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‘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.

NASA offers `dream job` of sleeping for 70 days!

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 19:13

Staying in bed does sound like a dream job and NASA is just offering that.

NASA responds to 7-year-old boy’s letter asking for advice

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 22:20

A seven-year-old British boy`s letter to NASA asking for advice about becoming an astronaut has elicited response from the US space agency, along with encouraging photos and stickers.

NASA launches satellite to study solar material

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 17:32

The US space agency launched a satellite late yesterday to unlock the secrets of the Sun`s lower atmosphere.

NASA to launch five rockets

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 12:37

NASA is scheduled to launch five rockets in just over five minutes Wednesday night as part of a study of the high-altitude jet stream.

NASA launches super-size rover to Mars

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 10:37

It will take 8½ months for Curiosity to reach Mars following a journey of 354 million miles.

NASA to launch weather-climate satellite Oct 27

Last Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 08:41

A satellite that aims to help weather forecasters predict extreme storms and offer scientists a better view of climate change is being readied for launch this month, NASA has said.

Satellite fell in south Pacific, not Canada: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 08:43

The dead NASA satellite fell into what might be the ideal spot — part of the southern Pacific Ocean about as far from large land masses as you can get, US space officials said Tuesday.

Double-sun planet discovered

Last Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 08:33

A planet orbiting two suns - the first confirmed alien world of its kind - has been found by Nasa`s Kepler telescope.

NASA to try Moon satellite launch Saturday

Last Updated: Friday, September 9, 2011, 18:35

NASA has postponed until Saturday its next attempt to launch a $500 million pair of unmanned spacecraft that will use gravity tools to map the Moon`s inner core for the first time.

US space agency finds new form of life... on Earth

Last Updated: Friday, December 3, 2010, 09:38

Bacteria that thrive on arsenic have been scooped from a California lake.