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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M aboard, in a NASA handout photo obtained on August 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Space travel affects astronaut's health at molecular level

The effects of spaceflight on the human body have been studied actively since the mid-20th century.

31 Aug 2017 1:38 PM IST

The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.

Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Earth on Sept 1

The asteroid was discovered in 1981, and is named Florence after the famed 19th century founder of modern nursing,...

31 Aug 2017 1:37 PM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini preps for fiery plunge into Saturn after 13-year mission

Cassini will make the last of 22 farewell dives between the planet's rings and surface on Sept. 15.

31 Aug 2017 8:15 AM IST

This artists concept from August 2015 depicts NASAs InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of Mars. The mission will launch during the period March 4 to March 30, 2016, and land on Mars Sept. 28, 2016. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's next Mars mission to probe red planet's deep interior

Information gathered by the Insight mission will boost understanding of how all rocky planets formed, including Earth,...

29 Aug 2017 3:33 PM IST

Ashwani Kumar new governor of Nagaland

Ashwani Kumar new governor of Nagaland

Former CBI director and Himachal Pradesh DGP Ashwani Kumar was today sworn in as the 17th governor of Nagaland at the...

21 March 2013 3:28 PM IST

Unlike on Earth, the snow and ice is carbon dioxide, better known to us as dry ice. (Photo: NASA)

NASA unveils 'stunning image' of snow-covered dunes on Mars

The image was taken on May 21 in the Northern hemisphere of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment...

27 Aug 2017 8:39 AM IST

This NASA file photo taken on August 3, 2002 shows an artists rendition of the Voyager spacecraft, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch. (Photo: AFP)

Forty years on, NASA's unmanned spaceships still hurtles through space

Voyager's main mission was to explore other planets including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

27 Aug 2017 8:17 AM IST

NASAs Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft. Its a mind-boggling 12.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch.

Voyager 1 leads pack of world's most distant spacecraft

Here's a list of the world's most distant spacecraft, according to NASA.

20 Aug 2017 9:28 AM IST

Voyager 1 followed a few weeks later and is ahead of Voyager 2.

NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches

Today marks the 40th anniversary of NASA's launch of Voyager 2

20 Aug 2017 9:22 AM IST

The experiment will help scientists find different ways to look for protecting the human body from space radiations other than the use of a bulky space suit. (Photo: UAE US Embassy)

ISs experiment by teen can help colonise Mars

Alia Almansoori's Genes in Space' experiment will determine effects of harmful radiations on DNA.

19 Aug 2017 8:49 PM IST

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M aboard, in a NASA handout photo obtained on August 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

NASA launches satellite to help astronauts communicate with Earth

The satellite will "support critical space communication into the mid-2020s," NASA said in a statement.

19 Aug 2017 8:02 AM IST

Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) and Sergey Ryazanskiy are pictured in the Orlan spacesuits they are wearing during todays spacewalk. Credit: @SergeyISS

Cosmonauts release 3D-printed satellite into space

The exterior casing of the first one tossed overboard was made with a 3-D printer.

18 Aug 2017 10:02 AM IST