the need to accelerate our return to the Moon. We will be taking actions to accomplish this and I know @NASA is ready for the challenge of moving forward to the Moon,…