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• (DART) is the world's first mission to test technology for protecting Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards.

• NASA launched DART in November 2021.

• DART stands for: Double Asteroid Redirection Test

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Yuri Borisow became new space chief of Russia in July 2022. 

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NAB establishedNAB is now the lead anti-corruption investigation agency in Pakistan

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Know everything about International Space Station (ISS)

ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory.

Five different space agencies representing 15 countries built the 100 billion-dollar international space station.

ISS is a joint project between NASA of US, Roscommon of Russia, JAXA of Japan, ESA of Europe and CSA of Canada.

ISS is expected to operate until 2030.

In February 2022, (NASA) announced plans to retire and decommission the International Space Station (ISS) by 2031.

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Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

It is the second-largest European country .

population of around 40 million people. 

Capital: Kyiv

Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia

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'Artemis' is the Lunar Mission launched by NASA.

Artemis was launched in 2022.

NASA is the space agency of USA. 

Number of Astronauts: 4

Number of female Astronauts: 1

Name of female Astronaut: Callie Rodriguez

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NASA launched James Webb Space Telescope in the year 2021

The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope “James Webb Space Telescope” was developed by NASA

Cost: 10 billion USD (2016)

Launch site: Guiana Space Centre

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Know everything about International Space Station (ISS)

ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory.

Five different space agencies representing 15 countries built the 100 billion-dollar international space station.

ISS is a joint project between NASA of US, Roscommon of Russia, JAXA of Japan, ESA of Europe and CSA of Canada.

ISS is expected to operate until 2030.

In February 2022, (NASA) announced plans to retire and decommission the International Space Station (ISS) by 2031.