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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched the Pace satellite on its $948 million mission before dawn, with the Falcon rocket heading south over the Atlantic to achieve a rare polar orbit. The satellite will spend at least three years studying the oceans from 420 miles (676 kilometers) up, as well as the atmosphere. Photos You Should See View All 15 ImagesNASA already has more than two dozen Earth-observing satellites and instruments in orbit. NASA is collaborating with India on another advanced Earth-observing satellite due to launch this year.

Persons: It’s, Jeremy Werdell, Pace, “ Pace, Karen St, Germain, Trump, ” Werdell Organizations: SpaceX, Pace, NASA, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, India

NASA and Indian Space Research Organization logos are seen in this illustration taken May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Nov 28 (Reuters) - NASA will train an Indian astronaut for a voyage to the International Space Station as early as next year, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Wednesday, amid deepening space ties between India and the United States. "There is an opportunity to share science," Nelson said, speaking at an event in Bengaluru, where he is due to inspect the NISAR satellite on Thursday. NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a low-Earth orbit observatory system jointly developed by NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). "This is the golden age of space exploration," Nelson said at Wednesday's event.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Bill Nelson, Nelson, NASA's, Russia's Luna, Nivedita, Kanjyik Ghosh, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: NASA, Indian Space Research, REUTERS, Rights, International Space Station, ISRO, Space Research, NASA's Artemis, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: India, United States, Bengaluru, NISAR, Russia, Ukraine, China, Mumbai

☆ After Chandrayaan-3: India's upcoming and past space missions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Here are highlights of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) upcoming and past missions:ADITYA-L1Slated for launch on Sept. 2, the Aditya L1 (Aditya is a name for the sun in the Hindi language) is the first Indian space mission to study the sun. PAST MISSIONS:* Chandrayaan-3 - On August 23, India became the first country to safely land a craft in the moon's south pole region. * Chandrayaan-2 - In 2019, ISRO launched its second moon mission, its first attempt to study the lunar south pole. * Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - In 2013, ISRO became the fourth space agency to put a spacecraft in the Mars orbit. * Chandrayaan-1 - India's first mission to the Moon was launched successfully in 2008.

Persons: GAGANYAAN, Vikram, Jitendra Singh, Nivedita, Gerry Doyle, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, Centre, NASA, Mars Orbiter, Thomson Locations: India, Bengaluru

☆ NASA chief offers Brazil satellite imaging to help stop Amazon deforestation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson attends a news conference, after meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (not pictured), at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA, July 25 (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Nelson said NASA will have a satellite in January that can even render images of what is happening below the forest canopy. "I thanked the president for his continuous effort to save the Amazon rainforest," he told reporters after the meeting. Earlier on Tuesday, Nelson visited Brazilian plane maker Embraer (EMBR3.SA) in Sao Jose dos Campos and toured the production line for its narrow-body commercial E-Jets.

Persons: Bill Nelson, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Adriano Machado BRASILIA, Nelson, Sao Jose dos Campos, Luciana Santos, Anthony Boadle, Brad Haynes, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, NASA, INPE, Embraer, EMBR3, Jets, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil, United States, India, Sao Jose, INPE, China, U.S, Brazilian, American, Argentina, Colombia

☆ Dubai camel cloning caters to races, beauty pageants
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

We have to mature them in the lab for 24 hours before they reach the stage where we can use them for the cloning process," Wani said. Reproductive cloning of animals uses a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. REUTERS/Rula RouhanaThe Reproductive Biotechnology Centre in Dubai works to preserve the cells of and reproduce elite racing camels, beauty contest winners, milking camels and prized males, Wani said. It has cloned critically endangered, double-humped wild Bactrian camels using the eggs and surrogate mothers of single humped camels, Wani said. After fertilisation with prized sperm, multiple embryos can be transferred to surrogate camels.

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