Massive Moon explosion captured on NASA video

21 May, 2013, 11:50 am IST General

NASA cameras have captured video of the largest explosion it has ever seen on the moon, when a meteorite crashed into the lunar surface in a bright burst of light visible to the naked eye... More

Looking forward to India's participation in space programmes: Sunita Williams

05 Apr, 2013, 10:40 am IST Science and Technology

US astronaut Sunita Williams here Thursday said she was looking forward to India's participation in various ... More

Curiosity rover gets first Mars rock samples

11 Feb, 2013, 9:56 am IST Science and Technology

NASA's Curiosity rover has become the first spacecraft ever to drill into a Martian rock and collect stone powder samples for further study, NASA said... More

NASA to intentionally crash twin probes into Moon

18 Dec, 2012, 12:39 pm IST Science and Technology 1 Comments

Two NASA moon probes, designed to help scientists learn more about the composition of the moon, ... More

NASA releases video on apocalypse 10 days early

14 Dec, 2012, 9:56 am IST Science and Technology

US space agency NASA is so confident that the apocalypse will not happen Dec 21 as predicted by the Mayan calendar that it has released a video ... More

Google, NASA bring 'Earth at Night 2012' imagery in Google Maps

11 Dec, 2012, 6:14 pm IST tech2 News Staff Web services

Ever wondered how the Earth, or for that matter your city looked at night? You can do away with all those ... More

NASA project set to spot huge galaxy clusters

10 Dec, 2012, 3:40 pm IST Web services

Hundreds of billions of solar systems like ours, comprising planets, asteroids and comets, may be residing in our Milky Way galaxy, which itself ... More

NASA's Mars rover finds traces of carbon - one essential for life

04 Dec, 2012, 10:17 am IST Web services

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to look for the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life, has found traces of... More

World not ending next month: NASA

30 Nov, 2012, 5:23 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 10 Comments

Some of us may fall for all that talk about the end of the world coming on December 21, 2012, but the scientists at NASA are intent on doing away with the rumours. More

Mars rover team may reveal major discovery soon

22 Nov, 2012, 10:47 am IST Web services

The Curiosity Mars rover has made a potentially explosive discovery, but NASA scientists are keeping it under ... More

NASA's shuttle Atlantis makes its final journey

03 Nov, 2012, 9:44 am IST Web services

After 32 missions and more than 125 million miles in space at speeds around 17,500 miles per hour, NASA's space shuttle Atlantis covered its final journey Friday... More

Mars rover still sniffing for elusive methane

03 Nov, 2012, 9:43 am IST Web services

Initial analysis of the atmosphere of Mars from NASA's rover Curiosity has shown no sign of methane, a gas detected previously by remote sensors ... More

Spacewalkers tackle coolant leak on space station

02 Nov, 2012, 9:47 am IST Web services

A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to bypass a leak... More

SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashes into Pacific

29 Oct, 2012, 4:00 pm IST Web services

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule has splashed into the Pacific Ocean, wrapping up its first contracted mission of delivering commercial payload... More

NASA rover finds old streambed on Mars

28 Sep, 2012, 2:24 pm IST Web services

Mars rover Curiosity has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, US space agency NASA announced... More

NASA plans 'gateway spacecraft' for Mars mission

26 Sep, 2012, 7:27 pm IST Web services

NASA will build a manned base beyond the dark side of the moon as a "gateway spacecraft", to serve as ... More

Private capsule to launch cargo to space station

21 Sep, 2012, 5:03 pm IST Web services

A private capsule is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on a cargo mission Oct 7, US space agency NASA announced... More

Sunita Williams takes over space station command

18 Sep, 2012, 10:59 am IST Web services

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over command of the International Space Station (ISS), yet another feather in her cap... More

Astronauts use toothbrush to fix space station

06 Sep, 2012, 5:41 pm IST Web services

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese colleague Akihiko Hoshide were finally able to install a power unit on the International Space Station... More

Former NASA engineer designs app to chart water quality

03 Sep, 2012, 4:27 pm IST Web services

When environmental engineer John Feighery got an internship at NASA in the 1990s, he wanted to be an astronaut but he was given a job working... More