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First splashdown in 45 years: SpaceX guides NASA astronauts' safe return

For SpaceX, the flight is a signature achievement 18 years after Musk founded the company with the ultimate goal of populating other planets

First splashdown in 45 years: SpaceX guides NASA astronauts' safe return
Updated On : 03 Aug 2020 | 2:14 AM IST

SpaceX helping NASA astronauts to retro-style splashdown, first in 45 years

It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf

SpaceX helping NASA astronauts to retro-style splashdown, first in 45 years
Updated On : 03 Aug 2020 | 2:14 AM IST

SpaceX Crew Dragon with 2 NASA astronauts successfully undocks from ISS

Endeavour is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico as the Demo-2 mission validates SpaceX's crew transportation system - from launch to in-orbit, docking, landing, and recovery operations

SpaceX Crew Dragon with 2 NASA astronauts successfully undocks from ISS
Updated On : 02 Aug 2020 | 7:07 AM IST

NASA Sun data helps scientists develop new model predict big solar flares

Using data from NASA's SDO scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun's biggest flares from the last solar cycle, out of a set of nine

NASA Sun data helps scientists develop new model predict big solar flares
Updated On : 01 Aug 2020 | 8:19 PM IST

SpaceX capsule set to return 2 NASA astronauts from space station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station two months ago was set to depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday.

SpaceX capsule set to return 2 NASA astronauts from space station
Updated On : 01 Aug 2020 | 7:14 PM IST

Mars 2020: The hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious

The sudden flurry of activity is a result of planetary dynamics: every two or so years, the orbits of Earth and Mars align so that the two bodies are at their closest to each other

Mars 2020: The hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious
Updated On : 01 Aug 2020 | 12:57 PM IST

US astronauts pack up for rare splashdown from ISS in SpaceX capsule

SpaceX and Nasa plan to bring Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken back Sunday afternoon in the company's Dragon capsule

US astronauts pack up for rare splashdown from ISS in SpaceX capsule
Updated On : 01 Aug 2020 | 8:28 AM IST

Nasa's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission launched to Red Planet

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.

Nasa's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission launched to Red Planet
Updated On : 31 Jul 2020 | 9:20 AM IST

NASA launches Mars rover 'Perseverance' to look for signs of ancient life

NASA's Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into the morning sky in the world's third and final Mars launch of the summer

NASA launches Mars rover 'Perseverance' to look for signs of ancient life
Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 11:08 PM IST

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to liftoff today: Everything you need to know

Tune into the podcast to know more interesting and exciting details about the ongoing explorations in the outer space

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to liftoff today: Everything you need to know
Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 11:03 AM IST

Nasa's Perseverance Mars mission: Sherlock's probe, & an Indian connection

One of the boldest interplanetary missions, the Perseverance rover to Mars could pave the way for manned missions of the future

Nasa's Perseverance Mars mission: Sherlock's probe, & an Indian connection
Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 10:21 AM IST

Queen of the Skies to end reign as Boeing winds down 747 jumbo jet output

Chief Executive Dave Calhoun says Boeing will stop building the iconic jet in 2022

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Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 9:05 AM IST

NASA's life-hunting rover poised for blastoff for 2020's final Mars mission

The rover Perseverance will follow China's rover-orbiter combo and a United Arab Emirates orbiter, both launched last week

NASA's life-hunting rover poised for blastoff for 2020's final Mars mission
Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 8:24 AM IST

Bringing Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act

With fresh Mars rocks on Earth, more scientists will be able to examine them, employing a wide array of the most sophisticated equipment in laboratories around the world

Bringing Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act
Updated On : 29 Jul 2020 | 11:26 AM IST

Undock to splashdown: Here is how SpaceX brings back astronauts from ISS

With the Demo-2 flight, Nasa will complete a mission designed to test SpaceX's human spaceflight system, including launch, docking, splashdown, and recovery operations

Undock to splashdown: Here is how SpaceX brings back astronauts from ISS
Updated On : 28 Jul 2020 | 5:41 PM IST

NASA ups the ante with fresh 'brawniest and brainiest' Mars rover

The spacecraft Perseverance set for liftoff this week is NASA's biggest and brainiest Martian rover yet.

NASA ups the ante with fresh 'brawniest and brainiest' Mars rover
Updated On : 28 Jul 2020 | 12:47 AM IST

ASTHROS Mission: NASA to use football stadium-sized balloon to study Cosmos

Likely to be launched in December 2023 from Antarctica, ASTHROS will spend about three weeks drifting on air currents above the icy southern continent

ASTHROS Mission: NASA to use football stadium-sized balloon to study Cosmos
Updated On : 24 Jul 2020 | 11:07 AM IST

One year of Chandrayaan-2: Isro gears up for Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan

Isro is now in the midst of preparations for its next ambitious mission, the Chandrayaan-3, and the first manned mission, the Gaganyaan

One year of Chandrayaan-2: Isro gears up for Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan
Updated On : 24 Jul 2020 | 9:04 AM IST

China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission takes off to answer 'question about heavens'

Eight spacecraft - American, European and Indian - are either orbiting Mars or on its surface with other missions underway or planned

China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission takes off to answer 'question about heavens'
Updated On : 24 Jul 2020 | 2:14 AM IST

Bengaluru tech firm to produce NASA-designed, US FDA-approved ventilators

The firm said it is among a handful of Indian companies licenced by NASA for meeting the worldwide acute shortage of ventilators needed in treating Covid-19 patients

Bengaluru tech firm to produce NASA-designed, US FDA-approved ventilators
Updated On : 23 Jul 2020 | 2:57 PM IST