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In 2011, NASA built a 50,000-square-foot California office that used 90% less drinking water and was designed to produce 20% more energy than it needed- In 1969, NASA launched Bonnie the monkey for a planned 30 days in orbit; his condition deteriorated after about 8 days, and the mission was ended early
- In 2021, a spacecraft was launched on a first-ever suicide mission to try to deflect an asteroid on impact in space in the revolutionary planetary defense experiment: How NASA’s DART mission changed an asteroid’s orbit
- SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in LouisianaThe company's second Starbase campus will eventually launch thousands of Starship flights a year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said, re...26 Aug, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
- California startup JetZero’s ‘manta ray’ plane could change air travel forever: 250-seat Z4 aims to fly 5,750 miles and use up to 50% less fuelCalifornia startup JetZero is innovating the aviation industry with a new aircraft featuring a blended-wing-body design, aimed at accommoda...18 Aug, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
- Once rejected by NASA and Boeing, Peter Beck built Rocket Lab into a SpaceX and Blue Origin rival with 2,500 employees across the US, Canada and New ZealandRocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck is now taking on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Peter Beck was once rejected by NASA and...29 Jul, 2026, 06.18 PM IST
- On This Day in History, July 1: Terminator 2 premiers, Dominion of Canada is formed, Bretton Woods Conference opens, Hong Kong returns to China, Sony Walkman debuts, Princess Diana is born and other key eventsOn This Day in History, July 1 marks a date shaped by major military campaigns, nation-building, scientific breakthroughs and cultural mile...30 Jun, 2026, 11.30 PM IST
- Missing Los Alamos scientist Melissa Casias' death investigation takes appalling turn after CT scan finds no bullet in skullMissing scientists mystery: The mysterious death of former Los Alamos scientist Melissa Casias has taken a new turn. An initial CT scan rep...23 Jun, 2026, 10.18 AM IST
- Indian-American NASA veteran named US space agency's associate administratorIndian-American Amit Kshatriya has been appointed NASA’s new exploration-focused associate administrator, becoming the agency’s top civil s...04 Sep, 2025, 03.05 PM IST
- Two from NASA, one Japanese, and one Russian: Meet the new crew heading to the ISS to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch WilmoreNASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-10 mission carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station. The team, including ...15 Mar, 2025, 01.26 PM IST
- Asteroid bigger than two cricket pitches is hurtling towards Earth again on September 15NASA has alerted the scientific community about asteroid 2024 ON, measuring 720 feet in diameter, which is set to approach Earth on Septemb...03 Sep, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
- Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid zooms towards Earth at breakneck speed; NASA issues warningNASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2024 MT1, a large object heading towards Earth at 65,215 km/h. Despite its size—about as big as th...10 Jul, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
- NASA gets 3 electric vans to shuttle Artemis crew to launchpadNASA has received three fully electric and environment friendly crew transportation vans that will take Artemis crews on the final Earth-bo...13 Jul, 2023, 01.12 PM IST
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman visits NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MarylandNirmala Sitharaman was given presentations about various activities at NASA Goddard by Dr Makenzie Lystrup, Director of NASA's Goddard Spac...12 Apr, 2023, 06.46 AM IST
- Indian-origin software and robotics engineer Amit Kshatriya to head NASA's Moon to Mars ProgrammeNASA has appointed Amit Kshatriya, an Indian-American software and robotics engineer, as the head of its newly-established Moon to Mars Pro...31 Mar, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
- NASA to launch test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraftA SpaceX rocket was set to blast off from California late Tuesday as NASA seeks to demonstrate a first-of-its-kind planetary defense system...23 Nov, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
- No US return to the Moon before 2026: AuditThe Artemis program to return Americans to the Moon is encountering "technical difficulties and delays heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic ...16 Nov, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
- NASA to use laser communication for high-speed space 'internet'Washington, March 23 (IANS) In a step towards verifying the efficacy of laser communications for speedier data rates for connections betwee...23 Mar, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
- New NASA programme to protect Earth from asteroids, cometsMore than 13,500 near-Earth objects of all sizes have been discovered to date - over 95 per cent of them since NASA-funded surveys began in...17 Jan, 2016, 06.43 PM IST
- Asteroid to fly by Earth safely on January 26: NASAThe flyby of 2004 BL86 will be the closest by any known space rock this large until asteroid 1999 AN10 flies past Earth in 2027, NASA said.14 Jan, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
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