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NASA launched the Europa Clipper Mission to explore Jupiter's moon.

In October 2024, NASA launched this spacecraft to learn whether conditions on Jupiter’s moon could sustain life in what scientists believe could be a deep ocean hidden beneath its icy surface.

Note: NASA is the space agency of the USA.

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NASA and SpaceX launched Crew-9 mission on 28 Sep, 2024 from Florida, USA.

The mission has two people on board and two empty seats to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the international Space Station (ISS).

Additional Information

Both Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are American astronauts.

NASA is the space agency of the USA.

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• Japan is the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the moon with its SLIM mission.

   list of countries that have achieved a soft landing on the moon:

  • Soviet Union (1966)
  • United States (1969)
  • China (2013)
  • India (2023)
  • Japan (SLIM mission, 2024)

  
  

  
  

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has returned to Earth after a record 371 days in space.

During this time he made 5963 rounds around the earth.

Note: NASA is the space agency of the USA

Explanation

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has returned to Earth after a record 371 days in space.

During this time he made 5963 rounds around the earth.

Note: NASA is the space agency of the USA

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Asian Armwrestling Championship 2024

Host city: Tashkent

Host country: Uzbekistan

World Armwrestling Day is observed on 20th April.

Note: Arms wrestling is not an Olympic sport

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NASA Headquarters: Washington

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government

NASA is responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower

NASA Founded: July 29, 1958

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Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 92 percent effective according to initial test results, its developers said on November 11, 2020.

The calculations were based on results from 16,000 individuals who received both doses of the vaccine, Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research centre and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement.

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The National Futures Association (NFA)

It is the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for the U.S. derivatives industry,

They traded on-exchange futures, retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex), and OTC derivatives (swaps).

NFA is headquartered in Chicago

Founded: 1982

It was created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in September 1981

And began regulatory operations in 1982.