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  Egyptian boy king Pharaoh Tutankhamun had ‘Dagger’ that came from space, says researchers

  World | July 14, 2016 19:47 IST

  Cairo (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 | June 30, 2016 8:24 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 15:57 IST

  Beijing: 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 | December 16, 2015 18:06 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | September 28, 2015 10:50 IST

  Chennai: 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 | September 19, 2015 21:57 IST

  Visakhapatnam: 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 | August 14, 2015 17:50 IST

  Washington:  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 | August 11, 2015 8:46 IST

  Washington (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 | July 19, 2015 13:35 IST

  New 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 | June 12, 2015 14:47 IST

  Washington:  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 19:18 IST

  Chennai:  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 IST

  Washington: 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 IST

  Washington: 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 | February 12, 2015 14:32 IST

  Washington: 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 | December 25, 2014 12:15 IST

  Washington: 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 | November 13, 2014 17:20 IST

  Rossetta, 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 | April 09, 2014 6:44 IST

  New 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 | February 26, 2014 9:44 IST

  Washington: 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 | November 08, 2013 20:56 IST

  London: 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

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  Self-made Richa Chadda happy about her space

  Bollywood | July 23, 2013 8:13 IST

  Mumbai, July 23: Actress Richa Chadda, whose performance was appreciated in "Gangs Of Wasseypur" and "Fukrey", is happy to carve a niche for herself on her own."It's a wonderful time to be in the showbiz