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Cassini unveils images of Saturn`s `glowing` rings

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 14:08

The rings of Saturn and the dark side of the planet can be seen glowing in the newly released infrared images by NASA`s Cassini spacecraft.

Jupiter destined Juno spacecraft resumes full flight operations

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 11:09

NASA`s Juno spacecraft, which is on its way to Jupiter, resumed full flight operations at 5:12 p.m. ET Friday.

NASA`s Juno spacecraft gets gravity boost from Earth flyby

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 19:09

NASA`S Juno Mission spacecraft is going to slingshot around Earth towards Jupiter, accelerating to 25 miles per second along the way to become the fastest man-made object in history.

NASA probe to slingshot past earth en route to Jupiter

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:18

NASA`s Juno spacecraft is making a quick pass by Earth to get a gravity boost to slingshot itself towards Jupiter.

Cassini finds plastic ingredient propylene on Saturn`s moon Titan

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 10:20

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has discovered propylene, a chemical that is used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers, on Saturn`s moon Titan.

Private US spacecraft docks with ISS

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:00

A privately-owned cargo ship, operated by US space company Orbital Sciences Corp., completed its first rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, Xinhua reported citing NASA TV.

China invites people to name spacecraft

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 19:14

China has invited the public to name a spacecraft on board China`s Chang`e-3 lunar probe, expected to be launched by the end of the year, a senior space scientist said Wednesday.

China invites people to name spacecraft

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 19:13

China has invited the public to name a spacecraft on board China`s Chang`e-3 lunar probe, expected to be launched by the end of the year, a senior space scientist said Wednesday.

ISRO’s Mars mission spacecraft unveiled

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 18:15

India`s upcoming Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) seeks to reveal whether there is methane, considered a "precursor chemical" for life, on the Red Planet, key officials behind the ambitious venture said today.

NASA`s NuSTAR spacecraft detects 10 supermassive black holes

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 19:40

NASA`s new black-hole-hunter spacecraft - NuSTAR - has detected its first 10 supermassive black holes, lying at the hearts of distant galaxies between 0.3 and 11.4 billion light-years from Earth.

NASA’s `Deep Impact` Spacecraft `going out of control`

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:44

NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has not heeded scientists’ commands of hibernation, or safe mode and is now spinning out of control, the principal investigator, Michael A’Hearn has revealed.

NASA’s LADEE spacecraft lifts off to probe lunar dust

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 11:01

An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its way to the moon, officials said.