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Gerst played a duet of Kraftwerks 1978 song Spacelab. (Photo: AP)

Astronaut performs with Kraftewerk from space

Video posted shows German astronaut Alexander Gerst dropping in for a live performance from the ISS.

22 July 2018 5:31 PM IST

After Starliners touchdown, teams of engineers in trucks raced to inspect the vehicle, whose six airbags cushioned its impact on the desert surface as planned, a live video feed showed. (Photo: NASA)

'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test...

A software problem on Friday caused the capsule to fail to attain the orbit needed to rendezvous with the space station.

24 Dec 2019 1:00 PM IST

Its SpaceXs 19th delivery to the orbiting outpost for NASA over the past seven years. (Photo: NASA/Twitter)

International Space Station gets a delivery of 'mighty mice', and...

Don't worry, the organisms are a part of two- muscle building, and agricultural studies taking place on board the space...

9 Dec 2019 10:51 AM IST

Musk and engineers from his rocket company, SpaceX, built a small submarine and shipped it to Thailand to help with the rescue. (Photo: AP)

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

The approval cleared a key hurdle for SpaceX in its quest to help NASA revive America's human spaceflight program.

25 Feb 2019 11:12 AM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Space crew unfazed ahead of first launch since rocket failure

Together with NASA astronaut Christina Koch they are due to blast off for the International Space Station.

22 Feb 2019 9:36 AM IST

NASA is paying Boeing and SpaceX about USD 6.8 billion to build rocket and capsule launch systems to return astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil for the first time since Americas Space Shuttle program went dark in 2011. (Photo: AP)

Boeing delays by months test flights for US human space program

NASA has warned Boeing and SpaceX of design and safety concerns the companies need to address before flying humans to...

21 March 2019 12:02 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

Unmanned US capsule onboard SpaceX rocket blasts off to ISS

The capsule successfully separated from the rocket about 11 minutes after the launch.

4 March 2019 9:02 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.

21 April 2019 10:37 AM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

Disease-causing germs on ISS a concern for NASA

NASA explained that the biofilms' ability to cause microbial-induced corrosion on Earth could also damage the ISS...

9 April 2019 11:33 AM IST

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

India's Mission Shakti a terrible thing, says NASA chief

The anti-satellite missile test could endanger astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

3 April 2019 11:02 AM IST

Images from the International Space Station posted on Twitter by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Tuesday showed Tramis enormous eye which he said was as if somebody pulled the planets gigantic plug. (Photo: Twitter | @Astro_Alex)

SpaceX to send organs on a chip to the International Space Station

The organs on a chip replicate human physiological function at the cellular level.

5 May 2019 10:20 AM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

Got USD 50 million to spare for a vacation? NASA to open space station...

The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research lab.

8 Jun 2019 10:44 AM IST