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The space station and its six inhabitants were sailing 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the South Pacific when the Falcon 9 took off. (Photo AP)

SpaceX launches AI robot, strong coffee for station crew

A former NASA astronaut helped arrange the java delivery for the space station's Serena Aunon-Chancellor.

30 Jun 2018 9:43 AM IST

A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja they had identified fragments of large organic molecules in ice grains that were ejected from geysers through cracks in the moons icy exterior. (Photo: NASA)

New Cassini findings suggest Saturn moon could support life

The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn.

29 Jun 2018 8:35 AM IST

Cimon has Gersts face and voice imprinted in its memory. (Photo: AP)

A robot with true AI is about to invade space

A German robot named Cimon is a friendly guy and he has this hard power-off button.

29 Jun 2018 7:45 AM IST

This 2015 artists rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope. On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, NASA announced that the next-generation telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021 and its lifetime cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion. (Photo:AP)

More delay, a cost for NASA's next-generation space telescope

For the third time in less than a year, the space agency announced a lengthy postponement for the James Webb Space...

28 Jun 2018 8:23 AM IST

California-based SpaceX had hoped to resume Falcon 9 flights as early as November, then in mid-December, before pushing the date to January 2017.

The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travel

SpaceX has shaken up the satellite launch sector, with more than 55 launches of its Falcon 9 rocket since 2010.

27 Jun 2018 8:17 AM IST

NASAs Curiosity rover, which has been studying Martian soil at Gale Crater, is expected to remain largely unaffected by the dust. (Photo: ANI)

Mars dust storm turns global

The weather conditions have prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations.

26 Jun 2018 5:32 PM IST

New Horizons arrived at Pluto in July 2015, becoming its first visitor from Earth. It launched from Cape Canaveral in 2006.

Wondrous dunes on Pluto are made of grains of frozen methane

The dunes cover about 775 square miles (2,000 square km), roughly the size of Tokyo.

1 Jun 2018 11:43 AM IST

This composite image made from a series of Jan. 23, 2018 photos shows a self-portrait of NASAs Curiosity Mars rover on Vera Rubin Ridge. The rovers arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP)

NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life

New findings released have marked some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth's neighbour may have harboured life.

8 Jun 2018 12:50 PM IST

Man poses as scientist, sells fake rice-pullers

Instances of cheating related to the imaginary rice pullerâ€ have been reported earlier too, in Hyderabad, Delhi and...

8 Jun 2018 5:48 AM IST

All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona. (Photo: Youtube)

Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa

All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.

5 Jun 2018 2:45 PM IST

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

NASA's mini-satellites successfully steer towards Mars

Over the last week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing their propulsion systems to guide...

4 Jun 2018 6:28 PM IST

The problem with the satellites advanced imager cropped up during routine testing several weeks after liftoff. (Photo: NASA via AP)

Ailing weather satellite produces sharp snapshot of Earth

GOES-17's critical infrared sensors in the main instrument were not staying cold enough.

2 Jun 2018 9:55 AM IST