Spacecraft
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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 | Jul 25, 2016, 07:11 PM ISTForty 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
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft creates history, successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit
World | Jul 05, 2016, 10:58 AM ISTNASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its Rs 7,400 crore unnamed Juno spacecraft entered the orbit around Jupiter after a five-year voyage in order to explore the giant planet.
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NASA probe reveals dwarf planet Ceres in intriguing details
World | Sep 10, 2015, 10:39 AM ISTWashington: NASA's Dawn spacecraft has shown the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres that are gleaming with mystery.The closest-yet view of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 feet per pixel, on its surface
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NASA probe sends stunning images of dwarf planet
World | Aug 26, 2015, 10:52 AM ISTWashington: NASA's Dawn spacecraft has delivered the closest-yet views of the dwarf planet called Ceres that show the small world's features in unprecedented detail.The new images show Ceres' tall, conical mountain, crater formation features and
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NASA lets you listen to sounds meant for aliens
World | Jul 29, 2015, 03:28 PM ISTWashington: Now you can listen to sounds which are meant for aliens to hear as NASA has posted the 'Golden Record' on online audio distribution platform SoundCloud.'Golden Record' is the collection of sounds that NASA
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Heart-shaped feature viewed on Pluto's surface
World | Jul 09, 2015, 10:39 AM ISTLos Angeles: A heart-shaped feature was viewed on Pluto's surface in the most detailed photo yet returned by NASA's New Horizons probe, which has now begun its final run of its historic flyby of the
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NASA's Odyssey set to complete record 60,000th Martian orbit sans pit stops
World | Jun 22, 2015, 06:09 PM ISTWashington: NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft will complete its 60,000th orbit on June 23 since arriving at the Red Planet in 2001.Jim Green, NASA's director of Planetary Science, said that this orbital milestone is an opportunity
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Doomsday at Mercury: NASA spacecraft falls from orbit into planet
World | May 01, 2015, 07:19 AM ISTCape Canaveral(Florida): The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing on Thursday.NASA's Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun's closest planet at about 8,750
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NASA probe spots small moons orbiting Pluto
World | Feb 19, 2015, 01:12 PM ISTWashington: Exactly 85 years after Pluto's discovery, the NASA spacecraft set to encounter the icy dwarf planet this summer has spotted small moons orbiting Pluto.The moons, Nix and Hydra, are visible in a series of
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NASA's Orion lands with 'bullseye' splashdown
World | Dec 05, 2014, 11:41 PM ISTCape Canevaral, Florida: NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a “bullseye” splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that took it to a zenith height of 3,600 miles (5,800 kilometers) and ushered
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In Pics: NASA launching new Orion spacecraft on test flight
World | Dec 03, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTCape Canaveral, Florida: NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; Thursday's debut will be
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European spacecraft lands on comet
World | Nov 12, 2014, 11:12 PM ISTDarmstadt (Germany): Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history today by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - an audacious cosmic first designed to answer
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US Dragon spacecraft launched
Apr 19, 2014, 11:04 PM ISTWashington: A commercial spacecraft operated by US space company SpaceX blasted off Friday for its third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA TV showed.The unmanned Dragon spacecraft was launched aboard a
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NASA to let you create your own space craft!
Apr 05, 2014, 09:48 PM ISTNew York: Ever imagined creating your own space shuttle? If you are clueless how to start, here comes NASA to your aid.If you have studied rocket science, NASA would enable you to make your own
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US launches spacecraft to explore Martian atmosphere
World | Nov 19, 2013, 09:28 AM ISTWashington : The US space agency -- NASA -- launched its newest Mars-bound spacecraft Monday afternoon to look at the red planet's upper atmosphere, Xinhua reported.The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) lifted off at
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NASA Spacecraft Will Pluck Samples From Asteroid
World | May 26, 2011, 03:59 PM ISTLos Angeles, May 26: A NASA spacecraft will reach out and touch an asteroid and send pieces back to Earth, the space agency announced Wednesday.The unmanned probe won't land on the rocky body. But it