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Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site at the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reveals that they will be fast approaching the Earth this month

Hubble's surprise discovery in early universe paves way for Webb Telescope

The team was looking for answers about when and how the first stars and galaxies in the universe were formed after the Big Bang

Three Indian manufacturers to commercialise NASA-developed ventilator

Alpha Design Technologies, Bharat Forge and Medha Servo Drives are three of 18 companies in the world to have been selected to manufacture the life-saving machine

Nasa-SpaceX Mission: Crew Dragon astronauts enter Space Station

The US space agency posted a video of Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley stepping into the ISS and being greeted by the three spacefarers who had been living on its board for months

Docking confirmed: Crew Dragon has arrived at the @space_station!

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) also took to Twitter to announce the docking

SpaceX's Dragon delivers two astronauts to International Space Station

With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if necessary, the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to the station and docked automatically, without any assistance

In pictures: All you should know about the successful SpaceX-NASA launch

Falcon 9 lifts off from historic Launch Complex 39A and sends Crew Dragon to orbit on its first flight with NASA astronauts to the space station

SpaceX rocket ship lifts off with 2 Americans; Trump says it's incredible

The spacecraft took off Saturday afternoon from the same launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, that was used during the Apollo missions to the moon a half-century ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX chases history with launch while bigger hurdles loom

SpaceX's first flight with humans aboard is spurring the competitive space industry to new heights, with Boeing also preparing to carry people to orbit

NASA-SpaceX launch called off due to bad weather, next attempt on Saturday

Tropical storm Bertha also formed off the coast of South Carolina earlier in the day, adding to the weather concerns

Moon, Mars Mission: Here's how you can participate in 8-month Nasa program

Are you in social isolation? Why not be paid for it. Nasa is in search for participants for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for its missions to Mars and the moon

Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $346 million ahead of debut astronaut mission

The private rocket company's launch of its first crewed mission on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will put an end to the US space agency's nine-year hiatus in human spaceflight.

Next Capital-backed Vestaspace to launch constellation of 35+ satellites

The company plans to replace traditional fibre networks with the satellite constellations and provide high-speed 5G network connections pan-India with its unmanned Software Data processing

Docking with ISS: The Nasa-SpaceX crew mission that ends US' launch drought

Here is a rundown of how NASA is resuming space missions from US soil. Two astronauts will take off next Wednesday atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, bound for the International Space Station (ISS)

Nasa discovers parallel universe where time runs backwards? Know the truth

In quantum mechanics, parallel universe is theorised as existing alongside our own, although undetectable

Thanks to lockdown, aerosol levels hit 20-year low in India, finds NASA

Around March 27, heavy rain poured over vast areas of northern India and helped clear the air of aerosols. Aerosol concentrations usually increase again after such heavy precipitation

Space Station crew blast off from Russia amid global coronavirus panic

Under usual circumstances, the departing crew would face questions from a large press pack before being waved off by family and friends. Neither were present this time round because of restrictions

Space exploration and calamities

The COVID-19 pandemic will upset the timelines of Nasa's next manned missions to the Moon

Coronavirus outbreak deals blow to NASA's return-to-moon plan by 2024

The space agency chief ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the respiratory illness.

To what extent will coronavirus outbreak rewire global trade dynamics?

Unless mainland China somehow manages a swift recovery, historians of globalisation will view this moment as a watershed