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The spacecraft was the last to blast off from the launch pad where Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went off into space onboard the Vostok 1, becoming the first man in space in 1961. (Photo: Twitter | @astro_hazzaa)

Dubai celebrates first Arab to reach ISS, Burj Khalifa lights up

Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, lit up the moment of blast-off.

27 Sep 2019 8:41 PM

The Vikram lander module attempted a soft landing on a small patch of lunar highland smooth plains between Simpelius N and Manzinus C craters before losing communication with ISRO on September 7. (Photo: File)

Chandrayaan-2's Vikram had 'hard landing, not able to locate lander': NASA

'Vikram had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands has yet to be determined,' NASA said.

27 Sep 2019 8:25 AM

‘That's incredible to see,’ said Pitt, who held the 20-minute video call via split-screen from NASA's Washington headquarters. (Photo: video screengrab)

Watch: Actor Brad Pitt calls up astronaut at ISS, asks ‘Did you spot Indian moon lander’?

Brad Pitt talked to astronaut Nick Hague at the International Space Station.

17 Sep 2019 3:04 PM

National Aeronautics and Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is sending radio signals to Vikram. (Photo: File | Representational)

NASA joins hands with ISRO in reaching out to Vikram lander

The attempts will be made till September 20-21 when the sunlight will be there in the area where the Vikram has landed.

13 Sep 2019 11:35 AM

During a speech in Solapur, he said that NASA’s satellite had landed safely on the moon because NASA launched it on the auspicious day of Ekadashi (the 11th day of the fortnight as per the Hindu calendar).

NASA succeeded due to launch on Ekadashi: Shiv Pratishthan

Nine out of the 11 scientists at NASA were Hindus and Hindus had lots of capabilities, Shiv Pratishthan said.

10 Sep 2019 3:30 AM

The lander lost communication with ground stations during its final descent. ISRO officials said, adding that the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 — second lunar mission — remains healthy and safe. (Photo: File)

NASA says 40 pc lunar missions failed in last 60 years

Indian space agency ISRO's plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the lunar surface did not go as per script.

07 Sep 2019 1:52 PM

Different, different but same

While some know the answer, travesties such as ‘excezta’ and ‘ex-sextra’ fly around, while almost no one can spell ‘etcetera’.

04 Sep 2019 12:25 AM

NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) live map show forest fires in central Africa have created a huge area of red, stretching from the south of Congo all the way down to South Africa. (Photo: NASA)

Amid outcry over Amazon blaze, NASA images put African forest fires in spotlight

The Congo Basin forest is often considered the 'second green lungs for the planet'.

27 Aug 2019 3:56 PM

Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland's coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them. (Photo: AFP)

'OMG' Mission: Scientists check Greenland's melting ice in 1940s plane

They are part of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), a mission that has flown around the vast island for four summers.

26 Aug 2019 1:19 PM

‘There’s unequivocally no truth to these claims. We’ve been going through a painful, personal separation that’s now unfortunately in media,’ McClain said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA astronaut Anne McClain refutes charges of involvement in ‘first crime in space’

McClain’s spouse Summer Worden had claimed that McClain accessed her bank account from a NASA-owned computer.

25 Aug 2019 2:34 PM

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife's private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Times said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA investigates crime committed in space for first time: report

NASA investigators have contacted both women, according to the newspaper.

25 Aug 2019 10:46 AM

The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, the companies told Reuters on Monday. (Photo: File)

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

Astrobotic said Peregrine would be the first American spacecraft to touch down on the moon since Apollo astronauts touched down in 1972.

20 Aug 2019 2:44 PM

The Indian Postal Service released a postal stamp in his name, on his first death anniversary in 1972. (Photo: Screengrab)

Celebrating 100th anniversary of India’s space dream, ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai

He was not only the founding father of ISRO, but also a scientist, innovator, industrialist and a visionary.

12 Aug 2019 2:02 PM

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

NASA astronauts try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

The purpose of the dry run was to practice all the steps.

12 Aug 2019 7:44 AM

NASA spacemen try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters.

11 Aug 2019 10:17 AM

The star and its planet could provide valuable information on how planetary bodies form. (Photo: Facebook/UniversityOfWarwick)

‘Formation of planets’ revealed by new space discovery

Researchers have discovered a planet approximately 45 million years old, orbiting one of its brightest young stars.

27 Jul 2019 11:33 AM

Feeling either overheated or too cold can impact the quality of your sleep. So, invest in some good bedding preferably of the natural kind to help regulate temperatures.

Keeping the bedroom ‘healthy’

Try to keep away from mobile phones or television screens before nodding off.

25 Jul 2019 12:50 AM

India had on Monday launched Chandrayaan-2 on-board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with the aim of landing a rover in the unexplored lunar south pole. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-2 moving in 'right direction', in 'good health': ISRO

If successful, it will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to pull off a soft landing on the Moon.

24 Jul 2019 11:48 AM

India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport in Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. (Photo: AP)

On Chandrayaan-2 launch by ISRO, a congratulatory message from NASA

'Congrats to ISRO on the launch of Chandrayaan 2, a mission to study the Moon,' NASA tweeted.

23 Jul 2019 9:16 AM

July 20, 1969 Photo when astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). - On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon, his teammate Edwin Aldrin joining him around 20 minutes later. (Photo: AFP | File)

Houston celebrates exact moment Neil Armstrong set foot on Moon 50 years ago

Thousands celebrated the ‘Moonversary’ with fireworks and music as a giant screen showed footage of the era-defining moment.

21 Jul 2019 1:37 PM

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