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SpaceX Details Next Big Steps It Needs to Take to Carry Astronauts

Dana Hull, Bloomberg | Thursday August 16, 2018

Here are the next big steps for SpaceX and the Dragon team, from demos to in-flight abort tests.

Inside SpaceX, the Willy Wonka-Like Rocket Factory That Eventually Could Send Astronauts to Space

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Thursday August 16, 2018

SpaceX hosted an open house on Monday, offering a rare peek inside the Willy Wonka-like rocket factory.

NASA's Opportunity Rover Still Missing After Massive Martian Dusk Storm

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 16, 2018

Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been listening for the rover everyday since its forced shutdown.

SpaceX's "Willy Wonka-Like" Factory Could Send Astronauts To Space

Science | Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Wednesday August 15, 2018

Elon Musk's SpaceX hosted an open house here Monday, offering a rare peek inside the Willy Wonka-like rocket factory that also serves as a museum of sorts to SpaceX's 16-year history.

Before Exploring Other Planets, Submarine Will Dive To Earth's Seafloor

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 14, 2018

NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment analogous to water worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, a media report said today. Taking a closer look at the Earth's seafloor might help the space agency to send a submarine to the outer solar system to explore th...

Parker Solar Probe Launched in NASA's First Mission to 'Touch' the Sun and Study Its Dangers

Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Monday August 13, 2018

The sun's atmosphere regularly erupts with fast-moving flashes of protons and explosions of energetic particles that can hit Earth within minutes and disrupt radio communication, interfere with GPS, and fry the electric grid.

Spacecraft To "Touch Sun" Blasts Off On Mission To Solve Solar Mysteries

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 12, 2018

NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.

NASA Parker Solar Probe Launch Delayed Till Sunday Due to Last-Minute Technical Problem

Associated Press | Saturday August 11, 2018

Saturday's launch countdown was halted with just one-minute, 55 seconds remaining.

Surya Grahan or Partial Solar Eclipse Today: 5 Things To Keep In Mind

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Saturday August 11, 2018

Skywatchers in India will be able to see sun in a crescent shape today during surya grahan or partial solar eclipse that begins at 1:32 pm and ends at 5 pm. The maximum eclipse will be seen at 3:16 pm. In partial solar eclipse, the Moon partly obscures the Sun's disk and casts only its penumbra on the Earth. This will be the last partial solar ecli...

Minutes Before Lift-Off, Launch Of Spacecraft To Explore Sun Postponed

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 11, 2018

NASA has postponed until Sunday the launch of its $1.5 billion unmanned Parker Solar Probe, to allow engineers more time to investigate a red flag that was raised in the last moment before liftoff.

Surya Grahan 2018: During Partial Solar Eclipse No Need To Alter Any Dietary Habits, Say Experts

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Tuesday August 14, 2018

The world is going to witness a partial solar eclipse 2018 today and according to Indian Standard Time, the surya grahan time is between 1.32 pm and 5.02 pm. Experts have said that there's no need to make any alterations to diet due to the eclipse.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe to Launch on Saturday, the First Spacecraft to 'Touch Sun'

Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 11, 2018

NASA's car-sized Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday.

"Not A Bomb": Mysterious Package With Message For Trump Falls From Sky

World News | Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post | Saturday August 11, 2018

A mysterious package with a message for President Donald Trump set off alarm this week after falling from the sky into a field of solar panels south of Bedminster, New Jersey, where the president is vacationing.

This NASA Spacecraft Will Probe One Of Earth's Scariest Threats - The Sun

Science | Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Friday August 10, 2018

The source of all light and life on Earth is also the source of one of its biggest natural threats: space weather. The sun's atmosphere regularly erupts with fast-moving flashes of protons and explosions of energetic particles that can hit Earth within minutes and disrupt radio communication, interfere with GPS and fry the electric grid. A "worst c...

NASA's Planet Hunting TESS Satellite Captures Image of Comet

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday August 8, 2018

NASA's TESS satellite took a series of images of the comet C/2018 N1, over the course of 17 hours on July 25.