Dragon capsule finishes landmark trip with a splashdown

01 Jun, 2012, 1:56 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

Marking an end to its landmark journey to the International Space Station (ISS), the Dragon capsule by Space ... More

SpaceX's Dragon capsule locks up to the ISS

26 May, 2012, 4:18 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

In a moment that is nothing short of being historic, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has, according to NASA reports ... More

200 kg titanium object falls from the sky; lands in Siberia

24 Mar, 2012, 4:20 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology 4 Comments

It’s not from a spacecraft, neither is it from a satellite nor from a rocket; fumble officials from the Russian Federal ... More

NASA says it was hacked 13 times last year

03 Mar, 2012, 10:51 am IST Science and Technology

NASA said hackers broke into its computer systems 13 times last year, stealing employee credentials and gaining access to mission-critical ... More

Bengaluru lad eyes top place in YouTube Space Lab competition

23 Feb, 2012, 4:40 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Science and Technology

"Sachin is interested in how heat transfers in special magnetic liquids called ferrofluids. Could these unusual ... More

NASA enters the video game industry

14 Feb, 2012, 12:03 pm IST Avinash Bali Gaming

NASA releases two games in a span of two weeks in a bid to educate people. More

Two more Earth-sized planets - Kepler-20e, Kepler-20f spotted

22 Dec, 2011, 3:13 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming 1 Comments

NASA, like we've been reporting has been throwing some fabulous discoveries with its Kepler mission. For those ... More

NASA discontinues Discovery Space Shuttle after an eventful 28-year run

17 Dec, 2011, 5:55 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming

The Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum located in a Washington D.C. suburb will soon have a new resident - ... More

NASA reveals launch date of SpaceX demo flight, Dragon mission to ISS

12 Dec, 2011, 1:50 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming

2012 is still a few steps away, but, folks at NASA already have massive plans lined-up and have already made ... More

Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover scheduled for launch this week

23 Nov, 2011, 4:33 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming

NASA's ambitious trip to the red planet to check for itself, if life sustainance was possible will now see the light of the day, ... More

NASA camera captures hi-res Moon imagery

19 Nov, 2011, 2:06 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming

Moon has been among the elusive mysteries mankind has had to face. While he dreams of setting up fancy builds there ... More

NASA funds study of 'tractor beams'

03 Nov, 2011, 9:12 am IST Anuradha Shetty Gaming

The concept of tractor beams - technology that enables trapping objects using laser isn't an unheard one, only it has been fictional. More

iPads and Angry Birds in space

29 Oct, 2011, 11:53 am IST Padmini Harchandrai General

Space: the final frontier. Now with Apple tablets and Angry Birds. According to CollectSPACE, two iPads and an Angry Birds plush toy (the red one) will be on More

Prototype passenger spaceship poised for US launch

25 Oct, 2011, 8:58 am IST General

A prototype passenger spaceship developed by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies arrived in Florida on Sunday for launch on a practice cargo run ... More

It's raining satellites - 5300 pound German satellite to hit Earth next

17 Oct, 2011, 10:35 am IST Rossi Fernandes General

It looks like 2011 might be the year of crashing satellites. Just last month, NASA’s UARS satellite crashed back to Earth at an area still unknown. More

NASA re-check old Hubble-data, find 'left out' planets

07 Oct, 2011, 5:47 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

When astronauts at NASA began re-checking the old images, which the Hubble Space telescope had captured way back in 1998 ( a good 13 years ago), ... More

China successfully launches "Heavenly Palace" space craft

30 Sep, 2011, 9:11 am IST Reuters General

China successfully launched an experimental craft paving the way for its first space station on Thursday amid a blaze of national pride, bringing the growing Asian power ... More

Defunct NASA satellite, UARS to crash to Earth this week

21 Sep, 2011, 5:27 pm IST Reuters General

A defunct NASA science satellite is expected to fall back to Earth, this Friday showering debris somewhere on the planet. More

NASA unveils new plan to buy rides for astronauts

20 Sep, 2011, 12:59 pm IST Reuters General

NASA plans to spend $1.6 billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop space taxis, officials said on Monday. More

NASA's Kepler telescope spots 'invisible' planet duo

14 Sep, 2011, 2:20 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Scientists belonging to the Harvard University have made a claim that the universe is also home to two ‘alien’ planets, which they refer to as being ‘invisible’. More