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NASA preps up for receiving data from New Horizons’ Pluto flyby
There is a treasure of data and information about the dwarf planet and its moons with New horizons’ after its Pluto flyby. The data is taking time to get back…
New NASA project to help monitor Earth’s environment
A new NASA joint project will provide timely weather, climate and other Earth related data to five countries in Southeast Asia, enabling them to better address issues of natural resource…
Nasa Starts Year-Long Mission to Simulate Life on Mars
Six Nasa recruits have shut themselves inside a dome in Hawaii to begin a year-long isolation programme that will simulate life on Mars to help the US space agency prepare…
Send your name to Mars on NASA’s next Red Planet mission
Nasa is giving Mars enthusiasts a chance to send their names aboard the InSight Mars lander, scheduled to launch next year. People around the world can participate in the NASA’s…
Nasa says the world is not going to end in September
Good news for those with plans for October and beyond: the Earth will still be in existence. Nasa has confirmed – after rumours swept the internet about an imminent asteroid…
NASA tests rocket engine intended to take humans to Mars
TWELVE million horsepower — what a ride. This is the engine that may take us to Mars, and it’s just been fired up for the first time at a NASA…
NASA Opens Contest to Design Astronaut’s Watch with All-in-One App
NASA is going freelancer way to seek small projects from the public and is now seeking a new design for astronaut watch from developers that can work and help in…
NASA drones to explore Moon and Mars
Washington: NASA engineers are developing drones that can fly to areas which are inaccessible to rovers - such as the shaded region of a crater - on Mars, asteroids and…
NASA extends contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station
NASA extended its contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station due to budget cuts that have delayed commercial alternatives, the space agency said on Wednesday. Extending…
NASA’s biggest worry! Avoid traffic jams around Mars
Los Angeles :With two more Mars orbiters sent into space last year, including India’s MOM probe, traffic has picked up around the red planet so much so that NASA has…
Pluto has 11,000 feet high, young ice mountains: NASA
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which successfully made a historic flyby of Pluto, has discovered young ice mountains on the dwarf planet which are as high as 11,000 feet and about…
NASA Scientist Develops New Aerodynamic Plane to Test Land on Mars
NASA has developed its first boomerang shaped aircraft to lan on Mars surface in its lookout for future landing sites on Mars, which will be sent later this year. The…