SpaceX Polaris Dawn Launch: When, how and where to watch first ever billionaire spacewalkSpaceX Polaris Dawn Launch: Jared Isaacman’s Polaris Dawn mission, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, aims to set new records with...
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Meet Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur who is set to create history with first-ever private spacewalkJared Isaacman, billionaire founder of Shift4 Payments, is set to lead the Polaris Dawn mission for the first private spacewalk. Backed by ...
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- NASA's Dawn mission to asteroid belt nears end
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) After 11 years of gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering, Da...
08 Sep, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
- Mysterious bright spots indicate Ceres is no dead world: NASA
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) Far from being a dead world, the dwarf planet Ceres is an active and evolving world, indicate hundreds of bright ...
13 Dec, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
- Ceres may still have liquid water underground: NASA
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The dwarf planet Ceres may have had a global ocean in the past, and two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission sugg...
27 Oct, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
- NASA extends Dawn mission at dwarf planet Ceres
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) NASA has approved a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt betwee...
20 Oct, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
- Glitch hits NASA's Dawn spacecraft
Washington, April 27 (IANS) NASA's Dawn spacecraft encountered a glitch while preparing for its scheduled observation of Ceres on April 29 ...
27 Apr, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
NASA's New Horizons mission to travel deeper into spaceGreen noted that NASA relies on the scientific assessment by the Senior Review Panel in making its decision on which extended mission optio...
02 Jul, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft maps Ceres in unprecedented detailNASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided the closest-yet views of Ceres, mapping its features in detail, including the 6 km high 'pyramid' spott...
26 Aug, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft spots pyramid-shaped peak on CeresNASA has captured more images of mysterious bright spots on Ceres, and also spotted a baffling pyramid-shaped peak towering over a flat lan...
24 Jun, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres may be active iceA pair of bright spots on Ceres could actually be ice which may be emitting plumes into space, new images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft sugge...
18 Mar, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reaches dwarf planet CeresThe spacecraft was approximately 61,000 kilometres from Ceres when it was captured by the dwarf planet's gravity, NASA said.
07 Mar, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
NASA spacecraft snaps closest ever images of dwarf planetThe sharpest and closest-yet images of the dwarf planet Ceres have been snapped by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
06 Feb, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
NASA probe indicates asteroid once had flowing waterVesta was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at its surface.
26 Jan, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft beams new images of dwarf planet CeresAs Dawn closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images take...
20 Jan, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft begins approach to dwarf planet CeresNASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never befor...
01 Jan, 2015, 05.25 PM IST
For Mars mission experts, safe mode means dangerA spacecraft goes into safe mode when it encounters a strong cosmic current or a flare. When this happens, the spacecraft positions itself ...
21 Sep, 2014, 12.21 PM IST