Raja Chari, Indian-origin astronaut, among 12 new members selected by NASA – Know more about him
Raja Chari, a Lieutenant Colonel with the US Air Force, may become the third person of Indian origin from the US after the late Kalpana Chawla and current NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to fly to space, if all goes well. He will report for duty in August this year.
Jun 08, 2017, 16:39 PM IST
NASA picks 12 new astronauts, including an Indian-American, for Earth orbit and deep space missions
The 12 new astronaut candidates - seven men and five women - were chosen from more than 18,300 people who submitted applications from December 2015 to February 2016.
Jun 08, 2017, 09:32 AM IST
MUST WATCH - Grace Potter’s new space-themed music video on women of NASA is awe-inspiring!
The video, which was shot at Johnson, features Potter performing her song and highlights NASA women engineers, scientists and astronauts in their workplace.
Sep 22, 2016, 01:08 AM IST
Mercury's peculiar surface a mystery no more; NASA scientists solve the puzzle!
Working with data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015, scientists in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division have found that Mercury is extremely diverse.
Aug 25, 2016, 21:34 PM IST
