Artemis II's success gives confidence to India for Gaganyaan mission, says astrophysicistBuilding on the momentum of Artemis II's successful lunar expedition, India's Gaganyaan mission is set to chart new territory in human spac...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
NASA's spectacular image of Lagoon Nebula goes viralThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA keeps sharing unseen images of fascinating elements from space. It recently captu...
20 May, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
NASA to find out whether bacteria can hitchhike their way to MarsA helium balloon carrying a special scientific experiment will launch to the edge of space from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility...
28 Sep, 2015, 01.57 PM 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
The end of the world is not nigh. Surely not courtesy any rogue asteroidPartypooper Nasa has confirmed that our planet won’t be obliterated by any space debris now or any time soon.
22 Aug, 2015, 05.27 AM IST
NASA testing climbing space robot with sticky gecko feetInspired by geckos, NASA has equipped a climbing robot with next-generation sticky feet that could help them carry repair work on the ISS.
17 Aug, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Here's how much a mission to Pluto costsNASA's New Horizons mission sent a spacecraft to fly over Pluto for the very first time in history, and they did it on a budget of $720 mil...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
NASA spacecraft gives an old, distant celestial favourite a booster shotWas the Disney character Pluto — created a few months after the discovery of Pluto the planet in 1930 — named after the planet?
16 Jul, 2015, 04.49 AM IST
Why landing astronauts on Mars suddenly looks harder than ever beforeNASA tested their low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) spacecraft off the coast of the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kau...
09 Jun, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
NASA unveils 'dark side' of the MoonJust like the near side, the far side goes through a complete cycle of phases. But the terrain of the far side is quite different, NASA sai...
10 Feb, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
NASA's Hubble captures rare triple-moon conjunctionSeeing three moons transiting the face of Jupiter at the same time is rare, occurring only once or twice a decade, researchers said.
08 Feb, 2015, 02.13 PM IST
NASA helicopter to scout for future Mars roversTo have a better sense of where to go and what is worth studying on Mars, it could be useful to have a low-flying scout, NASA said.
23 Jan, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
DGCA to allow pilots to take nap during long flightsPilots are soon going to be allowed to take a nap — at the wheels in the cockpit — for up to 40 minutes on long flights
29 May, 2013, 11.19 AM IST
- Existing in vain?
The Voyager I and II spacecraft launched by Nasa in 1977 were probes to check out Jupiter and Saturn.
16 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Boeing tests new drone that can stay airborne for four days
Boeing today announced a "new era" in intelligence gathering when the US aviation giant tested its new drone that can stay airborne for fou...
05 Jun, 2012, 06.19 PM IST
- 60 Himachal Pradesh's students to visit NASA
Sixty students of a public school in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district have been selected to visit NASA
13 Nov, 2011, 01.42 PM IST
- US charges seven foreigners in Internet fraud scheme
US prosecutors have charged seven foreigners in a massive internet fraud scheme in which over four million computers across 100 countries
11 Nov, 2011, 03.45 AM IST