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Existing reflective solar sail designs are typically very large and very thin, and they are limited by the direction of the sunlight, forcing tradeoffs between power and navigation

Updated On: 22 Nov 2022 | 8:57 PM IST

After two failed attempts since 2019, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is finally in orbit and is on its way to the ISS on a mission designed to test the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable system

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 2:23 PM IST

The Insight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels.

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 7:47 AM IST

The researchers at the University of Florida (UF) in the US showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow in lunar soil

Updated On: 13 May 2022 | 2:17 PM IST

The Chandra astronomers recently 'sonified' these ripples by speeding up the signals to 57 or 58 octaves above their original pitch, boosting their frequency quadrillions of times to make them audible

Updated On: 09 May 2022 | 1:53 AM IST

The three U.S. astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24 hours after leaving the International Space Station

Updated On: 06 May 2022 | 11:32 AM IST

Extremely large volcanic eruptions called might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life from the Sun's UV radiation, suggests a new NASA climate simulation.

Updated On: 03 May 2022 | 3:20 PM IST

Duke, 86, is one of four surviving moonwalkers from the Apollo program, taking Apollo 16 to the lunar surface in 1972

Updated On: 30 Apr 2022 | 6:57 AM IST

"As China's and Russia's space and counterspace capabilities increase, both nations are integrating space scenarios into their military exercises," the 80-page report by Biden administration said

Updated On: 19 Apr 2022 | 7:29 AM IST

The United Arab Emirates has partnered with US space agency NASA on a Mars mission to boost scientific collaborations on the Red Planet.

Updated On: 13 Apr 2022 | 1:42 PM IST

The Crew-4 mission will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than April 23, NASA said in a press release.

Updated On: 13 Apr 2022 | 8:44 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and EAM S Jaishankar led the Indian delegation for 2+2 Ministerial, while the US side was led by Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Updated On: 12 Apr 2022 | 5:29 PM IST

According to the NASA's budget estimates, the ISS, launched in 1998, will be "de-orbited" in January 2031

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 4:29 PM IST

The White House has requested a $26 billion budget for NASA in 2023, which is about $2 billion more than the space agency received for the current fiscal year.

Updated On: 29 Mar 2022 | 12:51 PM IST

In a tweet Saturday, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said the letter appealed to the space agencies of the United States, Canada and Europe to keep the space station operational

Updated On: 12 Mar 2022 | 3:54 PM IST

NASA, Apollo, Apollo missions, Copenhagen, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 8-17 missions, NASA vintage photos

Updated On: 10 Mar 2022 | 10:38 PM IST

NASA will get over $24 billion for space missions for fiscal year 2022, if the US Congress is able to pass a newly-devised omnibus spending bill

Updated On: 10 Mar 2022 | 1:09 PM IST

NASA's Perseverance rover has grabbed one more sample from Mars, taking the total number of collection to seven.

Updated On: 09 Mar 2022 | 2:03 PM IST

In a big development, NASA has successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Updated On: 02 Mar 2022 | 12:24 PM IST

It brings the total missions for SpaceX to nine and allows NASA to maintain an uninterrupted US capability for human access to the space station.

Updated On: 01 Mar 2022 | 12:15 PM IST