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  • mars mission isro all set for crucial manoeuvre tomorrow

    Mars mission: ISRO all set for crucial manoeuvre tomorrow

    India | Sep 21, 2014, 02:39 PM IST

    Bangalore: Ahead of India's Mars orbiter's scheduled rendezvous with the red planet on September 24, ISRO is all set for the crucial fourth trajectory correction manoeuvre and test fire of the main liquid engine on

  • nasa spacecraft to reach mars this weekend

    NASA spacecraft to reach Mars this weekend

    World | Sep 18, 2014, 06:56 AM IST

    Washington: US space agency NASA said on Wednesday its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft will enter orbit around the Red Planet this weekend.The spacecraft has completed a 10-month space journey spanning 442 million

  • massachusetts institute of technology to test making oxygen

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology to test making oxygen on Mars

    World | Aug 04, 2014, 02:58 PM IST

    Washington: An MIT oxygen-creating instrument will fly on the upcoming Mars 2020 mission to study how to make oxygen out of the Martian atmosphere. NASA has announced the seven instruments that will accompany Mars 2020,

  • giant asteroids wiped out life on early earth

    Giant asteroids wiped out life on early Earth

    World | Jul 31, 2014, 04:09 PM IST

    Washington: Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing

  • nasa launches flying saucer to test future mars landing

    NASA launches 'flying saucer' to test future Mars landing technologies

    World | Jun 30, 2014, 08:13 AM IST

    Washington: The space agency launched its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle Saturday from the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.The test was designed to help NASA engineers

  • mars bound comet producing loads of water

    Mars-bound comet producing loads of water

    World | Jun 21, 2014, 01:53 PM IST

    Washington: Comet Siding Spring, which will brush very close to Mars later this year, is producing a lot of water - around 50 litres every second - according to NASA."Based on our observations, we calculate

  • india s mars spacecraft to tryst with red planet after 100

    India's Mars spacecraft to tryst with red planet after 100 days

    India | Jun 16, 2014, 08:56 PM IST

    Bangalore: Exactly 100 days from Monday, India's Mars spacecraft is scheduled for a rendezvous with the red planet as it is rapidly coasting towards its target covering almost 70 per cent of its journey. On

  • robots pave the way for human landing on mars

    Robots pave the way for human landing on Mars

    May 17, 2014, 06:21 PM IST

    Washington:  With NASA rovers Curiosity and Opportunity relaying loads of information about the Red Planet, NASA is inching closer to a manned mission to Mars.With each landing on Mars over the past three decades, the

  • 44 indians shortlisted for one way trip to mars

    44 Indians shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars

    World | May 08, 2014, 06:06 PM IST

    London: Forty-four Indians, including 17 women, are among 705 aspirants shortlisted for an ambitious private mission to send four people on a planned one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to colonize the red planet. The

  • solved mystery of light on mars

    Solved: Mystery of light on Mars

    World | Apr 11, 2014, 06:25 PM IST

    New Delhi: The car sized robotic rover called Curosity Rover who created controversies after it released a picture of a white light spotted on Mars has been clarified.NASA has clarified on the picture that showed

  • nasa finds clues to possible water flows on mars

    NASA finds clues to possible water flows on Mars

    World | Feb 11, 2014, 10:57 AM IST

    Washington: US space agency NASA said Monday its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter have sent back clues that liquid water may still exist today on the Red Planet.The spacecraft spotted "dark, finger-like markings" that

  • you can grow food on mars says researcher

    You can grow food on Mars, says Researcher

    World | Jan 17, 2014, 11:39 AM IST

    The Hague: Growing food on a frozen desert planet with a suffocatingly thin atmosphere, however, will be a challenge. Scientists are now bioengineering plants that can grow on mars.To investigate whether it is possible to

  • 62 indians shortlisted for one way trip to mars

    62 Indians shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars

    World | Jan 03, 2014, 11:20 AM IST

    London:  Over 1,000 aspirants, including 62 from India, have been shortlisted for an ambitious private mission to send four men and women on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to establish a permanent colony

  • curiosity probe finds evidence of ancient lake on mars

    Curiosity probe finds evidence of ancient lake on Mars

    World | Dec 11, 2013, 10:35 AM IST

    Washington: The Curiosity rover has found evidence of an ancient lake on Mars that millions of years ago could have sustained life for long periods of time, NASA said."Quite honestly, it just looks very Earth-like,"

  • mangalyaan travels beyond earth s sphere of influence

    Mangalyaan travels beyond Earth's Sphere of Influence

    India | Dec 04, 2013, 09:23 PM IST

    Bangalore: India's maiden mission to Mars has traversed beyond the sphere of influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km in its 10-month long voyage to the red planet.The spacecraft crossed the SOI of Earth

  • nasa aims for mars robotic maven set to soar

    Nasa aims for Mars, robotic Maven set to soar

    World | Nov 18, 2013, 11:47 AM IST

    Cape Canaveral, Florida: Nasa is headed back to Mars, this time with a robotic scout named Maven that will attempt to solve the mystery of the red planet's radical climate change.Maven is scheduled to blast

  • mars supplementary orbit raising a success says isro

    MARS supplementary orbit raising a success, says ISRO

    India | Nov 12, 2013, 10:49 AM IST

    Chennai: A day after suffering a glitch during the fourth orbit raising operation on its Mars Orbiter Mission, the ISRO on Tuesday successfully completed the supplementary manoeuvre, raising the spacecraft's apogee (farthest distance from Earth)

  • these 10 companies control almost everything you buy

    These 10 companies control almost everything you buy

    Nov 06, 2013, 06:48 AM IST

    New Delhi: Recently Reddit released a chart titled "The Illusion of Choice," that showed that most products we buy are controlled by just a few companies.The chart depicts that these corporations create a chain that

  • india to make history on oct 28 orbiter will leave for mars

    India to make history on Oct 28, Orbiter will leave for Mars

    India | Oct 11, 2013, 06:30 AM IST

    New Delhi: The 400-million kilometres, 299-day, Rs. 450-cr voyage to Mars, set to launch on October 28, is also a leap of faith for ISRO. The Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called Mangalyaan is a planned

  • no sign of life detected on mars says nasa

    No sign of life detected on Mars, says NASA

    World | Sep 20, 2013, 11:32 AM IST

    Washington: The US space agency said Thursday that its Curiosity rover has revealed no trace of methane, a potential sign of life, on the Martian surface.NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on the Red Planet in

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