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Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the foremost lab of NASA for work on inter-planetary travel, discovered the new bacteria on the filters of the International Space Station (ISS) and named it Solibacillus kalamii to honour the late president, who was a renowned aerospace scientist.

In tribute to Kalam, NASA names new species after him

Scientists at NASA have named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A P J Abdul Kalam.

21 May 2017 12:58 PM IST

First African-American to fly to ISS, Jeanett Epps (Photo: Twitter/@Astro_Jeanette)

First African-American astronaut set to fly to ISS

While African-American astronauts have travelled on US space shuttle missions, Jeanette Epps will be the first on the...

5 Jan 2017 5:59 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

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is due to return to Earth on Friday after a marathon 196-day trip. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts set to return after marathon ISS mission

Pesquet, 39, and Novitskiy, 45, are due to quit the ISS on Friday morning for a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft

2 Jun 2017 8:40 AM IST

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

Veteran NASA spacewoman gets 3 extra months in orbit

Whitson will remain on the International Space Station until September

6 April 2017 7:39 AM IST

The international Space Station

Russia open to extending international space station partnership:...

The US space agency, NASA, spends about $3 billion a year on the space station program

5 April 2017 11:07 AM IST

Russias Progress M-28M cargo ship blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2015

Russia launches space freighter to ISS

Russia has launched an unmanned Progress cargo ship carrying supplies to the International Space Station.

15 Jun 2017 8:19 AM IST

The international Space Station

Record-breaking astronaut to get a call from Trump, Ivanka

Peggy Whitson holds the record for the longest

20 April 2017 8:48 AM IST

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

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 international Space Station

Russian, American two-man crew blasts off to ISS

A Russian and an American blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

20 April 2017 5:14 PM IST

He died when his F-104 Starfighter crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (Photo: AP)

First black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death

He had a great future ahead of him if he had not been lost 50 years ago.

10 Dec 2017 5:50 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX delivery delayed few days; 1st reused rocket for NASA

The company now aims to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA on Friday. The unmanned Falcon rocket originally flew...

13 Dec 2017 7:11 PM IST