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NASA announced that SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas.

The mission was the maiden mission of Starliner after a decade-long wait of development and errors. Notably, the launch was also briefly delayed due to helium leaks and a malfunctioning valve on the rocket.

The space agency is taking due diligence to not come into contact with the sample retrieved from asteroid Bennu and the hardware removal process will be done delicately taking necessary precautions to avoid risk of contamination.

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has brought back the pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu

Chandra X-ray Observatory is a Flagship-class space telescope and named after the Nobel Prize-winning Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

Shoemaker, who himself could have become the first geologist-astronaut to join the Apollo moon flight, however, could not turn his moon dream into a reality as he was diagnosed with Addison's disease.

NASA and ESA to provide assistance during Chandrayaan-3 landing

The urge to get connected to the Moon began in the year 1958 when the United States first sent spacecraft named Pioneer 0 beyond the Earth's orbit.

Indian space organisation ISRO, whose Chandrayaan 3 mission is also on the way to the Moon, has congratulated Roscosmos, the Russian space agency.

Dr. Anca Faur who has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering is the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin's company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC since 2019.