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The launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the spacecraft was scrubbed on Saturday due to a violation of a launch limit, resulting in a hold. (Photo: NASA | Twitter)

Parker Solar Probe: World's first mission to touch Sun lifts off, says NASA

Liftoff took place from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US early on Sunday.

12 Aug 2018 1:24 PM

The early morning launch countdown was halted with just one minute, 55 seconds remaining, keeping the Delta IV rocket on its pad with the Parker Solar Probe. (Photo: NASA via AP)

NASA’s flight to sun delayed due to technical problem

The $1.5 billion mission is already a week late because of rocket issues.

12 Aug 2018 10:42 AM

Engineers are taking utmost caution with the USD 1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, which Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA's science mission directorate, described as one of the agency's most 'strategically important missions.' (Photo: AFP)

Minutes before lift-off, launch of spacecraft to explore Sun postponed

The reason for delay was not immediately clear, but was called for after a gaseous helium alarm was sounded in last moments before liftoff.

11 Aug 2018 4:00 PM

NASA is counting down on August 10 to the launch of a USD 1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun's sizzling atmosphere and become humanity's first mission to explore a star. (Photo: AFP)

NASA minutes away from launch of first spacecraft to explore Sun

NASA’s car-sized, USD 1.5 bn Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch on Delta IV Heavy rocket during a 65-minute launch window.

11 Aug 2018 1:38 PM

Missions near the Moon will start when NASA’s Orion spacecraft leaves Earth atop the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System. (Photo: NASA)

How will Orion survive deep space?

Orion has built-in technologies that enable the crew and spacecraft to explore far into the solar system.

05 Aug 2018 5:26 PM

Astronauts, left to right, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada and Sunita Williams give a thumbs up to the crowd after NASA announced them as astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sunita Williams, 8 others to fly on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft: NASA

The space agency announced that the nine astronauts will launch on the first crewed test flights and missions of new commercial spacecraft.

04 Aug 2018 8:15 AM

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s announcement signals a milestone in the US space programme.

NASA announces astronauts for first manned US space launches since 2011

The astronauts named on Friday will be carried aloft aboard spacecraft developed by entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Boeing Co.

04 Aug 2018 7:56 AM

Among the more personal items to be auctioned are a Purdue University centennial flag from Armstrong’s alma mater that travelled on Apollo 11 and his Boy Scout cap. (Photo: AP)

One giant sale: Neil Armstrong’s collection goes to auction

Neil Armstrong’s ‘moon mission’ collection goes to auction.

21 Jul 2018 3:26 PM

The project, with a $1.5 billion price tag, is the first major mission under NASA’s Living With a Star program. (Photo: NASA)

NASA to fly Parker probe into Sun's scorching atmosphere

The Parker probe is set to fly into the Sun’s corona within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface.

21 Jul 2018 2:43 PM

Of Jupiter’s 79 moons, 26 remain unnamed, including nine of the 10 new ones. (Photo: NASA)

Ten newly found moons of Jupiter include a 'wrong-way driver'

A research team in Washington has identified 12 small Jovian moons, including the 10 described here.

18 Jul 2018 8:54 AM

The loss of the sublimated carbon dioxide leaves behind these spider-like features etched into the surface. (Photo: NASA)

NASA discovers 'spider-like' occurences on Mars

This is a seasonal occurrence on the Martian South Pole.

15 Jul 2018 7:36 PM

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

Viking 1 accidentally destroyed proof of organic coumpunds

The rover’s soil sampler accidentally burned up the organic compounds in the Martian soil.

15 Jul 2018 7:16 PM

SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s commercial crew program to send US astronauts to space as soon as 2019, using their Dragon and Starliner spacecraft respectively.

NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report says

Plans to launch the first NASA astronauts since 2011 to the International Space Station from the United States look set to be delayed.

12 Jul 2018 8:51 PM

The SpaceX capsule is a beefed-up, human-rated version of the Dragon capsule already used to deliver cargo; Boeing’s craft is named Starliner. (Photo: AP)

NASA needs backup plan as US crew launches slip: Report

NASA has been paying Russia up to $82 million a seat to ferry US astronauts to and from the ISS.

12 Jul 2018 8:14 AM

Kepler has been searching for planets outside our solar system for nearly a decade. (Photo: NASA)

Kepler Telescope almost out of fuel, goes in to hibernation

Kepler will remain asleep before scientists switch it on for one last time to point it towards the Earth for sending data.

10 Jul 2018 7:51 AM

The scientists created an animation — a two-dimensional simulation of a possible cross-section of a band running through Europa's ice shell.

Europa's ocean ascending to surface: NASA

Scientists focused on linear features called "bands" and "groove lanes" found on Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede.

09 Jul 2018 7:58 PM

In June, it reached its lowest orbit yet, skimming the surface from just 22 miles (35 kilometres) up. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spacecraft sending back close-ups of dwarf planet Ceres

The spacecraft has been circling Ceres since 2015.

04 Jul 2018 11:02 AM

China's Long March-9 would have a core stage measuring 10 metres (33 feet) in diameter and boast four powerful boosters, each with a diameter of five metres. (Photo: Representational/SpaceX)

China working on super powerful rocket capable of outpacing NASA

By 2030, Long March-9 rocket will be able to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit where TV, earth observation satellites currently fly.

02 Jul 2018 6:52 PM

The space rocks were found to not to crack, break or burn apart while making an entry into Earth’s hot atmosphere at tremendous speeds. (Photo: AP)

Mysterious meteorite from the Pacific is NASA's next subject

The extraction will be carried by an exploration vehicle, making it the first instance of meteorite extraction from the ocean.

02 Jul 2018 2:22 PM

India’s space programme wants to go where no nation has gone before – to the south side of the moon.

India’s quest to find a trillion-dollar nuclear fuel on the Moon

China is the only country to put a lander and rover on the moon this century with its Chang’e 3 mission in 2013.

30 Jun 2018 11:44 AM

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