Space

NASA's Juno spacecraft ready to jet for Jupiter Thu, 28/07/2011 - 15:14 by Neka Sehgal Just weeks after retiring its signature shuttle program, NASA is all set to launch a spacecraft towards Jupiter next week. Comments Read more	Atlantis landing ends era of space shuttle program Fri, 22/07/2011 - 13:04 by Neka Sehgal Thousands watched the historic moment as space shuttle Atlantis and the four-member crew landed at Kennedy Space Center Thursday morning, bringing to an end NASA's longest-running spaceflight program. Comments Read more	SpaceX to renovate California launch site, house Falcon Heavy Thu, 14/07/2011 - 15:44 by Dipankar Roy Private rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, has started renovating the Vendenberg Air Force Base in California. The base is set to be the launch site for the company’s heavy-lift rocket, Falcon Heavy. Comments Read more
Ancient, lost world found under Atlantic Ocean Tue, 12/07/2011 - 17:57 by Jaspreet Virk Ever thought if there were a lost world submerged in the oceans? Deep below, beneath the sediment of the North Atlantic Ocean, geologists have discovered what they claim is an ancient landscape. Comments Read more	Space junk may collide with ISS/Atlantis Tuesday Mon, 11/07/2011 - 15:12 by NeelamGoswami Just hours after the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA started tracking space debris from the wreckage of a Soviet satellite which could be on a possible collision course with the orbiting space station, according to multiple tabloid reports, citing the U.S. space agency as saying. Comments Read more	Atlantis blasts off for the last time Sat, 09/07/2011 - 15:16 by Neka Sehgal Amid a thunderous roar, the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday, July 8, 2011 on its historic final mission into space. Comments Read more
Spectacular cosmic triangle spotted in south-southwest sky Fri, 08/07/2011 - 15:05 by Neka Sehgal Star gazers caught a glimpse of a spectacular celestial array created by the moon, a planet, and a bright star at the south-southwest sky on the evening of July 7. Comments Read more	NASA, Apollo astronaut in legal battle over moon camera Thu, 07/07/2011 - 14:59 by Jaspreet Virk Astronaut Edgar Mitchell might have got NASA's approval to keep the camera discarded for garbage after the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission. But does he own it, and can he sell the souvenir thrown away on moon after mission completion? Mitchell says yes, NASA thinks otherwise. Comments Read more	Are aliens fame hungry? UFOs spotted over BBC building Tue, 28/06/2011 - 11:03 by Jaspreet Virk If aliens exist and UFO sightings over the years are to be believed, perhaps our extraterritorial visitors are getting less-camera shy now. Comments Read more
Earth to narrowly miss collision with giant asteroid Sun, 26/06/2011 - 12:18 by Jaspreet Virk An asteroid as large as a school bus will give Earth a close shave Monday, NASA experts claim. Comments Read more	NASA's Messenger spacecraft unveils Mercury's secrets Sat, 18/06/2011 - 18:34 by NeelamGoswami Mercury, the dry and blistering planet closest to the sun, appears to have more ice at its poles than does Earth's moon, say scientists after analyzing data gathered from a NASA spacecraft currently orbiting the planet. Comments Read more	Mahatma Gandhi's face spotted on Mars Wed, 15/06/2011 - 11:30 by Jaspreet Virk Space enthusiasts seem to finding interesting objects on Mars, all thanks to Google Mars, most detailed scientific online maps of Mars put together from satellite images of the red planet. Comments Read more