NASA to draft 20-year Mars strategy by August
April 14th, 2012 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA will compile the Mars research plan for next 20 years by August, the US space agency officials have said.According to NASA, the programme ... Read more...
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NASA denies ‘alien existence in meteorites’ claim
March 8th, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): NASA has categorically denied a claim by Richard Hoover that there was alien life discovered inside samples of meteorites."NASA is a scientific and technical agency committed to a ... Read more...
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Mystery over Sun’s missing sunspots over 11-year cycle solved
March 3rd, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 3 (ANI): Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the recent period of decreased solar activity during the Sun's 11-year cycle.Experts observed that the recent solar minimum was the deepest ... Read more...
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NASA to launch next Earth-observing satellite mission
January 21st, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 21 (ANI): NASA is all set to launch its newest Earth-observing research mission.The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect ... Read more...
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NASA’s scientific balloon program resuming flights this month
December 16th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): After an extensive evaluation of its safety processes following a mishap during an April launch attempt from Australia, NASA's scientific balloon program is resuming flights this month.NASA's high-altitude ... Read more...
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NASA EPOXI flyby offers new insights into comet features
November 5th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Scientists say that initial images from NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft that successfully flew past Comet Hartley 2 at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, provide new information about the comet's ... Read more...
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NASA’S LRO completes exploration mission phase
September 16th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington Sept 16 (ANI): The exploration phase of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft's mission is set for completion on Sept. 16, following a number of successes that transformed our understanding of ... Read more...
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NASA camera yields most accurate Mars map ever
July 24th, 2010 - 4:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (IANS) The NASA Friday said a camera aboard its Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever.
Researchers and the public can access the map ... Read more...
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NASA successfully demonstrates prototype tsunami prediction system
June 15th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): A NASA team has successfully demonstrated a prototype tsunami prediction system that will help researchers gauge large earthquakes and estimates the size of resulting tsunamis accurately.A team led ... Read more...
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NASA launches SOFIA
May 29th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 29 (ANI): NASA has launched The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) jetliner in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center.The program achieved major milestone on May 26, with its ... Read more...
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What NASA’s airborne missions will do in the next five years
May 28th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 28 (ANI): NASA's new airborne science missions will investigate issues such as hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems during the next five years.The Earth Venture missions are part of NASA's ... Read more...
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Rejuvenated Hubble captures images of eerie “pillar of creation” and “butterfly” nebula
September 10th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 10 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which has been declared fully rejuvenated, has captured colorful, multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely packed star cluster, an eerie "pillar of ... 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 celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory’s 10th anniversary
July 24th, 2009 - 4:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 24 (Xinhua) NASA said Thursday it will release three new versions of the "classic images" taken by Chandra X-Ray Observatory to commemorate the telescope's 10th anniversary.
One of the images ... Read more...
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NASA’s shuttle Atlantis launches on final Hubble servicing mission
May 12th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 12 (ANI): NASA's space shuttle Atlantis, with its seven-member crew, has launched on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.Atlantis' 11-day mission will include five spacewalks to refurbish ... Read more...
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NASA’s Shuttle Atlantis Launches on a Final Mission to Hubble
May 12th, 2009 - 1:39 am ICT by admin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.Atlantis' 11-day mission ... Read more...
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NASA and Microsoft to make planetary images and data available to public via Internet
March 25th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 25 (ANI): NASA and Microsoft Corporation have announced plans to make planetary images and data available to the public via the Internet under a Space Act Agreement.Through this project, ... 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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Mars Rover team diagnosing unexpected behavior
January 29th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Pasadena (California, US), Jan.29 (ANI): A team operating NASA''s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request ... Read more...
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Mars rovers exceed all expectations to mark fifth birthdays
January 3rd, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 3 (DPA) When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone ... Read more...
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Mars rovers near five years of science and discovery
December 30th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity are all set complete the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars in January 2009.While Spirit had landed safely on ... Read more...
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NASA restores 42-yr-old image of Earth rising above the lunar surface
November 14th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): NASA has released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth rising above the lunar surface, as taken by the Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft in 1966.In the ... Read more...
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Our solar system may have 13 planets
August 13th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 13 (ANI): A scientist has come out with a new definition for a planet, according to which, our solar system would have 13 planets in total.According to Mark Sykes, ... Read more...
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NASAs ocean satellite to chart sea levels to estimate climate change
June 21st, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): NASA has launched a new ocean satellite that would chart sea level, a vital indicator of climate change, on a globe-circling voyage.Launched from the Vandenberg Air Force ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix spacecraft lands safely on Mars
May 26th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by admin
Washington, May 26 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix spacecraft has successfully landed in the northern polar region of Mars on May 25.According to a report in National Geographic News, the signal confirming that ... Read more...
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High tension in NASA before Sunday’s Mars landing
May 21st, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 21 (DPA) For nearly 10 months, the US space probe Phoenix has been travelling the 195 million km from Earth to Mars. On Sunday comes the tense moment of truth. ... Read more...
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Mars probe will have to go through a nail-biting touchdown on May 25
May 14th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 14 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander, that is all set to land on the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, will face a harrowing seven minutes during ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft to explore geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
March 11th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 11 (ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make an unprecedented flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus on March 12, where it will skirt along the edges of huge geysers erupting from giant ... Read more...
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NASA formulates strategy to launch first mission to collect Martian soil samples
December 11th, 2007 - 2:45 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): NASA is developing plans to launch the first Mars mission to bring soil samples back to Earth, which will contribute significantly to answering questions about the possibility of ... Read more...
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