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  Chandrayaan-2 mission on schedule, flight models going through various tests: ISRO

  India | January 12, 2018 16:10 IST

  In Chandrayan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, ISRO is planning to rover to explore the lunar surface.

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  9-year-old kid applies for a job at NASA and how the US Space Agency replied will blow your mind!

  Life | August 06, 2017 17:54 IST

  A 9-year-old kid sent a job application for the post of Planetary Protection Officer, after the space agency announced the opening for the position recently

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  NASA may run short of space suits: Report

  World | April 29, 2017 18:31 IST

  US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may run space suit short for future deep-space missions, media reported citing the space agency's auditor report.

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  ISRO’s lost Chandrayaan-1 found orbiting the Moon, says NASA

  World | March 10, 2017 17:10 IST

  India’s first lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which had gone missing after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with it on August 29, 2009, has been found orbiting the Moon by US space

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  NASA assessing possibilities of manned Orion mission to orbit moon

  World | February 25, 2017 18:12 IST

  US space agency NASA is considering to assess the feasibility of sending humans to space with the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket as it aims to orbit the Moon. NASA is building

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  SpaceX makes second attempt to launch rocket from historic moon pad

  World | February 19, 2017 22:01 IST

  After a last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX to abort its planned Dragon cargo launch, US space transport services company, SpaceX is taking another shot at launching a rocket from NASA's historic moon pad. As dawn

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  NASA’s Spitzer hears stellar ‘heartbeat’

  World | February 15, 2017 13:00 IST

  US space agency NASA’s Spitzer space telescope has detected unusual heartbeat-like pulsations in the outer shells of a star called HAT-P-2. A closely orbiting planet, called HAT-P-2b, might be causing these vibrations each time it

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  Unmanned ISS cargo ship burns up in atmosphere: Russian space agency

  World | December 01, 2016 23:50 IST

  Russia's space agency on Thursday said it lost contact with an unmanned cargo ship shortly after it blasted off for the International Space Station. “Communication was lost today 383 seconds after the launch of the

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  SEE PIC! NASA’s Fermi telescope detects dazzling gamma-ray binary in space (Video)

  World | September 30, 2016 14:03 IST

  NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found the first gamma-ray binary – the brightest one ever spotted – in another galaxy. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive star and a crushed

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  Goodbye, Rosetta! This is how you can watch the end of an amazing mission today

  World | September 30, 2016 12:05 IST

  The 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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  WATCH: European Space Agency's historical Rosetta to crash into a comet this Friday

  World | September 29, 2016 11:29 IST

  The European Space Agency is in the process of making final preparations to crash its Rosetta spacecraft that began its probe in 2014 into a comet. Rosetta arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, 2014,

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  NASA to study microbes aboard the International Space Station

  World | September 22, 2016 15:32 IST

  NASA astronauts in collaboration with the non-profit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will now explore the microbial environment on the International Space Station, said NASA. The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique built environment having

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  China to launch its second spacelab Tiangong-2 next week

  World | September 11, 2016 13:28 IST

  Chinese space agency is all set to launch its second spacelab Tiangong-2 next week. Tiangong-2 will be launched into space between September 15 and 20, the office of China’s manned space program said. The space

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  NASA one step closer to taking humans to Mars, conducts second successful SLS booster test

  World | August 12, 2016 13:51 IST

  The Space Launch System (SLS), arguably the world’s most powerful NASA’s rocket that the space agency hopes will one day carry humans to Mars, has given positive results in the second test. The second

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  NASA selects six private companies to develop prototypes for Mars mission

  World | August 10, 2016 12:38 IST

  US space agency NASA has selected six US firms to help advance its journey to the red planet by developing prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats. Habitation systems provide a safe place for

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  New hurdle in space explorations for NASA as ‘Plutonium-238’ depletes

  World | July 17, 2016 18:37 IST

  New York: Marking a hurdle in deep space explorations for NASA, the Plutonium-238, which is used to power these programmes, is running out of fuel. The aerospace research centre of the United States uses Plutonium-238

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  Scientists to hunt for alien life on Jupiter moons

  World | July 26, 2015 18:30 IST

  London: After a successful mission to Pluto last week, scientists are preparing to launch a probe to search for life on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, media reports said.Earlier this week, the European

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  India ground tests cryogenic engine successfully

  India | July 20, 2015 18:17 IST

  Chennai: India successfully ground tested its high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine at Mahendragiri complex in Tamil Nadu, the space agency said on Monday.In a statement here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the country's first

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  Boeing, TASL ink manufacturing agreement

  July 15, 2015 18:09 IST

  Hyderabad:  Giving a boost to 'Make in India' initiative, Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) on Wednesday signed a framework agreement to collaborate in aerospace and defense manufacturing and potential integrated systems development opportunities,

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  NASA probe flies past Pluto, world awaits historic images

  World | July 14, 2015 18:18 IST

  Washington: In what may rewrite science books soon, NASA's New Horizons mission - launched in 2006 and has travelled over 4.8 billion km so far at the speed of 45,000 km per hour - fly past