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Plagued by problems in power supply units controlling both onboard computers, it forced Indian space scientists to move it away from the lunar surface in order to avoid excess heat and radiation.

Eight years on, lost Chandrayaan found

Satellite spotted by Nasa can't be revived due to glitch-hit power system.

11 March 2017 12:41 AM IST

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'Lost' Chandrayaan-1 found orbiting Moon: NASA

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after...

10 March 2017 3:44 PM IST

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) payload just prior to launch from Wanaka, New Zealand, on a NASA super pressure balloon in May 2016. (Photo: NASA)

NASA delays super pressure balloon launch due to bad weather

This was the third scheduled launch attempt for NASA's 2017 Wanaka Balloon Campaign from New Zealand.

11 April 2017 7:54 AM IST

A Soyuz MS-02 capsule brings Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough back home after a 173-day mission to the International Space Station

US, Russian crew lands after six-month stay on space station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko

11 April 2017 7:40 AM IST

The first of three balloons -- which roam the stratosphere at twice the altitude of commercial aircraft -- entered Sri Lankan air space a year ago after being going airborne in South America.

NASA delays super pressure balloon launch due to bad weather

This was the third scheduled launch attempt for NASA's 2017 Wanaka Balloon Campaign from New Zealand.

10 April 2017 1:37 PM IST

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

NASA's Peggy Whitson takes command of space station

For Whitson, 57, it was her second stint in charge of the $100 billion station, a multinational project.

10 April 2017 8:38 AM IST

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Assam scientist leads breakthrough research on black holes

With the help of the NASA's Hubble Space telescope, the team of researchers discovered breakthrough result on black...

9 April 2017 1:04 PM IST

Nasa will launch the mission to Sun next year.

Nasa set to explore Sun

World's first mission to the star will begin next year.

2 Jun 2017 2:07 AM IST

The Parker Solar Probe is set to orbit within 3.9 million miles of the suns surface, where temperatures exceed 2,500 Fahrenheit (1,377 Celsius) (Photo:AFP)

A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere

The solar Probe will liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in July 2018

1 Jun 2017 10:09 AM IST

The search also may discover more distant objects like brown dwarfs, sometimes called failed stars, in nearby interstellar space.

NASA invites public to search for new nearby worlds

NASA is inviting the public to help search for possible undiscovered worlds in the outer reaches of our solar system.

16 Feb 2017 1:14 PM IST

This is an artist impression of galaxy at the center of the Phoenix Cluster. (Photo: phys.org)

Black hole discovered fuelling star formation

The Phoenix cluster is an enormous accumulation of about 1,000 galaxies, located 5.7 billion light years from Earth.

16 Feb 2017 11:22 AM IST

ISRO successfully launch a record 104 satellites, including Indias earth observation satellite on-board PSLV-C37/Cartosat2 Series from the spaceport of Sriharikota. (Photo: AP)

Isro takes a quantum leap, aims still higher

Isro is now looking at an orbiter to Venus, besides a second mission to Mars after creating history with its MOM...

16 Feb 2017 1:02 AM IST