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  • SpaceX capsule returns with 2 NASA astronauts from space station

    SpaceX capsule returns with 2 NASA astronauts from space station

    August 01, 2020 22:48 IST

    The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station two months ago was set to depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday.

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    Mars 2020 rover mission healthy and on its way: NASA

    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.

  • Breathtaking aerial images of NASA Perseverance launch are filling people with wonder (Representatio

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

    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.

  • Onward to Mars! NASA's Perseverance Rover lifts off | Live

    Onward to Mars! NASA's Perseverance Rover lifts off | Highlights

    July 30, 2020 18:08 IST

    NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Catch Live Updates of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch.

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

    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.

  • Countdown begins for Mars Perseverance launch — Here’s

    Countdown begins for Mars Perseverance launch — Here’s your last minute crash course

    July 30, 2020 9:07 IST

    NASA is all decked up and ready to launch the car-sized Mars rover named Perseverance along with a robotic helicopter named Ingenuity. The two mechanical devices will be traveling to Mars in search of signs of past microbial life and examine the Martian climate and geology in the area which is being called — Jezero crater. If everything goes as planned, the robots will land on the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021.

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    NASA develops — Eau de Space — Perfume that smells like outer space for only Rs 2,100. Check Details

    July 29, 2020 9:30 IST

    NASA has long been working on the "smell of space" in order to help prepare their astronauts with a better real-time atmosphere of what's up there. In the latest development, NASA has come up with a perfume, Eau de Space, which has attracted eager buyers where it’s trial orbit on Kickstarter has raised $516,000 in preorders.

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    5 things that make Perseverance NASA's strongest and smartest Mars rover yet

    July 28, 2020 9:32 IST

    After eight successful Mars landings, NASA is all set for another mission with its newest rover. The spacecraft Perseverance — set for liftoff this week — is NASA’s brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet.

  • Galaxy image shot from Hubble telescope

    7 breathtaking space photos taken this week will blow your mind

    July 26, 2020 13:27 IST

    Skygazing is becoming more and more of a hobby by the day. People are also now more inclined to see the extraordinary images taken in space from high-quality cameras of NASA.

  • First-ever image of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede revealed

    First-ever image of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede revealed. Check details

    July 26, 2020 10:46 IST

    NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured the first infrared images of the north pole of Jupiter's Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the solar system. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory division’s official Twitter profile shared Ganymede's picture and it is gorgeous.

  • Gujarat girls discover asteroid set to pass by earth in near future

    Gujarat girls discover asteroid set to pass by earth in near future

    July 25, 2020 22:42 IST

    Two girls of class 10 from Gujarat's Surat have discovered a new asteroid. The asteroid named HLV2514 is expected to pass the earth in the near-future.  

  • NASA to send football stadium-sized balloon to study light from newborn stars

    NASA to send football stadium-sized balloon to study light from newborn stars

    July 24, 2020 18:46 IST

    NASA has announced the intention to release a massive balloon into Earth’s stratosphere as part of its mission to study the space around our planet. The mission is known as the Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS).

  • Asteroid 2020 ND, Potentially dangerous Asteroid, NASA, Earth

    'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid 2020 ND to move past Earth today

    July 24, 2020 9:29 IST

    Asteroid 2020 ND - a huge asteroid is set to move past Earth today, NASA has said. Terming the asteroid as 'potentially dangerous', NASA has warned that the asteroid is travelling at a high speed of 48,000 kilometres per hour.

  • In a first, photos capture baby planets orbiting Sun like star

    In a first, photos capture baby planets orbiting Sun-like star

    July 24, 2020 9:40 IST

    In a first of its kind discovery, scientists have captured direct images of another multi-planet system, much like our own, orbiting a star, much like our sun. The planets which are being tipped as baby planets are approximately 300 light-years away from us.

  • Over 37 active volcanoes discovered on Venus

    Over 37 active volcanoes discovered on Venus

    July 21, 2020 11:51 IST

    Scientists have discovered as many as 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be still active today. This discovery has refuted the fact that Venus is a dormant planet.

  • UAE launches its first mission 'Hope' to Mars

    UAE launches its first mission 'Hope' to Mars

    July 20, 2020 7:54 IST

    UAE has launched its first mission to Mars on Sunday. It is an orbiter launched via Japanese rocket that will study the planet's weather.  The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 5:58 p.m. Eastern.

  • NASA postpones launch of James Webb Space Telescope to October 2021

    NASA postpones launch of James Webb Space Telescope to October 2021

    July 19, 2020 9:01 IST

    Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its drastic effects on the normal lives, NASA has pushed back the target for the launch of its next great space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, from March 2021 to October 2021.

  • Massive asteroid bigger than the London eye approaching Earth

    Massive asteroid bigger than the London eye approaching Earth

    July 17, 2020 9:38 IST

    A massive asteroid which is larger than the famous London Eye will be approaching the Earth in just a couple of days. Meanwhile, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning for the world over this 'hazardous asteroid'. 

  • Solar Orbiter probe snaps closest pictures of Sun

    Solar Orbiter probe snaps closest pictures of Sun

    July 16, 2020 21:25 IST

    The first images snapped by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, an international collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, are now available for the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.

  • NEOWISE Comet: How and when to see the once in 6,000 years

    NEOWISE Comet: How and when to see the once in 6,000 years phenomena

    July 16, 2020 9:33 IST

    Comet NEOWISE also known as C/2020 F3 is now well and truly visible from the Earth. For the next 20 days or so, the comet will be visible to the naked eye each day for 20 minutes. 

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