Space

NASA busts woman selling moon rock for $1.7mn Sun, 22/05/2011 - 13:34 by Jaspreet Virk She was confident of raking in the moolah by selling a piece of moon rock to the would-be buyer at a restaurant in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, Thursday. Least did the woman know that the buyer was not a moon rock collector but an undercover NASA investigator. The consequence: rock confiscated and seller detained. Comments Read more	NASA gears up for Atlantis' final launch Sat, 21/05/2011 - 16:06 by Neka Sehgal NASA has set the target of Atlantis' historic final shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, July 8 at around 11:40 a.m. EDT. Comments Read more	2013 solar storms may destroy Earth's satellite communications Fri, 20/05/2011 - 17:14 by Jaspreet Virk Remember the powerful solar eruption that disrupted radio communications in China this February? Well, the solar storm that struck the northern pole on Feb. 14 was a baby compared to what is expected in 2013. Comments Read more
Woman's Twitter pics of Endeavour launch become Web sensation Wed, 18/05/2011 - 17:28 by NeelamGoswami An iPhone user’s plane ride from New York to Florida brought her instant fame! Stefanie Gordon, who aboard a passenger flight to Palm Beach Monday morning, caused an internet storm recently after snapping photos and a short video of space shuttle Endeavour as it burst through the clouds near her plane. Comments Read more	Exoplanet 20 light years away may support life Wed, 18/05/2011 - 17:00 by Jaspreet Virk Do you believe in extraterrestrial life? Lending credence to the belief that there is life outside our planet, scientists claim that they have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet 20 light years from Earth. Comments Read more	Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off for the last time Tue, 17/05/2011 - 14:08 by Neka Sehgal In an awe-inspiring sight, watched by thousands of excited spectators, the 122ft space shuttle Endeavour blasted off the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center into the clear Florida skies on her 25th and final voyage into the orbit. Comments Read more
Space shuttle Endeavour poised for Monday launch Sun, 15/05/2011 - 16:25 by Neka Sehgal All eyes are on the space shuttle Endeavour and the crew of six astronauts as they prepare for Monday’s scheduled launch after getting clearance for final voyage from the mission managers Saturday. Comments Read more	Children, not aliens, landed in Roswell--book reveals Sun, 15/05/2011 - 15:26 by Jaspreet Virk Just after the FBI released convincing proofs indicating aliens landing in Roswell in July 1947, a new book by Annie Jacobsen offers a rather bizarre explanation for what happened on the stormy night that year. Comments Read more	Astronauts back in Florida for Endeavour’s final mission on May 16 Fri, 13/05/2011 - 16:05 by Neka Sehgal The crew of Endeavour's STS-134 mission led by Commander Mark Kelly is back at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for the Monday morning 8:56 a.m. launch of NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight into the orbit. Comments Read more
Catch the view of four planets coming closer this week Mon, 09/05/2011 - 21:20 by Anupreet Kaur According to the StarDate magazine, four visible planets will appear together in the wee hours of the morning this week. Comments Read more	Russian military satellite mistaken for UFO Sun, 08/05/2011 - 13:41 by Yasser Ali Imagine seeing a bright and spectacular UFO with excitement only to realize later that it is nothing but a man-made satellite. Comments Read more	NASA postpones Endeavour launch to May 16 at earliest Sat, 07/05/2011 - 14:01 by Neka Sehgal NASA has postponed Endeavour's planned mission, delaying the flight until May 16 at the earliest, as a heater malfunction was found in the shuttle during the launch last week. Comments Read more