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Effects of space flight on human body

By Azka Amjad  Effects of space flight on human body: Space anemia: There are many space companies currently working on Mars mission like blue origin, space company owned by Jeff Bezos and space X owned by Elon musk. But especially Elon musk and SpaceX are the most prominent names in this regard.  Elon musk, the CEO of spaceX wishes to make humans a multi planetary species. He wants to set up a colony on Mars so that humans can tackle future problems. SpaceX has been working on this Mars mission for a long time. But how will it affect human life?  Will humans be able to survive on a planet other than their mother planet?  Elon musk said that we can land humans on Mars within 10 years but a major problem has come across on the way of this mission. A major concern regarding the health of astronauts has come forward i.e Space Anemia You must have heard about anemia and its different types like Blood loss anemia( can be acute like in case of hemorrhage or can be chronic)  Iron deficiency a
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James Webb Space Telescope

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By Azka Amjad JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE Abbreviations used in article : JWST: James webb space telescope IR: infrared ISIM : Integrated science instrument module.  HISTORY : The construction of JWST was started in 1996 by collaboration of NASA, ESA(European Space agency),CSA (Canadian space agency). And it was planned to launch in 2007 and its budget was fixed to be 500 million dollars. But in 2005 many changes were made in its initial design and its launch date was delayed. Its construction was completed in 2016at the expense of about 10 billion dollars. Then some initial tests were conducted, which continued till 2019and it was planned to launch it in March 2021.But due to some technical issue its launch was again delayed till December 2021 and finally it was launched on 25 december at 12:20 UTC by an Ariane 5 rocket from European Space Agency's launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.  MAIN PARTS OF JWST : •PRIMARY MIRROR It consists of 18 hexagonal segments made of beryllium me
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