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Bridenstine, 42, has expressed an interest in returning humans back to the moon, spoken of closer ties between NASA and the commercial space industry. (Photo: NASA | Twitter)

US Senate narrowly confirms Bridenstine as NASA's new chief

Jim Bridenstine, a congressman from Oklahoma, US Navy veteran and former pilot, was confirmed on a 50-49 vote.

20 April 2018 12:26 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)

NASA's Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

The satellite the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or Tess will scan almost the entire sky for at least two...

20 April 2018 9:42 AM IST

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

NASA may soon identify 2,400 alien planets

NASA has identified 2,400 alien planets orbiting faraway stars in different solar systems.

19 April 2018 8:04 AM IST

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

First person on Mars should be a woman, says NASA's chief astronaut...

According to Allison McIntyre, a senior NASA engineer at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, a dozen men have already...

18 April 2018 11:02 AM IST

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

More than 100 parts for NASA's Orion capsule to be 3D printed

Using this technology, experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars.

18 April 2018 9:59 AM IST

This Nasa handout artists rendition shows the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a Nasa Explorer mission launching in 2018 to study exoplanets, or planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. (Photo: AFP)

Nasa's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

TESS is designed as a follow-on to the US space agency's Kepler spacecraft, which was the first of its kind and launched...

17 April 2018 12:08 AM IST

NASAs latest space-bound astrophysics instrument will be carried aloft by a Falcon 9 rocket from the fleet of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musks private launch service, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.

NASA's newest planet-hunting spacecraft set for launch in Florida

A new NASA satellite will detect more Earth-like worlds around stars beyond our solar system.

16 April 2018 4:51 PM IST

This photo available by NASA shows technicians with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). (Photo: AP)

NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scout

Scheduled for an April 2018 launch, the spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars.

13 April 2018 1:38 PM IST

Study revealed that Sperm counts in men from America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand have dropped by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA sends human sperm to space to see if astronauts can conceive in...

Carried on Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sperm will be used for experiments to see how space, low gravity affect...

12 April 2018 1:58 PM IST

The new tour highlights the mineral composition of the Aristarchus plateau, evidence for surface water ice in certain spots near the south pole, and the mapping of gravity in and around the Orientale basin.

NASA releases 'Tour of the Moon' in 4K

NASA has released a 'Moon tour' video that will make you want to go for a visit.

10 April 2018 6:47 PM IST

The spacecraft was flown by the US Air Force to Florida, where it will continue testing, and eventually undergo final assembly and mating to the third stage of the Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle.

Humanity's first flight to Sun set to launch in July: NASA

Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first mission to the Sun.

9 April 2018 6:52 PM IST

Engineers who have designed and created harpoons for two pioneering space debris clearing projects said the appeal of such time-tested concepts was their simplicity.

Scientists plan big on space junk crisis

Other devices being tested on the RemoveDebris satellite include a net to catch debris

7 April 2018 9:06 AM IST