HAL makes Mars orbiter panels for space agency
September 21st, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 21 (IANS) Defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said it has fabricated spacecraft panels for the Mars orbiter mission that will be launched by the state-run Indian Space ... Read more...
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India’s tryst with Mars begins in November 2013 (Lead)
September 18th, 2012 - 2:53 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 18 (IANS) India's tryst with Mars will begin in November 2013 to explore the red planet's atmosphere and search for life-sustaining elements, a top space official said late ... Read more...
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First ever proof of star devouring planet
August 21st, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) Astronomers have come by the first ever evidence of an ageing star devouring its own planet especially after it expanded into a "red giant", the equivalent ... Read more...
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Twin NASA probes reach lunar orbit
January 2nd, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) New Year's Eve and New Year's Day saw twin US spacecraft entering lunar orbit to study the moon, NASA said.The second Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, ... Read more...
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India to launch next communication satellite in July
June 1st, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 1 (IANS) India will launch another advanced communication satellite - GSAT-12 - in geosynchronous orbit in the second week of July using a smaller rocket, a senior ... Read more...
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Indian satellite’s orbit raised
May 22nd, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 22 (IANS) The first critical manoeuvre of raising the position of India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 in the geo-synchronous transfer orbit was carried out successfully early Sunday ... Read more...
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First Mercury mission to reveal mysterious planet’s secrets
February 2nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): As NASA's Messenger spacecraft readies itself for entering the orbit of Mercury on March 17, everyone is waiting with bated breaths to see what secrets it reveals about ... Read more...
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Mars ‘will be as big as the moon’ hoax doing the rounds again
August 23rd, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 23 (ANI): It's a tradition that comes on the same day, year after year - an email, which claims that planet Mars is going to come so close to the ... Read more...
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Erratic orbits of neighbouring planets may make life sustenance difficult
May 25th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Astronomers have found that fluctuating orbits of surrounding planets around a seemingly habitable planet could render life impossible on it.New findings from computer modelling show that the forces ... Read more...
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Day and night to be equally long Saturday
March 19th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Sky gazers in the capital are looking forward to watch the spring equinox Saturday - when the sun shines directly overhead as viewed from the earth, making ... Read more...
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Most detailed view of Pluto reveals color-changing world
February 5th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): The most detailed images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal ... Read more...
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Wolf Moon 2010 Gets Star Gazers Excited
January 30th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Native Americans call the first Full moon of the year as wolf moon. It is generally unusually brighter and bigger. Yesterday many sky gazers waited with ... Read more...
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Mars Express completes 7777th orbit around Red Planet
January 30th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, January 30 (ANI): Mars Express completed its 7777th orbit around the Red Planet on January 26, which is an auspicious milestone as the satellite is readied for the closest-ever flyby of ... Read more...
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NASA’s ‘WISE’ eyes spot near-Earth asteroid
January 26th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 26 (ANI): NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map ... Read more...
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NASA’s WISE Eye spots near-earth asteroid
January 26th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth object (NEO), the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to ... Read more...
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Martian moons Phobos and Deimos captured on camera together for first time
December 12th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, December 12 (ANI): ESA's (European Space Agency's) Mars Express has caught together on camera for the first time the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos.The images were acquired with the Super Resolution ... Read more...
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Largest cometary outburst sent “mini comets” flying at 451 kms an hour
September 17th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 17 (ANI): In high-resolution images of comet Holmes, which erupted in 2007, astronomers have detected multiple "mini comets" bursting out at 451 kilometers an hour, which is the largest ... Read more...
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And now, India plans mission to Mars after 2015 (Lead)
August 31st, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 31 (IANS) India will embark on an unmanned mission to Mars after 2015 to explore the red planet in quest of its space ambitions, a senior space official said ... Read more...
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Water-hunting satellite to reach moon Tuesday
June 23rd, 2009 - 7:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (DPA) NASA will take a giant step toward bringing humans back to the moon Tuesday as a new orbiting satellite arrives there to search for water.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ... Read more...
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Critical turning point can trigger abrupt climate change
April 21st, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 21 (ANI): A new research by scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute indicates there can be changes in the CO2 levels in the atmosphere that suddenly reach a critical turning ... Read more...
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Mars spacecraft teams on alert for dust-storm season
April 16th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 16 (ANI): The teams operating NASA's twin Mars rovers is on alert for an upcoming dust storm season, which could be severe enough to minimize activities of the rovers.On April ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan descends into lower lunar orbit
November 12th, 2008 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) India's first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 descended further into the lunar orbit Tuesday following the third orbit-reduction manoeuvre, a top space official said here."The manoeuvre was carried out at ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan lowered further in lunar orbit
November 10th, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was pushed further towards the moon's surface in the first orbit-lowering manoeuvre late Sunday, a top space agency official said."The first orbit ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit
November 8th, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by ANI
Bengaluru, Nov.8 (ANI): An official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday confirmed that the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 had entered the lunar orbit successfully.
S. Satish, spokesperson of ISRO said ... Read more...
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India successfully puts spacecraft into lunar orbit (Lead)
November 8th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) India Saturday successfully put its first unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-I into lunar orbit - a major step towards placing it in its designated slot 100 km from the moon, ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan-I enters lunar orbit
November 8th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) India's first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I was Saturday put into lunar orbit at around 5.15 p.m., scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here.The spacecraft was ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan-1 to get within 500 km of moon Tuesday
November 3rd, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 3 (IANS) India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 will cruise closer to the moon early Tuesday when it makes the transition from the earth's elliptical orbit into deeper space, a ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan enters deep space; on way to moon (Lead, Changing dateline)
October 26th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 Sunday entered deep space after crossing 150,000 km from the earth on way to the moon, a space agency official said."Chandrayaan entered ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan spacecraft moved further up in space
October 26th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) India's maiden moon probe spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached nearly half the distance to the lunar orbit, crossing the 150,000-km mark from the earth Sunday morning.The Indian Space Research ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft moves to higher orbit
October 25th, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 25 (IANS) Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned mission to the moon, is now moving in an orbit of 74,715 km from the earth, making it the first Indian spacecraft to go ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan fine, spinning in earth’s elliptical orbit
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 23 (IANS) India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is doing fine and has completed four orbits around the earth, a top space official said Thursday, a day after it was ... Read more...
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Rocket completes mission, India’s first moon spacecraft now in orbit (Lead)
October 22nd, 2008 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 22 (IANS) With a perfect liftoff, India's first spacecraft to the moon entered its scheduled orbit early Wednesday, placing the country in a select group of six. The ... Read more...
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Despite rain, India’s maiden moon mission on track (Roundup)
October 21st, 2008 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 21 (IANS) India was Tuesday set to launch its historic unmanned flight to the moon, the sixth to do so after the US, former Soviet Union, European Space Agency, China ... Read more...
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NASA selects robotic mission to study Mars atmosphere in 2013
September 16th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planets atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before, ... Read more...
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New minor planet found in solar system
August 19th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 19 (DPA) A new rocky object similar to a comet and known as a minor planet has been discovered in the solar system some 3.2 billion km from Earth and ... Read more...
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