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NASA wont re-establish contact until Parker is far enough from the sun to avoid radio interference. (Ed Whitman/NASA via AP, File)

NASA's Parker spacecraft makes 1st close approach to sun

The Parker Solar Probe flew within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the sun's surface Monday night.

9 Nov 2018 11:43 AM IST

A spokesman said NASA officials hope the tests will produce data that can be used by the agency when testing the X-59 low boom flight demonstrator.

NASA conducts quiet sonic boom tests near Texas Gulf Coast

NASA launched a two-week research project Monday on quiet supersonic research flights near Galveston.

7 Nov 2018 12:46 PM IST

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Dawn spacecraft orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres. On Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, NASA announced it had lost the probe, ending a fruitful mission in the asteroid belt. (NASA via AP)

Another NASA spacecraft runs out of steam, 2nd this week

Running low on fuel for some time, the Dawn spacecraft this week stopped communicating with flight controllers.

3 Nov 2018 2:00 PM IST

The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASAs Kennedy Space Center. (Image Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak)

Airbus delivers powerhouse for NASA's Orion spacecraft

The module will be joined with the Orion crew module built by Lockheed Martin.

3 Nov 2018 9:50 AM IST

The moon turns a reddish hue as it passes through the earths shadow during a lunar eclipse as seen in Gauhati, India.

First Super Blue Blood Moon in 35 years

NASA is calling it a lunar trifecta: the first super blue blood moon since 1982. That combination won't happen again...

31 Jan 2018 9:08 PM IST

If you miss this one, the next blue Moon total lunar eclipse will happen on December 31, 2028.

There's a -"super blue blood Moon' on the rise

The blood red colour happens when the Earth enters between the Moon and the Sun, cutting off light rays that brighten...

31 Jan 2018 5:46 PM IST

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

NASA remembers seven killed on Space Shuttle Columbia 15 Years Ago

It held its annual day of remembrance to honor all its astronauts killed in the line of duty.

28 Jan 2018 12:36 PM IST

NASA astronauts changing the hand of the robotic arm on board the International Space Station (ISS). (Photo: NASA TV)

Spacewalking astronauts give new hand to robot arm

It was the first spacewalk for Tingle, who arrived last month, and the third for Vande Hei.

24 Jan 2018 4:22 PM IST

The new technology weighs up to 80 per cent lesser than the hydraulic options and offers up to 70 degrees of variation in wing angles.

NASA's new foldable wings to help airplanes fly like birds

The Spanwise Adavtive Wing (SAW) project aims to fold outer portions of wings for gains in aerodynamic benefits.

22 Jan 2018 3:12 PM IST

African-American astronauts have visited the space station, but Epps would have been the first to live there.

NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move

Astronaut Jeanette Epps would have been the first African-American to live on the International Space Station.

22 Jan 2018 8:51 AM IST

The technology could power habitats and life-support systems, enable astronauts to mine resources, recharge rovers and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel. (Photo: NASA)

US tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

NASA's prototype power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll.

20 Jan 2018 9:31 AM IST

The flooding was a result of global warming, which has led to extraordinary temperatures in the Arctic.

Earth warmed up even without El Nino in 2017

Last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark.

19 Jan 2018 11:01 AM IST