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Nasa, SpaceX postpone latest mission to International Space Station

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced on Thursday evening that their joint mission with the US space agency Nasa to send four astronauts from four different nations and space agencies to the International Space Station (ISS) was unexpectedly postponed, CNN reported.

Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida was announced as the launch site for the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday at 3:50am ET.

The reason for the abrupt change, announced by SpaceX late on Thursday via X, formerly Twitter, is still unknown.

The space agency was moving the liftoff timing to Saturday, August 26 at 3:27am, according to SpaceX’s post on X, because it “provides teams additional time to complete and discuss analysis.”

The advertisement stated, “The vehicles are still in good condition, and the crew is prepared to fly.

According to SpaceX’s post on X, the space agency was delaying the liftoff time to Saturday, August 26 at 3:27am because it “provides teams additional time to complete and discuss analysis”.

“The vehicles remain healthy and the crew is ready to fly,” the post read.

Nasa spokesperson Rob Navias, during a livestream, said: “Mission managers met and elected to postpone the launch of the Crew-7 crew for 24 hours to provide just a bit more time to close out some open paperwork.”

There is a 95% likelihood that the weather will be cooperative for the Saturday liftoff, according to the most recent predictions from the US Space Force, which regulates rocket launches.

The four astronauts set to launch aboard this mission, dubbed Crew-7, include Nasa’s Jasmin Moghbeli, who will be the mission commander; Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, representing the European Space Agency; Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA; and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos.

Nasa and SpaceX are set to launch their eighth commercial crew mission to the ISS. The Crew-7 astronauts will join the seven already on the orbiting laboratory, taking over operations from the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts.

The mission will take place over five days, marking the eighth flight operated by the agency as part of the commercial crew program which has been in operation since SpaceX’s first crewed mission in 2020.

The crew will spend about five days taking over operations from the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts.

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Moon train operations are planned by NASA.

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The goal is to construct the first lunar train system, which will enable safe, independent, and effective cargo transportation on the moon, according to robotics specialist Ethan Schaler of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

He went on, “The day-to-day functioning of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030s will depend heavily on a robust, long-lasting robotic transport system.”

The Flexible Levitation on a Track, or FLOAT, is the name of the proposed lunar rail system. According to NASA, the establishment of a railway system on the moon is “critical to the daily operations.”

According to the space agency, the primary objective of FLOAT is to offer transportation services in regions of the moon where astronauts are engaged in activities. To do this, cargoes of lunar soil and other materials will need to be transported to various regions of the moon.

Each robot will be able to transport cargo of various sizes and shapes at a pace of roughly 1 mph (1.61 km/h), according to Dr. Schaler.

Notably, NASA also declared new initiatives last month to create and test new vehicle models intended for moon exploration.

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Pakistan’s lunar mission ‘ICUBE-Q’ reaches the moon orbit.

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Pakistan’s lunar mission (ICUBE-Q) entered orbit around the moon on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s historic lunar mission (ICUBE-Q) launched from Hainan, China, on Friday aboard China’s Chang’E6 spacecraft.

According to the IST, the satellite ICUBE-Q was planned and developed in partnership with China’s Shanghai University SJTU and Pakistan’s national space agency SUPARCO.

The ICUBE-Q orbiter is equipped with two optical cameras to image the lunar surface. ICUBE-Q has now been integrated into the Chang’e6 mission after successfully qualifying and testing it.

Chang’e6 is the sixth lunar exploration mission launched by China.

The launch event was streamed live on the IST website and social media platforms. Chang’6, China’s Lunar Mission, will land on the Moon’s far side to collect surface samples before returning to Earth for further research.

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The establishment of IT labs in Islamabad’s educational establishments

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SIFC was established to improve the ease of doing business for potential investors through a “Whole of Government”Approach”—achieving optimal horizontal-vertical synergy and facilitation by the Pakistan Army—and to attract investments from friendly countries in selected sectors through an empowered organisation that serves as a “single-window” platform for facilitation.

The children will learn the newest skills in these state-of-the-art IT labs, expanding their employment prospects.

These IT laboratories will be constructed in sixteen degree colleges spread throughout various parts of Islamabad.

Students will take six-month courses in artificial intelligence (AI), game development, data science, and block chain in these IT labs.

Approximately 1,000 students will have access to courses in the first phase, which is being implemented in response to market demand.

The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has worked with esteemed universities such as NUST, National Skills University, COMSATS, and NUML to produce these courses.

The second week of this month will mark the start of these classes. For these courses, about 3,600 students have signed up.

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