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NASA's Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins passes away; Held record of 266 hours in space

NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the historic mission of Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in 1969, passed away on Wednesday due to cancer. He was 90.

Apr 29, 2021

NASA Delays Mars Helicopter's First Flight to April 14; What's Happened? [Details]

The first flight of Ingenuity, NASA's Mars rotorcraft, has been deferred to 14 April after the command sequence of the flight was ended by a technical safeguard

Apr 11, 2021

UAE Selects First Arab Woman For Space Programme

Emirati national Nora al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old mechanical engineering graduate currently working at Abu Dhabi's National Petroleum Construction Company, will join NASA's 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class in the United States.

Apr 11, 2021

Mars Helicopter Survives First Freezing Night On Martian Surface, All Eyes On April 11 First Flight

The 'Ingenuity' survived its first night on the surface of the Jezero Crater on Mars, where extreme temperatures can reach as low as -90 C

Apr 8, 2021

NASA delays first flight of Mars helicopter by 3 days from April 8 to 11

The decision to push back the date of the launch from April 8 to April 11 was announced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory without giving any reason for the delay

Apr 2, 2021

Rogue Asteroid Apophis Not to hit earth for 100 years: NASA [Details]

Several space experts had previously suggested that asteroid Apophis could hit earth causing massive devstation

Mar 28, 2021

NASA's newly landed Mars rover Perseverance is ready to fly mini helicopter Ingenuity now

In a first, the Perseverance rover on Mars is set to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity that will fly and explore the Red Planet.

Mar 23, 2021

Indian-origin sisters interning at NASA are part of history in the making [details]

Netizens applauded the sisters for making India proud, however, many took to taking note of their religion, while actor Kangana Ranaut said she is proud of her 'bindi wearing sisters.'

Mar 21, 2021

NASA's Artemis Moon rocket passes key test

NASA has completed a crucial hot fire test of the core stage of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which is designed to power future Moon missions under the agency's Artemis programme.

Mar 19, 2021

Biggest asteroid of the year to zip past earth on March 21 [details inside]

NASA revealed that the asteroid named 2001 FO32 is 680 meters wide and it will zip past Earth at a speed of 1,24,000 kilometers per hour

Mar 12, 2021

Secrets of ancient Martian life can be found in a Turkish lake, says NASA

NASA's Perseverance Rover is currently on the Martian surface looking for signs of alien life on Mars

Mar 10, 2021

NASA Releases a 360-degree Panorama of Mars by Perseverance Rover Made from 142 Photos

NASA has released the first high-definition panoramic view of its Mars rover Perseverance's landing site at Jezero Crater.

Feb 26, 2021

NASA chief engineer watches perseverance touchdown, daughter captures euphoric reaction

Madeleine, Daughter of Alejandro Miguel San Martin shared a picture of her father enjoying a glass of champagne and striking a thumbs-up to the camera. She captioned the Instagram post, "Touchdown!"

Feb 23, 2021

Mars landing: NASA releases new video and audio from Perseverance rover

NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface.

Feb 23, 2021

What if NASA succeeds in finding concrete proof of alien life on Mars

A top NASA scientist had previously predicted that alien life, at least in its microbial form, will be discovered on Mars in 2021

Feb 22, 2021

Countdown begins for NASA Perseverance Mission to land on Mars

NASA will descend its fifth Mars rover Perseverance on Thursday, Feb 18 on Jezero crater, identified for the mission to study traces of any organisms in the crater where an ancient river flowed into a lake

Feb 17, 2021

Attention foodies: $500,000 on offer if you find a way to feed astronauts [details]

NASA asks foodies to formulate an effective nutrition strategy for astronauts that could produce less waste and weight

Feb 4, 2021

This Brown University graduate may be the first woman to land on moon

NASA's Artemis mission is expected to play a crucial role in determining the success of the upcoming Mars colonization program

Jan 19, 2021

From Chandrayaan-3 to NASA's Lucy: Five space milestones humans could achieve in 2021

ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 and NASA's Lucy mission are expected to create history in the field of human space exploration

Jan 5, 2021

Chinese astronomers discover 591 high velocity stars from LAMOST and Gaia, more to come

Chinese astronomers discovered 591 high velocity stars using data from LAMOST and GaiaA, and 43 of them can even escape from the Galaxy

Dec 28, 2020