Indian-born engineer creates 3D printer that makes pizzas for astronauts

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:06

An Indian-origin engineer, who works for the Texas-based Systems & Materials Research Corporation, claims to have developed a 3D printer that can print food and pizza for astronauts on long missions.

NASA puts out call for private moon landers

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 10:09

Under a new program called Lunar Catalyst, US space agency NASA will provide free technical expertise, equipment, facilities and software to help selected companies develop lunar landers.

Ageing ISS a space lab of `unlimited` opportunity

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 13:59

It may be 350 kilometers (215 miles) above Earth and a place that only a privileged few will ever visit, but the ISS is crucial to advances in science, health and technology, experts say.

Scientists discover new supernova just 12 million light-years away

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 09:56

An optical supernova, designated SN 2014J , which occurred in the galaxy M82 and lies only about 12 million light-years away, has attracted the attention of many space agencies, including NASA.

Scientists discover extremely powerful black hole

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 16:52

Astronomers have spotted one of the most powerful black holes known, according to NASA.

NASA`s Opportunity takes selfie to celebrate 10th anniversary on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 16:50

NASA has shared a selfie taken by Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to commemorate its tenth year on the Red Planet.

NASA launches newest communication satellite

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:12

NASA`s super-high-flying fleet of communication satellites just got bigger. An unmanned rocket blasted into a chilly, clear sky last night carrying the latest, third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.

NASA rover Opportunity finds signs Mars once had fresh water

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 07:10

NASA`s decade-old Mars rover, Opportunity, has found evidence that life-friendly fresh water once pooled on the red planet`s surface, reinforcing similar discoveries made by newcomer Curiosity on the other side of the planet, scientists said on Thursday.

NASA images reveal `alien` object on the surface of Moon

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:46

Scientists have spotted a strange celestial object on the surface of Earth`s Moon.

Five NASA Earth science missions set to be launched in 2014

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:39

For the first time in the last ten years, five NASA Earth science missions are set to be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to monitor changing Earth.

2013 another unusually warm year across globe: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:22

Last year was among a handful of the warmest on record since 1880, according to US government figures out Tuesday that provide more evidence that the planet is heating up.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft wakes up from slumber, signals Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 06:50

The mission is different from NASA`s Deep Impact, a spacecraft that fired a projectile into a comet in 2005 so scientists could study the resulting plume of matter.