US President-elect Donald Trump nominates private astronaut Jared Isaacman next NASA chief
Dec 05, 2024, at 05:54 am
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated businessman and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk Jared Isaacman as the next NASA chief.
NASA unveils its long-awaited UFO report amid display of 'alien' corpses in Mexican Congress
Sep 15, 2023, at 10:48 pm
In response to a recommendation by an independent study team for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to play a more prominent role in understanding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), or what is popularly known as unidentified flying objects (UFO), the agency has announced it is appointing a director of UAP research.
Woman researcher becomes first Saudi female to join space mission to International Space Station
May 21, 2023, at 11:26 pm
Cape Canaveral: A private space mission organised by Axiom Space is scheduled to launch from Florida, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth
Mar 12, 2023, at 08:36 pm
Los Angeles: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft came down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, NASA said.
China’s rocket booster falls from space and crash lands, US slams
Nov 06, 2022, at 01:08 am
Washington: Debris of a Chinese rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth on Friday morning, attracting criticism from the US government.
China is stealing space technology: NASA
May 25, 2022, at 02:35 am
Washington: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has claimed China is one of the major foreign nations which is involved in stealing space technologies.
NASA calls Taiwan a 'nation', angers Beijing
Apr 04, 2021, at 05:48 am
Beijing: US space agency NASA has emerged as the latest international body to hurt China by calling Taiwan a country.
Jul 24, 2018, at 02:28 pm
Toronto, July 24 (IBNS): Astronaut David Saint-Jacques from Canadian Space Agency expects to work on application of isolated medicine in space where human bodies are in a fragile state and are relatively more susceptible to diseases.
New study finds sea level rise accelerating
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:35 pm
Washington, Feb 14 (IBNS): Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.
Vice President Pence to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Jul 02, 2017, at 03:19 am
Washington, July 1 (IBNS): US Vice President Mike Pence will visit NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 6, officials said.
Canada: NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft detects metal ions in upper atmosphere
Apr 12, 2017, at 10:17 pm
Toronto, Apr 12 (IBNS): NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft has detected metal ions in the upper atmosphere (ionosphere) of a planet other than Earth, media reports quoted said Joseph Grebowsky as saying recently.
NASA data used to track groundwater in Pakistan
Mar 01, 2016, at 02:17 pm
New York, Mar 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The vast farmlands of Pakistan -- a country with an economy based on agriculture -- rely on one of the largest continuous irrigation systems in the world.