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  China creates history; successfully carries out vertical landing test of space rocket

  Science | November 01, 2018 19:52 IST

  The 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

  Science | October 30, 2018 15:36 IST

  Parker 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

  Science | October 28, 2018 20:38 IST

  Video 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

  Science | October 26, 2018 6:37 IST

  Lauding 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

  Science | October 18, 2018 22:01 IST

  Hyperion'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

  Science | October 11, 2018 11:38 IST

  Shannon 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

  Science | August 28, 2018 16:05 IST

  The 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 | June 18, 2018 22:55 IST

  Trump'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

  Science | June 18, 2018 16:27 IST

  The 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

  Science | April 22, 2018 21:31 IST

  The 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 | February 07, 2018 16:49 IST

  The 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 | January 24, 2018 18:26 IST

  Here 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

  Science | January 02, 2018 12:20 IST

  For 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

  Science | November 14, 2017 16:45 IST

  Besides 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 | July 24, 2017 16:02 IST

  Prof 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 | June 14, 2017 16:52 IST

  KFC 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 | June 01, 2017 15:42 IST

  The 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 | February 04, 2017 18:10 IST

  In 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 | November 30, 2016 18:08 IST

  In 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

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  Breakfast in space: NASA’s food scientists develop snack bars for future space mission

  World | November 25, 2016 16:48 IST

  Scientists are developing a number of food bars that astronauts onboard the Orion spacecraft can eat for breakfast during their travel beyond the Moon to explore deep space destinations. When astronauts explore deep space destinations,