Space
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Russia's cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station
Nov 17, 2018, 04:13 PM ISTIt will make 34 orbits of Earth before docking to the orbiting laboratory at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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China creates history; successfully carries out vertical landing test of space rocket
Nov 01, 2018, 07:52 PM ISTThe Space Intelligence Technology Innovation Centre and a national key laboratory of aerospace intelligent control technology were responsible for the flight test and research.
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NASA says parker solar probe breaks record for closest approach to Sun
Oct 30, 2018, 03:36 PM ISTParker Solar Probe is also expected to break the record for fastest spacecraft travelling relative to the Sun.
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China's private satellite-carrying rocket ZQ-1 fails after launch
Oct 28, 2018, 08:38 PM ISTVideo posted by a Chinese news site showed Landspace's 19-meter- (62-foot-) tall red-and-white rocket lifting off against clear blue skies.
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Manned travel for conducting scientific research in space will take 15-20 years: Russian cosmonaut
Oct 26, 2018, 06:37 AM ISTLauding Indian and Chinese space programmes for "making great progress", Kornienko urged the need for similar joint efforts by countries like Russia, India and China for the success of space exploration.
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Meet Hyperion, largest known structure of early universe, million, billion times massive than the Sun
Oct 18, 2018, 10:01 PM ISTHyperion's unimaginably enormous mass is estimated to be a million billion times that of our own Sun (which is approximately 1,048 Jupiters, or 333,000 Earths).
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Record 'fast radio bursts' detected from deep space
Oct 11, 2018, 11:38 AM ISTShannon led the report on the signals detected with a high-powered telescope in Western Australia, Xinhua news agency reported.
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India's first manned space mission 'Gaganyaan' to carry three astronauts for seven days
Aug 28, 2018, 04:05 PM ISTThe Gaganyaan mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address.
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US President Trump orders Pentagon to create a new 'Space Force'
World | Jun 18, 2018, 10:55 PM ISTTrump's comments came at the start of the third meeting of the National Space Council, an advisory body led by Vice President Mike Pence.
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Astronomers spot giant black hole, 20 million times massive than Sun, eating up star
Jun 18, 2018, 04:27 PM ISTThe scientists tracked the event with radio and infrared telescopes, in a pair of colliding galaxies 150 million light-years from Earth.
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Students helping NASA decide which plants to grow in space
Apr 22, 2018, 09:31 PM ISTThe students are trained and are responsible for daily plant upkeep and data collection. Throughout the 28-day challenge, they also recorded weekly plant measurements.
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Twitterati have gone bonkers while trying to spot a NASA astronaut’s legs in this spacewalk photo
Trending | Feb 07, 2018, 04:49 PM ISTThe Internet users are left scratching their heads over a photo, tweeted out by Mark T Vade Hei, a NASA astronaut.
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Do this to transform your child's space into a dreamy abode
People | Jan 24, 2018, 06:26 PM ISTHere are some tips and tricks to keep this tricky space clutter free.
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In a first, NASA scientists identify unknown microbes in space
Jan 02, 2018, 12:20 PM ISTFor the first time, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have identified microbes in space without having to samples back to Earth for tests.
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Space delivery: Astronauts get ice cream, make-own pizzas
Nov 14, 2017, 04:45 PM ISTBesides equipment and experiments, the Orbital ATK capsule holds chocolate and vanilla ice cream for the six station astronauts, as well as make-your-own flatbread pizzas.
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Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao: A pioneer who put India in the big league of Space
India | Jul 24, 2017, 04:02 PM ISTProf Udupi Ramachandra Rao played a stellar role in shaping key space programmes that put the country in the big league of space.
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You heard it right! KFC is sending a chicken sandwich into space! BUT, there’s just one problem
Blah | Jun 14, 2017, 04:52 PM ISTKFC is partnering with balloon maker World View on the project. The chain says the launch window opens June 21 for what it says is the longest controlled stratospheric balloon flight with a commercial payload in history.
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Japan launches its own GPS satellite to enhance navigation precision
World | Jun 01, 2017, 03:42 PM ISTThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today launched the latest version of the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashim Island Space centre in Kagoshima
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Indian-origin couple fight over space ticket worth Rs 1.35 crore in divorce battle
World | Feb 04, 2017, 06:10 PM ISTIn a separation quarrel on space ticket worth 160,000-pound (around Rs 1.35 crore), an Indian-origin couple in the UK are caught up in a battle on the futuristic first commercial flight into space on British
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Europe's new Mars Orbiter sends first data from NASA rovers Opportunity and Curiosity
World | Nov 30, 2016, 06:08 PM ISTIn an indication of the strengthening international telecommunications network supporting Mars exploration, the first data from NASA rovers Opportunity and Curiosity reached Earth last week in a successful first relay test of a NASA