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This NASA file photo taken on August 3, 2002 shows an artists rendition of the Voyager spacecraft, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch. (Photo: AFP)

Forty years on, NASA's unmanned spaceships still hurtles through space

Voyager's main mission was to explore other planets including Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

27 Aug 2017 8:17 AM IST

Loren explains the tough situations that the astronauts would probably have when they would be locked inside this space suit designed for Mars.

Video | She tried out the Mars space suit, wasn't happy

The new space suits for Mars is being designed and tested out at the University of North Dakota.

20 Aug 2017 9:44 AM IST

NASAs Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft. Its a mind-boggling 12.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch.

Voyager 1 leads pack of world's most distant spacecraft

Here's a list of the world's most distant spacecraft, according to NASA.

20 Aug 2017 9:28 AM IST

Voyager 1 followed a few weeks later and is ahead of Voyager 2.

NASA, PBS marking 40 years since Voyager spacecraft launches

Today marks the 40th anniversary of NASA's launch of Voyager 2

20 Aug 2017 9:22 AM IST

Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) and Sergey Ryazanskiy are pictured in the Orlan spacesuits they are wearing during todays spacewalk. Credit: @SergeyISS

Cosmonauts release 3D-printed satellite into space

The exterior casing of the first one tossed overboard was made with a 3-D printer.

18 Aug 2017 10:02 AM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM IST

Curiosity has been taking pictures and tracking the weather, but doing little else for the past two weeks. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Curiosity rover marks 5 years of Mars exploration

Curiosity, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on...

5 Aug 2017 3:53 PM IST

The new supercomputer named Cheyenne, is located at a National Center for Atmospheric Research facility on the outskirts of Wyomings capital city.

New supercomputer seen as big boost to science, Wyoming

Cheyenne, the supercomputer, is three times faster yet three times more efficient than its predecessor, a machine called...

9 Aug 2017 7:56 AM IST

The participants will not be confined but will wear spacesuits whenever they step outside for geological expeditions, mapping studies or other tasks.

Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome

Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods.

21 Jan 2017 9:51 AM IST

Joshua Ehrlich, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington, Ansley Barnard In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, scientists Joshua Ehrlich, from left, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington and Ansley Barnard, pose for a photo before they enter a geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The four men and two women moved into their new simulated space home Thursday afternoon, as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for sending astronauts on long missions to Mars.(AP)

Scientists enter Hawaii dome in eight-month Mars space mission study

Scientists enter Hawaii dome in eight-month Mars space mission study

21 Jan 2017 9:42 AM IST

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket -- like the one seen in this file photo taken on April 28, 2016 -- launched 73 satellites into orbit on Friday

Russia launches 73 satellites into orbit

According to Russian news agencies, Glavcosmos, charged with putting the satellites into orbit.

15 July 2017 8:00 AM IST

Could micro organisms survive space travel?

New study conducted by researchers from Chicago university of technology simulates whether organisms could survive space...

2 May 2017 2:27 PM IST