{"id":108206,"date":"2021-02-09T08:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=108206"},"modified":"2021-02-09T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T08:55:23","slug":"nasas-spherex-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nasas-spherex-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s SPHEREx Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ouestion: NASA frecently announced to launch a SPHEREx Mission. Study of which of the following will be undertaken through this mission?<br><\/strong>a) Mars<br>b) Jupiter<br>c) Galaxies and formation of Universe<br>d) Comets<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently announced its new proposed mission SPHEREx.<\/li><li>NASA for this purpose has made the selection of Elon Musk\u2019s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to provide launch services.<\/li><li>SPHEREx is short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) spacecraft.<\/li><li>SPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye.<\/li><li>NASA through this mission aims to perform an all-sky survey to measure the near-infrared spectra of more than 300 million galaxies across the universe.<\/li><li>This mission will also be used to study 100 million stars inside our own Milky Way galaxy.<\/li><li>The small astrophysics spacecraft, SPHEREx, weighs 329-lb. (178 kilograms).<\/li><li>It will be launched to space aboard SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket, in June 2024, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/li><li>Scientists are expecting that the SPHEREx mission will serve as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions involving the birth of the universe.<\/li><li>Researchers are hopeful that this astrophysics mission will certainly provide us the understanding about subsequent development of galaxies<\/li><li>The mission will also include search for essentials for the existence of life, i.e. water and organic molecules in regions where stars are born from gas and dust.<\/li><li>It should be known that the birth of the new stars take place in stellar nurseries along with disks around stars where new planets could be forming.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/science\/nasa-picks-elon-musks-spacex-for-mission-to-study-history-of-the-universe\/article33757734.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/science\/nasa-picks-elon-musks-spacex-for-mission-to-study-history-of-the-universe\/article33757734.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ouestion: NASA frecently announced to launch a SPHEREx Mission. Study of which of the following will be undertaken through this mission?a) Marsb) Jupiterc) Galaxies and formation of Universed) CometsAnswer: (c)Related Facts:- The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently announced its new proposed mission SPHEREx. 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