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This image made available by NASA shows an artists rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Photo: AP)

Spacecraft enters Sun's corona for first time in history

The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere where strong magnetic fields prevent turbulent solar winds...

15 Dec 2021 10:28 AM IST

NASA announced the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. (Photo: AP)

NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

The 2021 class was whittled down from a field of more than 12,000 applicants

7 Dec 2021 9:05 AM IST

Long March 5B rocket, carrying Chinas Tianhe space station core module, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Chinas Hainan province. - A large segment of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered the Earths atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, state television reported on May 9, 2021 citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. (AFP File)

Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA

The China Manned Space Engineering Office said most of the debris was burnt up in the atmosphere

9 May 2021 11:05 AM IST

A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and didnt get inside the titanium tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return

The Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Stelzner, called it a perfect core sample

3 Sept 2021 8:10 AM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

India, US to launch Nisar in '24

Built at a cost of $1.5 billion, Nisar (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) is targeted for launch onboard India's GSLV...

29 Nov 2023 1:37 AM IST

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. (Photo: AP)

The fourth moonwalker, Alan Bean, dies at 86,

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.

27 May 2018 8:08 AM IST

Drilling is a vitally important part of Curiositys capabilities to study Mars. (Photo: NASA)

NASA Curiosity rover drilling Mars rocks again

Curiosity tested percussive drilling this past weekend, penetrating about two inches into a target called "Duluth."

25 May 2018 2:39 PM IST

In this file photo provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard booster lands in west Texas during a test. (Blue Origin via AP)

Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

The president has signed a space policy directive asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get...

25 May 2018 11:59 AM IST

This study by NASA may finally clue us in about the origin of life on Earth. (Photo: Pixabay)

Spacerock that can end life on Earth can't be stopped by Nasa, say...

Researchers say it might be impossible to stop the space rock, the size of the Empire State building, from crashing into...

16 March 2018 1:02 PM IST

In this file photo, Britains Professor Stephen Hawking is presented with his illuminated Freedom scroll by the Chamberlain of the City of London Peter Kane as he receives the Honorary Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London. (Photo: AP)

Lack of evidence put Hawking's Nobel hopes in black hole

Hawking was a deep thinker, a theorist, and his musings about black holes and cosmology have yet to get the lockdown...

15 March 2018 8:18 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Star Wars? President Trump proposes military space force

President Donald Trump says America should create its own separate military space force.

14 March 2018 9:02 AM IST

Data from NASAs Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar systems largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight into Jupiters internal dynamics and structure. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Juno spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

Until now, scientists have had scant information about what lies below Jupiter's thick red, brown, yellow and white...

9 March 2018 8:44 AM IST