SPACE

A number of Hawaiians saw a blue glowing oblong object hovering in the sky last Tuesday, prompting residents to call the FAA.

"The animals were suffering the ethological deprivations and frustrations inherent in laboratory life," animal ethics expert John Gluck said.

The capsule will be airlifted to Beijing for opening, and the Moon samples will be delivered to a research team for analysis and study.

The samples were collected by Hayabusa-2, which launched in 2014, from the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometres from Earth.

Astronomers revealed they was not able to detect the asteroid until 15 hours after its closest approach

The crew comprises three Americans -- Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker -- and Japan's Soichi Noguchi.

There is no news if Elon Musk had been planning to attend the SpaceX NASA launch in Florida on Sunday.

Sunday's launch begins the first of what the US hopes will become routine missions for SpaceX following a successful test flight in late spring.

NASA's Perseverance mission was launched in July to carry out the Mars exploration mission around Jezero crater on the planet.

Leonids and Taurids are annual meteor shower events that run through September to December visible in all parts of the world.

Take-off is planned for 7:49 pm Saturday (0049 GMT Sunday) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's Orion spacecraft is targeted to launch in 2024 on Moon's surface as part of Artemis program with two astronauts.

The scientists studying Trojan of Mars discovered an asteroid which turned out to be similar in composition to our natural satellite.

When the DSS34 was taken offline for maintenance, NASA confirmed that Voyager 2 regularly sent back data, but operators could not transmit commands.

16 Psyche is believed to be one of the largest asteroids in the main asteroid belt and NASA will arrive at it in 2026.

According to investigations, the culprit is a red lacquer used by personnel to coat certain sections of the rocket during cleaning.

Given all unfortunate events in 2020, many of its followers speculated that it might have been bad news.

If a colony on Mars is ever established, it will likely rely on a constellation of Starlink satellites for communications, navigation, and more.

As per scientists, the UFO sighting was actually the reentry of the spent rocket that was launched in 2008.

NASA's spacecraft observed water molecules on the surface of the moon believed to be trapped in soil and distributed widely on the surface.

The scientists used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite star catalog to detect 1004 such star systems within 300 light-years from Earth.

The upcoming NASA press conference will have four notable participants: Naseem Rangwala, Paul Hertz, Jacob Bleacher, and Casey Honniball.

Much like any colony, the overall goal is to be independent and still manage to survive, notes experts.

A total of $370 million in funding was distributed by NASA across various groups to develop their respective technologies.

As it stands right now, the majority of objects that surround the planet are monitored by private firms and government agencies.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine believes more will sign up in the future to support the programme.

Scientists around the world witnessed the rare phenomena last year and studied it in detail to understand supermassive black holes better.

The Tesla Roadster in question and its dummy driver named "Starman" was the iconic payload during the debut launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018.

Perhaps the most recent test of its capabilities was last month in the wake of the devastating wildfires that destroyed local communications infrastructure.