National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA experts conceptualise “Mars Ice Home” to help astronauts meet challenges of Martian environment
30 Dec 2016
John Glenn, first American in space, dies at 95
09 Dec 2016
John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the US Senate, died on Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95
NASA finds more evidence of water on Jupiter’s moon Europa
27 Sep 2016
The team has found that Europa’s surface breaks up now and then due to the massive gravity of Jupiter and massive plumes of water shoot out about 125 miles above Europa before they fall back down to the surface
Mars Orbiter finds more carbon dioxide ice at poles
12 Jul 2016
The surface in some dusty parts of Mars, becomes so frigid overnight that an extremely thin layer of carbon dioxide frost appears to form, which vapourises in the morning
NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupitor
05 Jul 2016
The Juno spacecraft entered a pole to pole orbit of Jupitor after a five-year solar powered spaceflight from Earth that began on 5 August 2011
Nasa’s Juno spacecraft to start orbiting Jupitor on 5 July
05 Jul 2016
NASA’s Juno spacecraft enters a pole to pole orbit of Jupitor at 8 am (IST), after a five-year solar powered spaceflight from Earth to study the solar system’s largest planet
NASA developing experimental electric plane
21 Jun 2016
NASA orbiters uncover dust storm seasons on Mars
14 Jun 2016
Nasa experimenting with next-generation X-planes
25 Apr 2016
The X-plane experiments will showcase how airliners can burn half the fuel and generate 75 per cent less pollution during each flight, while being much quieter than today’s jets – perhaps even when flying at supersonic speeds
Nasa recovers Kepler spacecraft from emergency mode
12 Apr 2016
Mission operations engineers at its various centres have, in a joint effort, successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft that drifted and entered an emergency mode, and stopped sending signals to Earth
NASA sends expandable habitat to Space Station
09 Apr 2016
The expandable habitat will allow investigators to use microgravity conditions to assess the impact of antibodies on crew and grow protein crystals that will aid the design of new drugs
Kelly, Kornienko back after year-long space odyssey
03 Mar 2016
Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko who shared his whole space station journey
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