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NASA's new airborne mission to map Earth's atmosphere
The Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission is the first to survey the atmosphere over the oceans
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Nasa's Juno spacecraft loops into Jupiter orbit
Juno will spend the next three months getting into position to begin studying what lies beneath Jupiter's thick clouds
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NASA's Juno successfully begins orbit of Jupiter
The mission aims to uncover the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system
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NASA's New Horizons mission to travel deeper into space
The spacecraft's planned rendezvous with the object located deeper in the Kuiper Belt, known as 2014 MU69
Indian team wins 'team spirit award' at NASA competition
No other team was even nominated for this spirit award
NASA set to test-fire booster for world's most powerful rocket
Test will provide NASA with critical data to support booster qualification for flight
Now, fresh coffee in space
NASA has finally found a way to make espresso in a microgravity environment
Team from India to participate in NASA competition
Students are expected to build and design their own remotely operated vehicles from scratch
NASA to build electric-powered aeroplane 'Maxwell'
To achieve more efficient, quieter and environmentally friendly aircraft compared to a conventional one
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May 2016 hottest on record: NASA
The Strong El Nino - which has now dissipated - fuelled the high temperatures witnessed so far in 2016
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In a first, NASA spacecraft spots single methane leak on Earth
Hyperion instrument successfully detected the methane leak on three separate overpasses during the winter of 2015-16
New Horizons clicks Pluto's surface like never before
The images provide fine details of the various types of terrains that will help in determining the processes that formed them.
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NASA successfully deploys space station's inflatable room
Inflatable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft, but provide greater volume for living and working in space once expanded
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Europa's ocean may harbour life: NASA
Jupiter's icy moon Europa is strongly believed to hide a deep ocean of salty liquid water beneath its icy shell.
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New Horizons spots first-ever object beyond our solar system
The team also determined the object's rotation period and observed the changes in light reflected from its surface.
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NASA deploys CubeSat to study Sun's soft x-rays
Soft X-rays can disrupt the Earth's upper atmosphere and, radio and GPS signals travelling through the region.
NASA eyes growable habitats to get humans to Mars
Phase II of NIAC addresses a range of leading-edge concepts, including interplanetary habitat configured to induce deep sleep for astronauts
NASA's Kepler probe discovers over 1,200 new planets
Giving fresh hopes to astronomers to discover another Earth reverberating with life.
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Nasa looks at asteroids to mine for metals
Senior researcher Rupak Biswas says agency now interested in exploiting space resources over traditional stations
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NASA to explore Saturn's icy moons for alien life
Scientists have proposed deploying a robotic system to explore the exotic environment.
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