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The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class: (from left) Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O Hara and Jessica Watkins. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz. (Photo: NASA)

Science

Mars rover scientist, SpaceX engineer join NASA astronaut corps

NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the US space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years.

8 Jun 2017 7:58 AM IST

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

Science

Cosmic rays may double cancer risks for Mars astronauts

Conventional risk models used by NASA and others assume DNA damage and mutation are the cause of radiation cancers.

6 Jun 2017 3:25 PM IST

ISRO PSLV-C37 is scheduled for launch at 9.30 am on Wednesday from Sriharikota.

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Space capsule with 2 astronauts returns to Earth

Both were extracted from the capsule, which came to rest on its side, within 15 minutes and appeared to be in good...

3 Jun 2017 8:36 PM IST

NASA has been relying on commercial shippers SpaceX and Orbital ATK to keep the space station well-stocked.

Science

SpaceX capsule back at space station with pre-Christmas haul

NASA astronauts used the space station's big robot arm to grab the Dragon capsule out of orbit.

18 Dec 2017 12:02 PM IST

Researchers want to discover how to maintain bone and muscle health during spaceflight and learn what preventive exercises could help. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Space radiation can cause bone loss in astronauts: study

As NASA prepares for deep space travel, astronauts will also face increased, prolonged exposure to space radiation.

17 Dec 2017 4:41 PM IST

Google is stepping up efforts to filter out annoying online ads as part of an effort to improve the browsing experience. (photo: AFP)

Science

Google crunches data to help NASA find two new planets

The data came from the Kepler telescope which NASA launched into space in 2009 as part of a planet-finding mission.

16 Dec 2017 8:45 AM IST

The challenge now is to untangle how many of the observed changes are specific to the physical demands of spaceflight - and how many might be simply due to natural variations. (Representational image)

Science

NASA weighing risk of adding crew to megarocket's 1st flight

The objective is to speed up a manned mission; under the current plan, astronauts wouldn't climb aboard until 2021.

25 Feb 2017 8:00 AM IST

The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews.

Science

Astronauts make and eat pizza from scratch on International Space...

NASA took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli's pizza craving and shipped up all the ingredients on an Orbital ATK...

5 Dec 2017 10:22 AM IST

$The cargo spacecraft mission provides an \important technological basis\ to build a Chinese space station (Photo: AFP)$ Science

China's first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting Tiangong-2 space...

Beijing's goal is to establish a permanently manned space station by 2022

22 April 2017 12:27 PM IST

Reliance Jio free 4G services have reduced profit of Airtel by more than half, lowered Vodafone Indias profit and pushed Idea Cellular into first ever quarterly loss.

Technology

Mobile subscriber base reaches 895.25 mn in March

The numbers include those of the latest entrant, Reliance Jio Infocomm as of December 2016

22 April 2017 12:27 PM IST

US astronaut Randy Bresnik rests in a chair shortly after he and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Photo: AP

Science

Space capsule with 3 astronauts returns to Earth

The three were pulled out of the capsule within 20 minutes and appeared to be in good condition.

15 Dec 2017 10:50 AM IST

Newsmakers

Last of seven US space samurais dies

John Glenn was first American to orbit Earth, one of the 7 Mercury astronauts.

10 Dec 2016 6:27 AM IST