Private capsule to launch cargo to space station
September 21st, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) A private capsule is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on a cargo mission Oct 7, US space agency NASA announced.
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NASA to explore earth’s radiation belts
August 24th, 2012 - 9:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA will launch two probes early Friday to study the enigmatic radiation belts around the earth that could be hazardous for spacecraft and astronauts.An Atlas ... Read more...
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First commercial spacecraft docks with space station
May 26th, 2012 - 4:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 26 (IANS) Private American spaceflight company SpaceX's unmanned capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to have reached the orbital outpost, ... Read more...
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NASA hails new era in space
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 23 (IANS) NASA head Charles Bolden has hailed a "new era" in exploration after the launch of the first cargo delivery to the space station Tuesday by a ... Read more...
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First private spacecraft launched to space station
May 22nd, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Private American spaceflight company SpaceX Tuesday launched an unmanned capsule to the International Space Station, initiating the first flight of a commercial and private spacecraft to ... Read more...
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US rover to scout for Mars’ habitability
November 27th, 2011 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) A nuclear-powered US rover was launched to help assess Mars' habitability.The car-sized rover, atop an Atlas V rocket, blasted off at 10.02 a.m. Saturday from Cape ... Read more...
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Nuclear-powered US rover launched to probe Mars’ habitability
November 26th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 26 (IANS) A nuclear-powered US rover lifted off on Saturday morning to help assess Mars' habitability, or whether the Red Planet is or ever was an environment able ... Read more...
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Three more missions to Mars planned
November 24th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) After the latest mission takes off Saturday, NASA is planning to send three more missions to Mars, with the next one scheduled in 2013, according to ... Read more...
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NASA to launch new mission to Mars Saturday
November 24th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) A nuclear-powered Rover - bigger than a Maruti car - which will embark on a nine-month journey to Mars to examine whether the red planet has ... Read more...
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NASA to launch Mars rover in November
November 11th, 2011 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) NASA will launch its car-sized Mars rover named Curiosity later this month.Scheduled to land on Mars in August 2012, the one-tonne rover will examine Gale Crater ... Read more...
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NASA launches probes to measure lunar gravity
September 11th, 2011 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) US space agency NASA Saturday launched a new lunar mission that will enable scientists to better understand the moon's gravitational field and the lunar interior from ... Read more...
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NASA to launch moon mission in September
August 26th, 2011 - 6:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) NASA's discovery mission programme - GRAIL - is making final launch preparations for its Sept 8 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the ... Read more...
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NASA picks landing site for next Mars probe
July 23rd, 2011 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 23 (IANS) NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a mountain inside the planet's Gale crater, the US space agency has announced.The car-sized Mars Science ... Read more...
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NASA’s next Mars rover arrives in Florida
June 24th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 24 (IANS) NASA's next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this fall, the US space agency said in ... Read more...
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U.S. launches largest-ever spy satellite into space
November 23rd, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States has launched what could be described as the largest ever spy satellite into space. The satellite was launched on board one of the ... Read more...
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US launches unmanned robotic space plane X-37B
April 26th, 2010 - 2:38 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Apr 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States has launched an unmanned robotic space plane called as the X-37B. The Air Force is officially calling it as a ‘test vehicle’. The ... Read more...
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US moving towards ‘high-altitude’ weaponry era with Falcon, X-37B launches
April 24th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 24(ANI): The Pentagon's test launch of two unmanned space vehicles this week have highlighted the efforts being made by the United States to develop a new generation of high-altitude weapon ... Read more...
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US Air Force’s X-37B space plane takes off on ‘mystery mission’
April 23rd, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Florida, Apr 23(ANI): The United States Air Force's secretive X-37B robotic space plane took off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday for a mystery mission that is expected to ... Read more...
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Space Florida secures licenses for Space Launch Complexes 46 and 36
March 20th, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by BNO News
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – On Friday, Space Florida secured Real Property Licenses for Space Launch Complexes 46 and 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Governor Charlie Crist announced.As a result ... Read more...
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NASA Sets In Action Observatory To Investigate Sun
February 14th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a bid to unravel information about the sun, American space agency NASA launched the most sophisticated space observatory from the Cape Canaveral ... Read more...
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NASA’s mission to reveal the sun’s inner workings
February 12th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off on February 11 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun's inner ... Read more...
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NASA launches spacecraft to study the sun
February 12th, 2010 - 12:07 am ICT by BNO News
CAPE CARAVERAL, FLORIDA – NASA announced the launching of their Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) from Florida to further study the sun on Thursday.The SDO took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's ... Read more...
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NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis ready to launch on November 16
October 30th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 30 (ANI): NASA has given its go ahead for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 16.Atlantis is targeted to begin ... Read more...
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NASA’s Kepler space telescope detects atmosphere of known giant gas planet
August 10th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 10 (ANI): NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet.The find is based on a relatively short 10 days of test data ... Read more...
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NASA and NOAA’S GOES-O satellite launched successfully
June 28th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 28 (ANI): The latest Geo-stationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space Saturday after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ... Read more...
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America returns to the Moon with Atlas V rocket
June 19th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The flawless launch of an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida has signaled America’s return to the Moon.Powered by twin liquid-fueled engines and two solid-fueled boosters, ... Read more...
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NASA’s new lunar mission to hunt for water on Moon
June 19th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which will hunt for water on the Moon, launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on June 18.The satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral ... Read more...
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Satellites’ launch to give boost to NASA’s ‘return to Moon’ mission
May 22nd, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. ... Read more...
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NASA for early Hubble mission
April 24th, 2009 - 4:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (DPA) The fifth and last mission to repair the ageing Hubble Space Telescope could launch a day earlier than planned, officials at the US space agency said Thursday.
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NASAs Kepler mission blasts off in search of Earth-like planets
March 7th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 7 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission, which would search other Earth-like planets, has been successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US, aboard a United Launch ... Read more...
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NASAs Kepler mission to search for Earth-like planets
March 6th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission is all set to take off on March 6 from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, in a mission that ... Read more...
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NASA’s Kepler mission to begin quest to find planets hosting life
February 20th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life.
It is scheduled for blast-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft all set to search for Earth-like worlds
February 20th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): NASAs Kepler spacecraft is all set to be moved to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host ... Read more...
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NASAs new space telescope to launch aboard Delta II on June 3
May 23rd, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 23 (ANI): NASA would launch its Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, aboard Delta II, on June 3, 2008, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.The June 3 ... Read more...
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