SPHEREx launch: Newest NASA space telescope blasts off to map millions of galaxies in 3D

The USD 488 million SPHEREx mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe expanded so fast in its first moments. The cone-shaped SPHEREx — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.

Moon landing: Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down with special delivery for NASA

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome in an impact basin on the moon’s northeastern edge of the near side.
Confirmation of touchdown came from the company’s Mission Control outside Austin, Texas.

India and US strengthen space partnership, focus on human spaceflight and joint exploration

A meeting in this regard was held in Houston on December 17. The participants in the meeting were US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Indian Ambassador to the United States Vinay Kwatra.

Boeing’s Starliner returns back to Earth without NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore

Boeing’s Starliner programme has been beset with delays and failures over the last decade and the aerospace major has received criticism with many saying that the issues plaguing its commercial airplane production have spilled over to its space division.

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