Nasa Wants to Send Windbot to Explore Jupiter's atmosphere

A team of scientists at NASA are planning to build a robot that can float in the atmosphere for a longer time without consuming the fuel. Windbots are the machines capable harness the power of the wind on Jupiter and the other gas giants, since it's not ideal to send solar or nuclear-powered robots to the outer planets.

NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program funded $100,000 for this study and the team has designed the basic model for the windbot that looks like a dandelion seed.

Currently, there are no missions scheduled that would take advantage of windbots but NASA may use windbots to help scientists understand turbulent weather like hurricanes.

Via: [NASA]

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Russian Soyuz Carrying Three New Astronauts Docks Safely with ISS

Reports say that a Russian rocket soyuz carrying three new astronauts carrying cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan has landed safely at International Space Station on Wednesday at 9.02pm GMT.

The rocket reached the destination in less than six hours and it is expected to begin a five-month mission aboard the station, a US$100-billion laboratory that flies about 400 km above Earth.

The mission had been delayed by two months because of a Russian rocket failure therefore scientists were eager for its successful landing.

Now they will start contributing to study of space explorations at ISS.

Via: [time.com]

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