After a last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX to abort its planned Dragon cargo launch, US space transport services company, SpaceX is taking another shot at launching a rocket from NASA's historic moon pad. As dawn
US space agency NASA’s Spitzer space telescope has detected unusual heartbeat-like pulsations in the outer shells of a star called HAT-P-2. A closely orbiting planet, called HAT-P-2b, might be causing these vibrations each time it
Russia's space agency on Thursday said it lost contact with an unmanned cargo ship shortly after it blasted off for the International Space Station. “Communication was lost today 383 seconds after the launch of the
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found the first gamma-ray binary – the brightest one ever spotted – in another galaxy. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive star and a crushed
The European Space Agency is all set to crash its historical Rosetta spacecraft into a comet, two years after it began its probe in 2014. The Rosetta mission will end with a controlled descent
The European Space Agency is in the process of making final preparations to crash its Rosetta spacecraft that began its probe in 2014 into a comet. Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, 2014,
NASA astronauts in collaboration with the non-profit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will now explore the microbial environment on the International Space Station, said NASA. The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique built environment having
Chinese space agency is all set to launch its second spacelab Tiangong-2 next week. Tiangong-2 will be launched into space between September 15 and 20, the office of China’s manned space program said. The space
The Space Launch System (SLS), arguably the world’s most powerful NASA’s rocket that the space agency hopes will one day carry humans to Mars, has given positive results in the second test. The second
US space agency NASA has selected six US firms to help advance its journey to the red planet by developing prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats. Habitation systems provide a safe place for
New York: Marking a hurdle in deep space explorations for NASA, the Plutonium-238, which is used to power these programmes, is running out of fuel. The aerospace research centre of the United States uses Plutonium-238
London: After a successful mission to Pluto last week, scientists are preparing to launch a probe to search for life on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, media reports said.Earlier this week, the European
Chennai: India successfully ground tested its high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine at Mahendragiri complex in Tamil Nadu, the space agency said on Monday.In a statement here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the country's first
Hyderabad: Giving a boost to 'Make in India' initiative, Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) on Wednesday signed a framework agreement to collaborate in aerospace and defense manufacturing and potential integrated systems development opportunities,
Washington: In what may rewrite science books soon, NASA's New Horizons mission - launched in 2006 and has travelled over 4.8 billion km so far at the speed of 45,000 km per hour - fly past
Washington: The US space agency is planning to test inflatable spacecraft technology for future missions to Red Planet.For this, NASA scientists are considering to use a blow-up heat shield which resembles stacking ring of doughnuts
New Delhi: With IRSO succeeding in its first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission making India the only country to achieve this feat in its maiden attempt, 2014 was not only momentous but a very busy year
Sriharikota (AP), Jul 15: Senior officials of Antrix Corporation, ISRO's commercial arm, and Devas Multimedia, would meet soon over the controversial S-band spectrum agreement between the two which has been scrapped by the government, the
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