Space
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India can set its next Milestone by mining in space, suggest scientists
India | Jul 29, 2016, 09:03 AM ISTIn a step taking forward, India can become a country to mark its biggest achievement by starting mining in the space. “Earth's resources are finite and there is a shortage of minerals. The next
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Egyptian boy king Pharaoh Tutankhamun had ‘Dagger’ that came from space, says researchers
World | Jul 14, 2016, 07:47 PM ISTCairo (Egypt): In a mind-boggling discovery, researchers have claimed that the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt around 1332-1323 BC, had an object of admiration and mystery which was turned out be made
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Bangalore-based start-up will let young minds design an experiment for its mission to the moon
India | Jun 30, 2016, 08:24 AM ISTBengaluru: TeamIndus,a city-based space technology startup which is competing for the Google Lunar XPrize on Wednesday announced the launch of Lab2Moon, a competition of its own. The startup has launched a competition to challenge the
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Chinese firm plans to send people into space with a balloon
World | May 21, 2016, 03:57 PM ISTBeijing: A Chinese firm, which has developed the country’s first space parachute suit, has hit on a novel business idea to send people into space using a high-tech balloon and return to earth using a
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What? Hrithik asks Karan Johar to make 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' sequel in space
Bollywood | Dec 16, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTMumbai: Actor Hrithik Roshan, who played the role of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's younger brother in Karan Johar's “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...”, has asked the filmmaker to shoot the sequel to the 2001 drama
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First in itself:This regional movie's promotions will start from space
Bollywood | Sep 28, 2015, 10:50 AM ISTChennai: Global United Media, the Kerala distributors of "Baahubali - The Beginning", who were instrumental behind the Guinness World Record for the largest poster, are gearing up for yet another feat -- this time for
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ISRO focussing on low cost access to space
India | Sep 19, 2015, 09:57 PM ISTVisakhapatnam: Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is moving forward with the development of heavy lift launchers and reusable launch vehicles with its main focus being the low cost access to space, its chairman AS Kiran
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NASA fires up engine to take astronauts to Mars
World | Aug 14, 2015, 05:50 PM ISTWashington: As part of its ambitious Space Launch System (SLS), the US space agency has successfully tested an engine that will help propel astronauts on future deep-space missions, including Mars.The 535-second test of RS-25 rocket
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Space salad: Astronauts grow vegetables in space
World | Aug 11, 2015, 08:46 AM ISTWashington (AP): These are the salad days of scientific research on the International Space Station. On Monday, for the first time astronauts munched on red romaine lettuce that they grew in space.After clicking their
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US looks to work with India in deep space exploration
India | Jul 19, 2015, 01:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: An Indo-US deep space exploration mission is in the offing. The unthinkable is already happening in space, India and America are together planning to explore the last unknown frontier.Until recently India was an
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'Sunscreen' layer on distant exoplanet discovered by Indian-origin researcher
World | Jun 12, 2015, 02:47 PM ISTWashington: In what could reveal the composition of a planet and how it formed, a team including an Indian-origin researcher has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive
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ISRO to test plane shaped space launch vehicle in July
India | May 22, 2015, 07:18 PM ISTChennai: Come second half of July, India's space agency is likely to test a small model of reusable launch vehicle shaped like an aeroplane, said a senior official."It is going to be an important engineering
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NASA seeks public inputs for longer human stay on Mars
World | May 06, 2015, 12:23 PM ISTWashington: The US space agency has sought ideas from people about what is necessary to ensure a continuous human presence on the Red Planet.The new NASA challenge invites public to write down their ideas, in
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SpaceX to test life-saving crew capsule for NASA
World | May 04, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTWashington: The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), a California-based space transportation firm, is set for first-ever "pad abort" test that will help NASA save lives in case of an emergency in a human spaceflight.The test
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NASA launches deep space solar monitoring satellite
World | Feb 12, 2015, 02:32 PM ISTWashington: The US space agency has launched a new mission called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) to monitor solar activity in deep space.Launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40
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Merry Christmas, NASA astronauts say from space
World | Dec 25, 2014, 12:15 PM ISTWashington: The stockings are out, the tree is up and Christmas celebrations are on in the zero-gravity nest of astronauts in space.As astronauts continue advanced space research to benefit life on the Earth and in
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'Philae Lander': A huge leap for mankind!
World | Nov 13, 2014, 05:20 PM ISTRossetta, the spaceship carrying 'Philae Lander' reached 'Comet 67P' after its launch on 2 march 2004 by the European Space Agency.This space craft about the size of the washing machine took almost a decade to
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Need for cost-effective travel to space: ex-ISRO chief
India | Apr 09, 2014, 06:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former ISRO chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan last night stressed on the need to have cost-effective transportation system for space travel missions of the country in the future. Kasturirangan, a
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US company to beam free wi-fi to entire world from space
World | Feb 26, 2014, 09:44 AM ISTWashington: A US company is planning to build an 'Outernet - a global network of cube satellites broadcasting Internet data to all the people on the planet - for free.The idea is to offer free
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Lady Gaga to perform in space
Hollywood | Nov 08, 2013, 08:56 PM ISTLondon: Pop star Lady Gaga is planning to have a gig in space in 2015.The 27-year-old is lining up the performance of a life time as she plans to take her famous stage show into