Canadian singer, songwriter Gordon Lightfoot passes away at 84Throughout his career, Gordon Lightfoot was nominated for five Grammy Awards and received 17 Juno Awards, which is the Canadian equivalent.
02 May, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
Gordon Lightfoot, legendary folk singer-songwriter, dies at 84Considered one of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto's Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio al...
02 May, 2023, 12.39 PM IST
Chicago may permanently remove Christopher Columbus's statues. Read details hereThe Chicago monuments project advisory committee said, “goal is to memorialise events, people or groups that historically have been exclude...
20 Aug, 2022, 06.11 PM IST
- US Senate confirms Jim Bridenstine as new NASA chief
Washington, April 20 (IANS) The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump-nominated Representative Jim Bridenstine to lead the US spac...
20 Apr, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
- NASA delays launch of next-gen space telescope until 2020
Washington, March 28 (IANS) NASA is now targeting May 2020 for the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope, the $8 billion dollar Hubble s...
28 Mar, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
- NASA's acting chief Robert Lightfoot to retire in April
Washington, March 13 (IANS) NASA's acting chief Robert Lightfoot is set to retire at the end of April, even as US President Donald Trump's ...
13 Mar, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
- America's 'most experienced astronaut' dies: NASA
Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) John Young, America's "most experienced astronaut" who walked on the Moon during the Apollo programme and commande...
07 Jan, 2018, 05.47 AM IST
- Trump to send astronauts back to moon
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump authorised the acting NASA administrator Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. to "lead an innovative...
12 Dec, 2017, 09.42 AM IST
- NASA's first SLS rocket launch could be delayed until 2020
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) The first launch of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will carry the new Orion spacecraft, could be d...
09 Nov, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
- NASA to put humans on the Moon again: Pence
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) The Trump administration wants NASA to land humans on the Moon and establish presence on the lunar surface before ...
06 Oct, 2017, 06.12 PM IST
- NASA to put humans on the Moon again: Pence
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) The Trump administration will direct NASA to land humans on the Moon and establish presence on the lunar surface b...
06 Oct, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
- Trump signs order to re-establish National Space Council
Washington, July 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council in a bid to co...
01 Jul, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- NASA, Italian Space Agency to probe cosmic X-ray mysteries
Washington, June 21 (IANS) NASA has signed an agreement with Italian Space Agency for the launch of a probe that will provide important clu...
21 Jun, 2017, 06.13 PM IST
- '$19.1 billion budget positive for NASA'
Washington, May 24 (IANS) At $19.1 billion, NASA has a very positive budget, said the agency's acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot after ...
24 May, 2017, 11.45 AM IST
- First signs of NASA overhaul under Trump administration
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) With Donald Trump promising to "unlock the mysteries of space" in his time as US President during his inaugural a...
23 Jan, 2017, 12.28 PM IST
NASA mission to pluck a boulder off asteroidThe mission was one of two under consideration by NASA to develop technologies and equipment needed to one day send astronauts to Mars.
26 Mar, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
- Former AIG CEO Greenberg bows out of House hearing
The former chief executive of American International Group Inc., has canceled his scheduled appearance at a House committee.
07 Oct, 2008, 06.18 PM IST