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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASAs Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX launching recycled rocket, supply capsule for NASA

This will be the first launch from Launch Complex 40 since the pad was ruined when a SpaceX rocket crashed during...

12 Dec 2017 11:50 AM IST

This 1969 photo released by NASA shows a boot print made by astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump wants to send man back to Moon, on to Mars

Past presidents have also proposed returning to the moon and missions to Mars, Budget constraints derailed their plans.

12 Dec 2017 9:09 AM IST

The candidates include 10 newly discovered rocky worlds that are properly distanced from their parent stars for water, if it exists, to pool on their surfaces. Scientists believe liquid water is a key ingredient for life.

Kepler telescope finds 10 more possible life-friendly planets

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Kepler telescope in 2009.

20 Jun 2017 8:16 AM IST

Artists concept of NASAs James Webb Space Telescope. Credits: NASA

NASA reveals new targets for exploration

Mission officials for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope announced some of the science targets the telescope will...

18 Jun 2017 9:33 AM IST

Saturns atmosphere seen closer than ever before was captured by NASAs Cassini spacecraft during its first Grand Finale dive past the planet on April 26 and released on April 27, 2017. (Photo: NASA)

US spacecraft shares first view from inside Saturn's rings

A stream of pictures showing Saturn's swirling clouds, massive hurricane and odd six-sided vortex weather system were...

28 April 2017 8:10 AM IST

NASA discovers new 'icy' planet

The newly-discovered iceball' planet has the same mass and orbit as Earth.

27 April 2017 5:12 PM IST

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is seen in a NASA TV image from 2013 after a leak in his helmet while on a spacewalk (Photo: AFP)

NASA spacesuits over budget, tight on timeline: audit

US space agency has spent lots of money and time on developing new spacesuits

27 April 2017 7:51 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

NASA's Cassini poised to plunge beneath Saturn's rings

Cassini is running low on fuel, and will make a death plunge into Saturn's surface on September 15.

26 April 2017 9:38 AM IST

The reality of its two suns was so startling, George Lucas himself agreed to the astronomers nickname for the planet.

Nasa to search for Star Wars planets

A real planet in our galaxy reminded scientists so much of Luke Skywalker's home planet, they named it Tatooine .

19 Dec 2016 1:57 AM IST

Humans are woefully unprepared for a surprise asteroid or comet, a NASA scientist warned.

Earth unprepared for extinction-level asteroid strike, warns NASA

NASA has predicted that a similar dinosaur wipeout event is overdue for Earth

18 Dec 2016 4:54 PM IST

Piers Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut

Climate scientist and NASA astronaut Sellers dies at 61

Piers Sellers died in Houston of pancreatic cancer, NASA said in a statement.

24 Dec 2016 1:06 PM IST

Pandora (52 miles, 84 kilometers) across orbits Saturn just outside the narrow F ring.

NASA's Cassini captures high-resolution image of Saturn's mini-moon...

The image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon Pandora.

23 Dec 2016 10:40 AM IST