Mission
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NASA’s satellite sets new Guinness World Record. Find out what it is?
World | Nov 06, 2016, 05:14 PM ISTThe US space agency NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) has set the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal - at 70,000 kilometres above the surface of the Earth. Operating in
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Goodbye, Rosetta! This is how you can watch the end of an amazing mission today
World | Sep 30, 2016, 12:05 PM ISTThe European Space Agency is all set to crash its historical Rosetta spacecraft into a comet, two years after it began its probe in 2014. The Rosetta mission will end with a controlled descent
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VIDEO! NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft all set for asteroid Bennu mission
World | Sep 08, 2016, 03:38 PM ISTNASA will launch the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid Bennu on Thursday to bring a small sample back for study. Bolted to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket,
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These six scientists end year-long Mars mission
World | Aug 29, 2016, 10:36 AM ISTSix scientists who lived like astronauts in an isolated dome for 12 months in Hawaii to explore challenges which a manned mission may face on Mars, have completed one of the toughest NASA-funded mission ever.
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ISRO to launch ‘Aditya-L1’, the first Indian mission to study Sun by 2020
India | Aug 21, 2016, 12:58 PM ISTThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its satellite, Aditya-L1, to study about the Sun, according to Mylswamy Annadurai, director, Isro satellite centre at Bengaluru. Speaking to the media on Saturday
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Video! NASA set to launch first asteroid sample return mission next month
World | Aug 18, 2016, 01:28 PM ISTThe US space agency NASA is all set to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth, which will help study how planets formed and how life began. The Origins,
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India to soon launch Rs 1,800 Digital Literacy Mission for 60 million people in rural areas
Jun 27, 2016, 01:46 PM ISTIndia will soon launch a Digital Literacy Mission worth Rs 1,800 crore for 60 million people in rural areas.
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Jammu and Kashmir must draw benefit from PM's 'Transforming India Mission': Jitendra Singh
National | Apr 16, 2016, 10:59 PM ISTUnion Minister Jitendra Singh today said that Jammu and Kashmir must draw maximum benefit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Transforming India Mission' and should not be left behind.
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Be Prepared! Countdown begins to launch mission to find life on Mars
World | Mar 14, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTLondon: The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are set to send a robotic probe to Mars on Monday to find if the planet has traces of alien life.They are
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Skill India relaunch of UPA scheme, says Congress
National | Jul 16, 2015, 12:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday dismissed the "Skill India" programme flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the relaunch of a scheme of previous United Progressive Alliance government.Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told media persons
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On World Population Day, Indians number 1,274,234,538
India | Jul 11, 2015, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 percent of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation.According
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NASA mission to look for water on Jupiter's moon Europa
World | Jun 18, 2015, 02:28 PM ISTWashington: NASA has come a step closer to its planned mission to Europa which will try to find out if a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of the Jupiter's moon have the ingredients to
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Barack Obama broadens mission in Afghanistan
World | Nov 22, 2014, 11:24 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama has quietly approved guidelines in recent weeks to allow the Pentagon to target Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, broadening previous plans that had limited the military to counterterrorism missions against al-Qaida after
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UN extends its mission in Liberia
World | Oct 02, 2014, 06:29 AM ISTMonrovia: The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) till September 15 next year keeping in view the Ebola outbreak in the country, a senior UN official
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100,000 sheltering in UN Mission's bases in South Sudan
World | Jul 04, 2014, 11:50 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that nearly 100,000 people are seeking protection in its bases across the country, and the number is likely to remain high, a spokesperson said
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Miscreants throw crude bomb outside Indian mission in Bangladesh
World | Nov 10, 2013, 11:41 PM ISTDhaka: Miscreants today targeted the Indian mission in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong during a four-day nationwide shutdown that began today.There were conflicting reports over the incident, with police describing it as a blast first
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US woman on mission to make Agra worthy of Taj
India | Sep 09, 2013, 12:05 PM ISTAgra: A 30-year-old psychologist and Yoga teacher from New York came to Agra as a tourist but has now decided to stay back to "reform" the city to make it worthy of "such a beautiful
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US to launch next Mars mission
World | Aug 06, 2013, 05:08 PM ISTWashington, Aug 6: The US is set to launch its next mission to Mars in November and the spacecraft has already arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space agency NASA said.A US Air
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PM watches as 100th Indian space mission blasts off
India | Sep 09, 2012, 11:21 PM ISTSriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 9: An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by
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Indian to embark on Mission Whitewash against Kiwis
Cricket | Aug 31, 2012, 03:15 PM ISTBangalore, Aug 30 : Seeking to complete a whitewash, India would again rely on the guile and skill of their spinners when they take on a hapless New Zealand in the second and final cricket