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NASA remembers seven killed on Space Shuttle Columbia 15 Years Ago

It held its annual day of remembrance to honor all its astronauts killed in the line of duty.

28 Jan 2018 12:36 PM

African-American astronauts have visited the space station, but Epps would have been the first to live there.

NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move

Astronaut Jeanette Epps would have been the first African-American to live on the International Space Station.

22 Jan 2018 8:51 AM

The technology could power habitats and life-support systems, enable astronauts to mine resources, recharge rovers and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel. (Photo: NASA)

US tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

NASA’s prototype power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll.

20 Jan 2018 9:31 AM

Preliminary analysis suggests the diminutive galaxy weighs in at no more than 3 billion solar masses (credit: NASA)

NASA discovers farthest known Galaxy in the universe

A primitive cluster of stars which are about 500 million years old were spotted by NASA.

14 Jan 2018 2:00 PM

The change in ozone levels above Antarctica from the beginning to the end of southern winter — early July to mid-September — was computed daily from MLS measurements every year from 2005 to 2016.

NASA sees first direct proof of Ozone hole recovery

Measurements show that the decline in chlorine has resulted in about 20 per cent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter.

09 Jan 2018 4:20 PM

Young was born Sept. 24, 1930 and grew up in Orlando, Florida. (Credit:NASA).

NASA: John Young, the legendary Space Shuttle astronaut dies at 87

NASA called Young as the only agency astronaut, the first to fly into space six times.

07 Jan 2018 11:31 AM

The data showed less dimming in the star’s red light than in its blue light, and a large opaque object would dim all colours of light equally when passing in front of a star. (Photo: Reuters)

Sorry, sci-fi fans: star's oddness not due to alien mega-structure

The dimming could be due to some sort of dust, though the cause remains uncertain.

04 Jan 2018 9:32 AM

The NASA experiments involved using continuous light on wheat which triggered early reproduction in the plants.

New tech from NASA can boost wheat yield by three times in Space

The world's first "Speed Breeding" technique can boost the production by three-times in Space.

03 Jan 2018 4:04 PM

In April last year, after delays and massive costs overruns, Russia launched its first rocket from Vostochny. (Photo: AP)

Russia says satellite launch failure due to programming error

Russian space agency Roscosmos said that it had lost contact with the newly-launched weather satellite.

01 Jan 2018 8:36 PM

a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor M satellite and additional 18 small satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russian space experts regain control of 1st Angola satellite

The Russian-built satellite successfully entered a designated orbit after launch from the Baikonur pad in Kazakhstan.

30 Dec 2017 9:43 AM

paceX has made four launches and expects to make several more to complete the job by mid-2018.

Rocket lights sky as it carries satellites from California

The launch in the setting sun created a shining, billowing streak that was widely seen throughout Southern California.

25 Dec 2017 1:25 PM

He travelled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle Challenger during the spacewalk.

NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80

He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.

23 Dec 2017 12:15 PM

Friday's payload, known as Iridium 4, brings to 40 the number of new Iridium satellites now in orbit.

SpaceX launches 10 more satellites for Iridium

Some of the satellites are designed to help track ships and aircraft in real time.

23 Dec 2017 11:54 AM

NASA seeks proposals to prepare for manned Mars mission

NASA is calling for research proposals that can help understand the effects of long term space travel on astronauts for the journey to Mars

20 Dec 2017 2:05 PM

NASA has been relying on commercial shippers SpaceX and Orbital ATK to keep the space station well-stocked.

SpaceX capsule back at space station with pre-Christmas haul

NASA astronauts used the space station's big robot arm to grab the Dragon capsule out of orbit.

18 Dec 2017 12:02 PM

The crew will gradually approach the station, which orbits about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, for two days before docking.

US, Russian, Japanese crew blasts off for space station

Onboard cameras showed crew members making thumbs-up gestures after the blast-off.

18 Dec 2017 7:58 AM

But the Pentagon was less clear about whether the UFO program continues to hover somewhere in the vast universe of the US defense establishment.

Does Pentagon still have a UFO program? The answer is a bit mysterious

It was reported that UFO sightings investigation program ran from 2007 to 2012 with $22 million in annual secret funding.

17 Dec 2017 11:02 AM

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from newly refurbished Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

SpaceX recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule

It was NASA’s first use of a reused Falcon rocket and only the second of a previously flown Dragon.

16 Dec 2017 9:40 AM

Scientist says it was a rare chance to study the life cycle of a newly created island.

New Island offers clues about life on Mars: NASA

Scientists initially expected the island — created when vast quantities of rock and dense ash spewed — to wash away within a few months.

13 Dec 2017 2:42 PM

The researchers said the results show pigeons process space and time in ways similar to humans and other primates. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pigeons can discriminate both space, time: study

Humans are able to perceive space and time, even without the aid of inventions such as a watch or a ruler.

05 Dec 2017 4:08 PM

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