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  NASA’s Perseverance lands on Mars - 9 rovers that have touched down on Red Planet - FULL LIST

  Science | February 19, 2021 13:59 IST

  The United States is the only country that has operated a rover on Mars' surface. NASA has sent 9 rovers to Mars.

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  Who is Swati Mohan? Meet the Indian origin lady who landed NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars

  Science | February 19, 2021 13:02 IST

  Swati Mohan is an Indian-American NASA scientists. She was the one who confirmed the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18.

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  NASA's Mars rover Perseverance to touch down in Jezero Crater today

  Science | February 18, 2021 15:34 IST

  Landing on Mars is difficult. Only about 50 per cent of all previous Mars landing attempts have succeeded.

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  Mars 2020 rover mission healthy and on its way: NASA

  Science | July 31, 2020 18:13 IST

  NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, which is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth, is healthy and on its way after experiencing some technical difficulties, the US space agency said.

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  Breathtaking aerial pictures of NASA Perseverance launch are filling people with wonder

  Science | July 31, 2020 9:03 IST

  NASA launched its latest Mars mission yesterday with rover Perseverance and helicopter Ingenuity, now on their way to the red planet. Several images of the launch have already been released but the ones we are showing you today are special. These are aerial images taken from the skies. The show the NASA rocket in the sky with a smoke trail all the way down to the earth. A spaceflight photographer by the name John Kraus posted these images on Twitter.

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  Priyanka Gandhi vacates government bungalow at Lodhi Estate

  India | July 30, 2020 15:19 IST

  Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra vacated her government bungalow in south Delhi's upscale Lodhi Estate, sources said on Thursday. A top source close to Priyanka said that she has vacated the house at Lodhi Estate.

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  NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover Perseverance is all set for Mars Mission | Photos

  Science | July 30, 2020 9:25 IST

  NASA's rover Perseverance is on the verge liftoff. Perseverance will look for evidence of past microscopic life on Mars in an ancient lake. It will also gather some promising rock samples for future pickup.

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  Watch stunning first ever 4K video from Mars surface shot by 3 NASA rovers

  Science | July 23, 2020 14:20 IST

  Some of the visuals from Mars are now out. At 4K resolution, the latest video shows the Mars surface as real as it gets. UK's ElderFox Documentaries has published Martian footage rendered in high-quality 4K resolution.

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  NASA's Mars 2020 rover will hunt for signs of past ancient life

  Science | November 13, 2019 14:39 IST

  NASA's scientists have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the Mars 2020 rover will land on February 18, 2021. The agency which is set to send its rover next year to the Mar has found that Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on February 18, 2021; can show some signs of ancient life, according to a paper published in the journal Icarus.

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  Mostly carbon dioxide, no breathable oxygen on Mars: NASA

  Science | June 14, 2019 13:39 IST

  The atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide and extremely thin (about 100 times less dense than Earth's), with no breathable oxygen, NASA said on Friday.

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  NASA sets record with 'supersonic' parachute for Mars 2020 mission

  Science | October 30, 2018 18:10 IST

  According to NASA, it was the fastest inflation in history of a parachute this size and created a peak load of almost 70,000 pounds of force.

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  NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission to return a piece of meteorite that fell on Earth in 1999

  Science | February 15, 2018 7:16 IST

  SaU008 will be the first Martian meteorite to have a fragment return to the planet’s surface.

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  NASA selects seven teams to decode universe mysteries

  World | October 07, 2014 10:54 IST

  Washington: NASA has awarded nearly USD 50 million to seven research teams for studying the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.“With Mars 2020 on the horizon, these research teams will provide