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

NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX, Boeing

NASA said it would conduct a cultural assessment study of the companies, including the adherence to a drug-free...

21 Nov 2018 10:20 AM IST

TESS is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope.

NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope

The final set of commands was to disconnect communications with Earth.

20 Nov 2018 11:41 AM IST

(Photo credit: NASA)

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

19 Nov 2018 2:06 PM IST

Members of the BIPM, which groups some 60 nations, agreed on Friday after a week-long meeting at the nearby Palace of Versailles to redefine a kilogram in terms of a tiny but unchanging value called the Planck constant . (Photo: Pixabay)

How much does a kilogram weigh?

Since 1889, a kilogram has been defined by a shiny lump of platinum-iridium kept in a special glass case.

19 Nov 2018 9:36 AM IST

The supply ship is a 9-meter- (30-foot-) long cylinder that will be retrieved by the space stations robotic arm. (Photo: AP)

Russian Soyuz blasts off for ISS in first launch since accident

The rocket took off with a Progress MS-10 spacecraft at 18:14 GMT.

17 Nov 2018 9:07 AM IST

A Russian Soyuz-2 booster rocket takes off from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia. (Photo: AP)

'We trust our rocket', crew says ahead of first space launch since...

Russian investigators said the rocket failure was caused by a sensor that was damaged during assembly.

16 Nov 2018 4:21 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., 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)

SpaceX, TeleSat Canada bids get US nod to expand satellite internet

SpaceX previously won approval to deploy 4,425 satellites.

16 Nov 2018 10:23 AM IST

Solar panels installed at Shenoy Nagar metro station. Image; DC

Tesla slashes prices on home solar systems to spur sales

Tesla deployed just 93MW of solar in the third quarter, down from SolarCity's more than 200MW a quarter in early 2016.

16 Nov 2018 10:18 AM IST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has relied on Russian rockets to ferry astronauts to the space station.

After aborted mission, NASA astronaut confident about December launch

Astronaut Anne McClain, along with a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut, will man the December 3 mission.

15 Nov 2018 6:43 PM IST

The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)

Frigid planet detected orbiting nearby star

The planet, estimated to be at least 3.2 times more massive than Earth, was spotted circling Barnard's Star.

15 Nov 2018 6:30 PM IST

Former NASA Astronaut Tom Jones speaks during a news conference on NASAs 25-year plan for humans to inhabit Mars

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

The US space agency believes it can put humans on the Red Planet within 25 years.

14 Nov 2018 6:14 PM IST

The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)

Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week

The unmanned Cygnus cargo craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.

13 Nov 2018 8:32 AM IST