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  NASA's InSight spacecraft will decode how mountains formed on Mars

  Science | August 29, 2018 15:35 IST

  The Mars lander carries a unique instrument that is capable of measuring heat flowing out of the planet. This could shed light on how the Mars' massive mountains, which eclipse Mt Everest here on Earth, first formed, NASA said in a statement.

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  NASA spacecraft gets first glimpse of asteroid Bennu

  Science | August 26, 2018 14:42 IST

  The spacecraft has travelled approximately 1.8 billion kilometres since its 2016 launch and is scheduled to arrive at Bennu on December 3 this year.  

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  NASA to launch car-size spacecraft to study Sun

  Science | July 23, 2018 7:57 IST

  The car-sized spacecraft called Parker Solar Probe is slated to lift off no earlier than August 6, on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy.

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  NASA launches historic InSight spacecraft with mission to Mars: 10 things you need to know

  Science | May 05, 2018 23:53 IST

  The solar and battery-powered lander is designed to operate for 26 Earth months, or one year on Mars, a period in which it is expected to pick up as many as 100 quakes.

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  Scientists discover last photo of Rosetta spacecraft taken moments before crash landing

  Science | October 01, 2017 8:32 IST

  After analysing the spacecraft’s final transmission, scientists uncovered one more image – a blurred photo captured a few feet away from the comet’s surface

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  Cassini’s 13-year odyssey comes to end with a fiery plunge into Saturn

  Science | September 20, 2017 12:14 IST

  NASA received a final signal from its Cassini spacecraft on Friday, whose 13-year-old unparalleled journey came to an end with a meteor-link plunge into the Saturn’s crushing atmosphere

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  India's Chandrayaan-1 helps scientists map water on Moon

  World | September 14, 2017 17:14 IST

  Using newly-calibrated data taken from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper, which flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have created the first global map of water in the Moon's soil

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  China launches first cargo spacecraft as part of space station goal

  World | April 20, 2017 19:02 IST

  Taking another step towards its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022, a Chinese rocket on Thursday successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1.

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  China unveils top names for Mars probe

  World | January 29, 2017 23:56 IST

  China on Tuesday has released a list of eight names for the country's first Mars spacecraft, which is scheduled to be launched by 2020, the media reported. The names -- "Fenghuang" (phoenix), "Tianwen" (questions for

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  NASA building robotic spacecraft to refuel, repair satellites in orbit

  World | December 07, 2016 16:24 IST

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is building a robotic spacecraft which will be outfitted with the latest tools and technologies to repair or refuel satellites currently in orbit. NASA has awarded a $127

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  NASA to set up virtual institute for small spacecraft systems

  World | October 23, 2016 12:32 IST

  The U.S space agency NASA has said that it will establish a new virtual institute to advance the field of small spacecraft systems. NASA scientists selected the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, to

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  Chinese astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft enter space lab after successful docking

  World | October 19, 2016 18:01 IST

  The two Chinese astronauts who set off aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft as part of the Communist country’s longest ever manned space mission have successfully entered the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab. The move spells

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  New Horizons mission spots possible clouds on Pluto, claims NASA research

  World | October 19, 2016 17:36 IST

  After the discovery of layers of interesting fogs a year ago, the New Horizons spacecraft has now claimed to have identified some hints of clouds on Pluto. "We're excited about the exploration ahead for New

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  China launches longest manned mission to Tiangong 2 space station

  World | October 17, 2016 12:17 IST

  China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore

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  China all set to launch its manned space mission tomorrow

  World | October 16, 2016 21:44 IST

  China is ready for its longest-ever manned space mission with a spacecraft carrying two astronauts set to lift off tomorrow to dock with an experimental lab for a month-long stay under the Communist giant's ambitious

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  Indian-American to launch spacecraft that will take human remains to moon at Rs 20 cr per kg

  World | August 10, 2016 8:48 IST

  A private firm owned by an Indian-American and licensed to launch a spacecraft and land on the moon is planning to take human remains to the Earth’s surface at Rs 20 crore per kilogram.

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  Historic launch! NASA’s first OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to go on sample return mission from Sept 8 (Video)

  World | August 09, 2016 17:49 IST

  NASA scientists are all set to bring samples from the asteroid bennu and for this they are launching a spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx on September 8. As per reports, scientists at NASA are working along

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  Spacecraft of private US company co-founded by Indian-American to land on moon in 2017

  India | August 04, 2016 13:39 IST

  The Federal Aviation Administration has given license to a US firm, co-founded by an Indian American, to launch a spacecraft and land on moon in 2017. The US private company revealed that this breakthrough US

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  NASA to send spacecraft to probe asteroid that may destroy Earth

  World | August 01, 2016 15:37 IST

  An asteroid that will pass by the earth, as it does every six years, has scientists deeply worried. So much so, that NASA has said that they are sending a probe team to the asteroid's

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  Relive mankind’s ‘giant leap’: New 3-D model allows a 360-degree view of the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft

  World | July 25, 2016 19:11 IST

  Forty seven years ago, the Apollo 11 spacecraft took Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon thereby creating history. The only part of the spacecraft that came back to earth was