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NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

Veteran NASA spacewoman gets 3 extra months in orbit

Whitson will remain on the International Space Station until September

6 April 2017 7:39 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Cassini spacecraft to dive inside Saturn's rings for mission finale

Cassini has been exploring the giant planet and its entourage of 62 known moons

5 April 2017 11:16 AM IST

New Horizons arrived at Pluto in July 2015, becoming its first visitor from Earth. It launched from Cape Canaveral in 2006.

NASA spacecraft halfway between Pluto and next smaller stop

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now halfway between Pluto and its next much, much smaller stop

5 April 2017 11:10 AM IST

The international Space Station

Russia open to extending international space station partnership:...

The US space agency, NASA, spends about $3 billion a year on the space station program

5 April 2017 11:07 AM IST

NASAs Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiters south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on February 2, 2017 at 6:06 a.m. PT (9:06 a.m. ET), from an altitude of about 62,800 miles (101,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. (Image: Nasa)

NASA releases breathtaking close-up images of Jupiter

Juno's next flyby will be on May 19, 2017.

3 April 2017 11:23 AM IST

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo: NASA)

Reseachers find cool dust around active black holes

Most, if not all, large galaxies contain a supermassive black hole at their centers.

14 Jun 2017 3:53 PM IST

The country had on 24 September 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in the orbit around the red plane.

NASA seeks proposals to prepare for manned Mars mission

NASA is calling for research proposals that can help understand the effects of long term space travel on astronauts for...

20 Dec 2017 2:05 PM IST

NASA has been relying on commercial shippers SpaceX and Orbital ATK to keep the space station well-stocked.

SpaceX capsule back at space station with pre-Christmas haul

NASA astronauts used the space station's big robot arm to grab the Dragon capsule out of orbit.

18 Dec 2017 12:02 PM IST

The crew will gradually approach the station, which orbits about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, for two days before docking.

US, Russian, Japanese crew blasts off for space station

Onboard cameras showed crew members making thumbs-up gestures after the blast-off.

18 Dec 2017 7:58 AM IST

Researchers want to discover how to maintain bone and muscle health during spaceflight and learn what preventive exercises could help. (Photo: Pixabay)

Space radiation can cause bone loss in astronauts: study

As NASA prepares for deep space travel, astronauts will also face increased, prolonged exposure to space radiation.

17 Dec 2017 4:41 PM IST

The CIA documented three UFO sightings in Sikkim and Ladakh in March 1968. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Does Pentagon still have a UFO program? The answer is a bit mysterious

It was reported that UFO sightings investigation program ran from 2007 to 2012 with $22 million in annual secret...

17 Dec 2017 11:02 AM IST

The team will collect precise GPS data of the elevation at 88 degrees south, where ICESat-2s orbits converge, providing thousands of points where the survey measurements can be compared to satellite data.

NASA Scientists Embark on Extreme Antarctic Trek

A team led by two NASA scientists will survey an unexplored stretch of Antarctic ice.

16 Dec 2017 1:04 PM IST