Weekly space news - 28/Aug/2022

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James Webb reveals stunning images of Jupiter

Scientists released the shots taken by the telescope on Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. Webb has given us an unprecedented view of jupiter’s northern and southern lights, its swirling polar haze, its great red spot, and even its faint rings! This gas giant has never been captured with such detail ever before

Space observatory to be set up in Uttarakhand

The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) observatory will be set up in Uttarakhand by Digantara a space sector start-up. SSA will help India track any activity in space including space debris and satellites.

Rocks found on mars are believed to have been altered by water.

Scientists believe rocks found by Nasa’s perseverance rover are the result of alteration by water. This further leads us to believe there was once water on mars and possibly life!

NASA to launch Artemis 1 on Monday, 29th August.

NASA plans to launch Artemis 1 on Monday, August 29. It will perform a long orbit around the moon for 6 to 19 days before coming back to Earth. With the Artemis mission, NASA hopes to send humans to the moon again.

Space X landed a rocket on a ship at sea.

SpaceX launched 54 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit and landed a rocket on a ship at sea on Saturday night (Aug. 27).