NASA launches space shuttle Atlantis
Nov 17, 2009
NASA ready for Atlantis launch
Nov 16, 2009
NASA to 'bomb' Moon in search of water
Oct 9, 2009
NASA announces discovery of water on moon
Sep 24, 2009
Sun shoots solar flares into space
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013
The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second.
International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield makes first space music video
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 14, 2013
The music video is interspersed with shots of the ISS orbiting the Earth and Hadfield floating inside the capsule singing and playing the guitar.
NASA's three 'smartphone satellites' working as expected
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 23, 2013
Transmissions from all the three PhoneSats, believed to be the lowest-cost satellites ever put in space, have been received at multiple ground stations on the Earth.
NASA plans for asteroids, astronauts and a trip to Mars
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 15, 2013
NASA plans to launch a spacecraft by 2017 and capture an asteroid by 2019 as it speeds through space.
Sunita Williams to be in Delhi on April 1
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday March 30, 2013
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the world record for the longest spaceflight by a female astronaut, will start her India trip on April 1 from the national capital.
Meteorite that hit Russia millions of years old
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 15, 2013
A meteorite that entered Earth's atmosphere and slammed into Russia's Urals in February had broken off from a large asteroid and collided with another space body several million years ago, a Russian scientist said.
Mars could have supported life, NASA says
Kenneth Chang, The New York Times | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Several billion years ago, Mars may well have been a pleasant place for tiny microbes to live, with plenty of water as well as minerals that could have served as food, NASA scientists said on Tuesday at a news conference on the latest findings from t...
Third time unlucky? 99942 Apophis asteroid may strike Earth in 2068
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 15, 2013
The asteroid has been the focus of considerable attention after it was discovered in December 2004 to have a significant probability of Earth impact.
Apophis asteroid may strike Earth in 2068
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 26, 2013
The 325-metre asteroid 99942 Apophis, that will safely fly by the Earth in 2029 and 2036, may strike the planet in 2068, says an article published on the NASA website.
In Russia, ruins and property spared by meteor, side by side
Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times | Monday February 18, 2013
NASA scientists say a meteor of this size strikes the Earth about once every hundred years.
Asteroid 2012 DA14 no danger to Earth: NASA
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 15, 2013
At its closest approach, DA14 will be 27,300 km from Earth, about a tenth of the distance between here and the Moon.
NASA's Curiosity rover gets first Mars rock samples
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 10, 2013
The rock is believed to hold evidence about long-gone wet environments.
Haridwar student gets NASA honour
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 9, 2013
A school here said Saturday that an essay related to Saturn by one of its Class seven students has won recognition from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Asteroid to make closest fly-by in history
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 8, 2013
An asteroid similar in size to the one that exploded over Siberia in 1908 will pass the Earth on February 15 by the smallest-ever recorded margin, American space agency NASA said.
Kalpana Chawla remembered by school on 10th death anniversary
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 2, 2013
From being a shy girl from this small town in Haryana to reaching out to the stars by becoming an astronaut - the life and times of NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla were recounted on Friday as her school remembered its most famous alumna on her 10th dea...
