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Mars 2020 spacecraft heat shield damaged in test

Mars 2020 spacecraft heat shield damaged in test

The fracture occurred near the shield's outer edge and spans the circumference of the component, NASA said.

29 April 2018 10:21 AM IST

NASAs Mars rover

ExoMars Rover prepares for shake down ahead of Mars trip

If the 2020 mission goes to plan it would be Europe's first rover on Mars.

28 April 2018 9:21 AM IST

The Curiosity rover, seen here snapping a selfie in 2016, has turned its camera to the sky and taken some shots of fast-moving clouds in the Red Planets atmosphere (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Scientists shocked as NASA cuts only moon rover

It would have been the first US lunar lander since Apollo 17 in 1972.

28 April 2018 9:18 AM IST

The ExoMars Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, captured this view of the rim of Korolev crater (73.3ÂºN/165.9ÂºE) on 15 April 2018. Scientists combined three pictures taken by the Trace Gas Orbiters camera instrument, CaSSIS, from an altitude of 400 kilometers (249 miles). (Photo: AP)

European Space Agency releases 1st image from Mars orbiter

The European Space Agency has released its first image taken by a probe orbiting Mars, showing the ice-covered edge of a...

27 April 2018 5:03 PM IST

Europes Sentinel-3B Earth-observation satellite launches atop a Rockot rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on April 25, 2018. (Photo: ESA)

Europe launches seventh Sentinel Earth observation satellite

It will join its twin Sentinel-3A, which has been in orbit since 2016, to collect data on sea surface temperature.

26 April 2018 2:28 PM IST

An impression of 14 galaxies detected by ALMA (Atacama large Millimter/submillimeter Array) (Photo: ALMA)

Colossal cosmic collision alters the belief of an early universe

The collision detected a pile-up of 14 galaxies, which are 90 per cent away across the observable universe.

26 April 2018 10:18 AM IST

Astronauts Toughest Job In The Universe on Sony BBC Earth.

PIO Shawnya could be third Indian woman in space

Ms Pandya juggles two assignments as physician and space trainee.

25 April 2018 12:22 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., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

NASA's Tess spacecraft lifts-off in search of 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

The photo shows medieval Saxonian, Ottoman, Danish and Byzantine coins after a medieval silver treasure had been found near Schaprode on the northern German island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea.

Archaeologists find silver treasure on German Baltic island

It is reportedly the biggest trove of such coins in the southeastern Baltic region.

18 April 2018 10:47 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

NASAs newest planet-hunting spacecraft set for launch in Florida

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