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NASA spacecraft poised to launch for clues on Martian air

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 14:26

NASA is preparing to launch its latest orbiter to Mars today on the hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

NASA`S Mars mission rocket on pad for Monday launch

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:56

The US space agency NASA Saturday rolled out to the launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Atlas 5 rocket, which will blast off Monday for Mars carrying the MAVEN spacecraft.

ISRO performs last orbit raising manoeuvre on its Mars mission

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 11:03

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today performed the last of the five orbit-raising manoeuvre on its Mars Orbiter in the early hours, raising the apogee (farthest point from Earth) of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km.

NASA releases spectacular new image of Saturn

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 12:48

NASA has brought out a natural-colour photograph of Saturn from space, the first of its kind, in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.

‘Orion’ deep space vehicle on time for 2014 test: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 11:23

The first test mission of a new deep space capsule that could one day take humans to Mars is on track for September 2014, the US space agency said Tuesday.

ISS crew lands on Earth with Olympic Torch after 166 days in space

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 10:29

Expedition 37 crew members Karen Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano have returned from the ISS, landing at 9:49 pm EST Sunday.

Russian Soyuz carrying Olympic torch docks with ISS

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:07

Russia`s Soyuz spacecraft carrying an unlit Olympic torch for 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and three astronauts today successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

Mission accomplished for spacecraft Albert Einstein

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 16:21

ESA`s 4th ATV cargo ferry, Albert Einstein, finished its 5-month mission to the ISS by re-entering the atmosphere and burning up safely over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific Ocean.

NASA`s 1st-ever deep space craft Orion comes to life

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 10:31

NASA`s first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time.

India, US preparing satellites to probe Martian atmosphere

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 09:00

Two new science satellites are being prepared to join a fleet of robotic Mars probes to help determine why the planet most like Earth in the solar system ended up so different.

New images reveal how lakes were formed on Saturn`s moon Titan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:19

With the sun now shining over the north pole of Saturn`s moon Titan, NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has obtained new images of the liquid methane and ethane seas and lakes that reside near Titan`s north pole.

Mars spacecraft integrated with rocket: ISRO

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 23:19

India`s Mars spacecraft, whose launch has been delayed by almost a week, has been integrated with launch vehicle, Indian Space Research Organisation said today.