China develops material for spacecraft to withstand high temperatures
Zou Junfeng, a senior engineer at the Aerospace Institute of Advanced Materials and Processing Technology in Beijing, said the material, called aerogel, has been widely used in space missions by the United States, Russia and Europe.
Aug 12, 2016, 14:19 PM IST
NASA's SDO captures this stunning image of 'lunar transit' – See pic!
NASA says two of the spacecraft’s three science instruments - the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, or HMI, and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE - are online and sending science data to Earth.
Aug 05, 2016, 10:21 AM IST
Moon Express co-founded by Indian-American cleared for lunar landing in 2017!
There have been no private space missions so far beyond Earth's orbit and only state agencies have performed outer space missions.
Aug 04, 2016, 08:40 AM IST
NASA's Saturn probe detects interstellar dust for first time
In a first, NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has detected and analysed the faint but distinct signature of interstellar dust coming from beyond our solar system.
Apr 15, 2016, 13:11 PM IST
SpaceX launches inflatable space habitat to ISS
US space firm SpaceX resumed its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, carrying aboard an experimental inflatable space habitat that might be crucial for future deep space explorations.
Apr 09, 2016, 09:56 AM IST
Russian cargo spacecraft on way to ISS
An unpiloted Russian resupply vehicle for the International Space Station (ISS) was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday with three tonnes of food, fuel and supplies to astronauts.
Apr 01, 2016, 15:43 PM IST
NASA testing new technology to help spacecraft land safely on Mars
Doing so helps engineers understand how it would perform after exposure to handling, storage and deployment during a space flight mission.
Mar 09, 2016, 17:05 PM IST
NASA's Mars-bound spacecraft lands in Florida for tests
The aircraft was designed during the Apollo programme and was used in the 1960s to carry parts of the Saturn V rocket from California to Florida.
Feb 02, 2016, 23:02 PM IST
Novel glass-based shield to block ultraviolet rays
Chinese researchers have created a special glass that can help protect living cells by absorbing and blocking damaging ultraviolet rays.
Jan 22, 2016, 00:17 AM IST
US honours Pluto's historic flyby with postal stamps
The US Postal Service has released a preview of its new 2016 stamps highlighting NASA's planetary science programme, including the New Horizons' historic 2015 flyby.
Dec 31, 2015, 15:26 PM IST
China plans to explore dark side of moon
China aims to become the first country to land a lunar probe on the dark side of the moon to study the geological conditions of the invisible part of Earth's only natural satellite, a top scientist has said.
Sep 10, 2015, 18:17 PM IST
