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In this image taken from NASA on August 24, 2018, the asteroid Bennu is seen from an image obtained from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraf. (Image: AFP)

NASA's first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders

Osiris-Rex hooked up last week with the asteroid Bennu, which is only about three blocks wide and weighs about 80...

11 Dec 2018 1:08 PM IST

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

NASA's planet-hunting probe completes lunar flyby

As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras.

20 May 2018 2:57 PM IST

Its not the only object threatening life on the planet as we know it as in just over a weeks time an even bigger asteroid is expected to fly past the Earth.

Huge asteroid to skim past Earth a day ahead of royal wedding

The day before Prince Harry and Meghan tie the knot at Windsor, an asteroid is expected to come extremely close to the...

18 May 2018 9:09 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

This is why a NASA camera melted during SpaceX launch

During a SpaceX rocket launch on May 22, a high-end Canon camera suffered disastrously.

29 May 2018 5:27 PM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

GOES-S is the second satellite in a $11 billion effort that's revolutionising forecasting with fast, crisp images of...

5 March 2018 8:56 AM IST

Its the second satellite in an $11 billion effort thats already revolutionizing forecasting with fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires and other natural calamities.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

The first spacecraft in the series has been monitoring the Atlantic and East Coast for the past year.

2 March 2018 9:04 AM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars

Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander's deck

8 Dec 2018 10:42 AM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Osiris-Rex embarked on NASA's unprecedented seven-year mission to conduct a close-up survey of the asteroid Bennu.

5 Dec 2018 2:57 PM IST

JAXA, in a statement, claimed that a kilometer-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials. (Photo: ANI)

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Scientists estimate there is a one-in-2,700 chance of the asteroid slamming into Earth 166 years from now.

4 Dec 2018 11:09 AM IST

The European-Russian ExoMars also will sniff out possible past life. (Photo: AP)

Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight

NASA's InSight spacecraft touched down on the sweeping, red equatorial plains Monday, less than 400 miles from...

3 Dec 2018 9:46 AM IST

InSight was engineered to operate on a surface with an inclination up to 15 degrees. (Representational image)

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

The $993 million lander, a lava plain for a two-year mission aimed at better understanding how Earth's neighboring...

2 Dec 2018 1:36 PM IST

This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASAs InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

The vehicle sits slightly tilted (about 4 degrees) in a shallow dust- and sand-filled impact crater.

1 Dec 2018 11:46 AM IST