NASA announced that its new spacecraft, named NEA Scout, has completed all required tests and has been safely tucked inside the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 NEA Scout is one of several payloads that will hitch a ride on Artemis I, which is expected to be ...

NASA returned the science instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope to operational status, and the collection of science data will now resume. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Hubble, launched in 1990, is considered by many to be the most important scientific tool ever to be built, having ...

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth for two more years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This mission extension means NASA’s prolific near-Earth object (NEO) ...

US space agency NASA has selected two missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – to head to Venus. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Venus is the brightest object, after the moon, visible in the night sky from the Earth, which is because of the thick cover of cloud that reflects and scatters light ...

NASA announced to launch a Falcon 9 rocket under the SpaceX's 22nd cargo resupply mission to send the micro-animals which includes 5,000 tardigrades dubbed as 'water bears’, 28 glow-in-the-dark baby squids,Tardigrades, Butterfly IQ Ultrasound and new solar panels into the space. Daily Current ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is going to launch James Webb Space Telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's flagship astrophysics mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The JWST will provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity ...

Recently the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will depart asteroid Bennu, and start its two-year long journey back to Earth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ...

NASA has logged another extra-terrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The unprecedented extraction of oxygen on Mars was achieved by a device called MOXIE aboard ...

NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Ingenuity is a small robotic helicopter located on Mars since February 18, 2021 that is intended to make the first powered atmospheric flight on a ...

President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle right before the Challenger accident to lead NASA. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Nelson will serve as NASA’s chief executive officer and will be directly accountable to President Biden. In this ...