Cabinet clears Gaganyaan Programme, 3 Indians will be sent to space by 2022
Dec 28, 2018, at 05:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IBNS): Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Gaganyaan Programme with demonstration of Indian Human Spaceflight capability to low earth orbit for a mission duration ranging from one orbital period to a maximum of seven days.
Nov 27, 2018, at 12:49 pm
Washington DC, Nov 27 (IBNS): Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile (458-million-km) journey from Earth.
NASA radar finds ice age record in Mars' polar cap
May 27, 2016, at 03:03 pm
California, May 27 (IBNS) Scientists using radar data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet's north polar ice cap.
Five planets come together in a month-long cosmic display
Jan 23, 2016, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS) In an uncommon celestial phenomenon, five planets of the solar system will come together in a line until February 20, reports said.
NASA mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping Martian atmosphere
Nov 06, 2015, at 03:10 pm
California, Nov 6 (IBNS) NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.
NASA confirms evidence that liquid water flows on today’s Mars
Sep 29, 2015, at 03:02 pm
California, Sept 29 (IBNS) New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
NASA's next mission: Send 'your' name to Mars
Aug 19, 2015, at 11:09 pm
California, Aug 19 (IBNS) NASA on Wednesday said Mars enthusiasts around the world could participate in its journey to Mars by adding their names to a silicon microchip headed to the Red Planet aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander, scheduled to launch next year.