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Electric car maker Teslas CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk won't be seen smoking pot in public again, says NASA

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that Musk is committed to safety as anybody.

1 Dec 2018 1:19 PM IST

This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASAs InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA's Martian quake sensor InSight lands at slight angle

The vehicle sits slightly tilted (about 4 degrees) in a shallow dust- and sand-filled impact crater.

1 Dec 2018 11:41 AM IST

NASA officials said the research will help get astronauts back to the moon more quickly. (Pavel Golovkin, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA

The goal is to get small science and technology experiments to the surface of the moon as soon as possible.

1 Dec 2018 10:50 AM IST

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today launched Indias best-ever high-resolution earth imaging satellite, HysIS. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India's Earth observation satellite among 31 sent into space

The rocket launched from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh carried the Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite with...

30 Nov 2018 8:01 PM IST

Some eight million tonnes of plastic is dumped into oceans every year

New ultralight material offers many uses for plastic waste,...

The team had been looking for novel engineering applications to help reduce the global scourge of plastic waste.

30 Nov 2018 12:14 PM IST

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

NASA selects nine US companies to vie for moon program funding

As soon as 2022, NASA expects to begin construction on a new space station laboratory that will orbit the moon.

30 Nov 2018 7:42 AM IST

The field of organoid science has blossomed in recent years. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists create -"mini placenta-" organoids in a lab dish

The human placenta supplies all the oxygen and nutrients essential for growth of a foetus.

29 Nov 2018 8:47 AM IST

In this photo provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a single stage rocket takes off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, November 28, 2018. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute via AP)

South Korea conducts successful rocket engine test

Yonhap News Agency, citing South Korean officials, reported that South Korea successfully tested its locally developed...

28 Nov 2018 5:24 PM IST

This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASAs InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

NASA's InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere at supersonic speed, then hit the brakes to land on the...

27 Nov 2018 3:37 PM IST

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

InSight's journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometres) comes to a precarious grand finale on...

26 Nov 2018 6:59 PM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for...

26 Nov 2018 2:22 PM IST

The stationary probe, launched from California in May, will then pause for 16 minutes for the dust to settle, literally, around the landing site before its disc-shaped solar arrays unfurl to provide power. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spacecraft nears Red Planet on mission to detect 'marsquakes'

If all goes according to plan, InSight will streak into the pink Martian sky nearly 24 hours later at 12,000 miles per...

26 Nov 2018 11:48 AM IST