NASA's planet hunting probe TESS successfully launched

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search outside the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. Pic Courtesy: Reuters NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 ...

NASA is about to launch the first mission to the Sun in July. The mission called Parker Solar Probe would be launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. The launch window for the programme will open on July 31 and will repeat every day at 4 am until ...

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Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is now helping privately-held companies like Space X and Boeing to develop their new spacecraft systems. Image credit: Wikipedia Washington: Indian-born NASA astronaut Sunita Williams holds the records for most ...

The Hubble Space Telescope of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered the farthest star ever seen, named Icarus.The enormous blue star is located over halfway across the universe. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Kelly ...

Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA successfully completed the fourth spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station on Thursday, March 29.

The test was meant to mimic the conditions that a spacecraft would experience during a red planet entry, descent and landing Press Trust of India | Washington Last Updated at April 2, 2018 20:36 IST Photo: @NASA (Twitter) A supersonic parachute that will help ...

TSIS-1 studies the total amount of light energy emitted by the Sun using the Total Irradiance Monitor, one of two sensors onboard. (Representational image) New Delhi: NASA has powered a new instrument aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that would ...

With the Veggie system, astronauts have to push water into each plant pillow with a syringe Press Trust of India | Washington Last Updated at March 31, 2018 22:33 IST Representative Image Tupperware, a manufacturer of household plasticware, is now helping ...