NASA: News
18 May 2018
IndiaNASA study warns decline in availability of freshwater in India
According to a first-of-its-kind study, using NASA satellite observations, India is among the hotspots where the overuse of water resources has caused a serious decline in availability of freshwater.
10 May 2018
UberUber expands partnership with NASA to develop flying taxis
Uber has signed a second Space Act Agreement with NASA to get help on its ambitious flying taxi project Elevate.
09 May 2018
IndiaPoliticians, businessmen falling prey to the 'rice-puller' scam: Protect yourself
Another Delhi businessman has fallen prey to the 'rice-puller' scam, a common trick conmen use to dupe targets.
05 May 2018
TechnologyNASA's InSight lander starts its six-month journey to Mars
NASA has successfully launched its InSight Mars lander, designed to study "Marsquakes", from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
02 May 2018
IndiaPiyush Goyal: NASA images depict humongous change in India's brightness
Two interesting images released by NASA established a significant change of brightness in India in 2016, compared to 2013.
01 May 2018
Donald TrumpAmerican hero Kalpana Chawla continues to inspire millions: President Trump
US President Donald Trump has hailed Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla as an American hero for devoting her life to Space Shuttle program and its various missions transporting cargo and crew to and from International Space Station.
28 Apr 2018
MoonNASA cancels robotic mission that was to mine lunar poles
NASA has scrapped its only planned robotic mission to the moon's surface called Resource Prospector.
08 Apr 2018
FloridaNASA: Humanity's first flight to Sun scheduled for July
Humanity's first mission to the Sun is undergoing final preparations ahead of its scheduled launch on July 31.
19 Mar 2018
United States of AmericaNow, become a citizen scientist and submit pictures to NASA
As part of its Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) initiative, NASA has called out to the general public to click as many pictures of clouds as they can.
18 Mar 2018
Air PollutionIndian Scientists to send weather balloon into the atmosphere
In a first, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Balloon Facility (TIFR-BF), Hyderabad will send an indigenously designed and manufactured hybrid weather balloon into the coldest region of the atmosphere.
17 Mar 2018
Kalpana ChawlaCelebrating Kalpana Chawla on her 59th birth anniversary
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was born today in Karnal, Haryana.
08 Mar 2018
Solar EnergyYou can send your name to the sun!
NASA is inviting the general public all over the globe to send in their names if they want to be featured on the US space agency's first solar probe this summer.
07 Mar 2018
Patty JenkinsWomen's Day: 'Inspiring Women' Barbie collection to honor female icons
Mattel's Barbie has come a long way from being the blonde babe setting unrealistic beauty standards among young girls to representing women of all sizes and colors.
22 Feb 2018
TechnologyNASA developing built-in toilets in spacesuits
Engineers at NASA are developing a spacesuit that incorporates a long-term waste-disposal system.
19 Feb 2018
IrelandSix-year-old asks NASA to make Pluto a planet again
Cara O'Connor, a six-year-old girl from Ireland, has written a letter to NASA and requested the US space agency to reclassify Pluto as a planet.
17 Feb 2018
Space NewsNASA discovers 95 new planets, beyond our solar system
NASA has discovered 95 new planets outside our solar system.
30 Jan 2018
RajasthanNASA shows interest in 'Made in India' thermal paint tech
A Rajasthan-based researcher has caught the attention of a NASA scientist for developing a new thermal spray coating technology used for gas turbine engines in spacecrafts.
19 Jan 2018
Global WarmingLast 17 years have been the hottest since 1880: NASA
2017 was the warmest without El Nino, the Pacific weather pattern that adds to the rising temperatures, reported NASA on Thursday.
19 Jan 2018
AstronautsWhen NASA engineers thought women astronauts needed makeup in space
When women joined NASA astronaut corps in 1978, male engineers designed them a thoughtful gift: a makeup kit. They figured females couldn't do without it, even in space.
15 Jan 2018
Space NewsNASA captures clearest-ever image of the farthest known galaxy!
NASA has successfully captured a distinct image of the farthest known galaxy in our universe using advanced telescopes and gravitational lens.
01 Jan 2018
Space NewsNASA sets 2018 goal: Will launch mission to "touch" Sun!
NASA, which is turning 60 this year, has released a "2018 to do list" including an exciting mission to "touch" Sun!
31 Dec 2017
AstronautsThese astronauts will celebrate New Year 16 times in space!
Six astronauts will get to celebrate the New Year's Day 16 times aboard the International Space Station (ISS), at 402.3km above Earth, encircling our planet every 90 minutes, according to NASA.
25 Dec 2017
John McCainBruce McCandless, first astronaut to fly untethered in space, dies
Bruce McCandless, the NASA astronaut who became the first person to float untethered in outer-space died at 80.
15 Dec 2017
Space NewsNASA discovers Earth-like planet system using Artificial Intelligence!
The NASA has discovered the first star system apart from ours, with as many planets as our own. The biggest known system till now had seven planets.
03 Dec 2017
MoonLook up at the sky! Supermoon shines big and bright
Get ready to witness a rare lunar event tonight at around 9:30pm IST (16:00 GMT) when the moon appears the biggest and brightest in 15 years as it comes closer to Earth.
09 Nov 2017
India1.39L Indians will be 'visiting' Mars next year
NASA has received 24.3L applications from around the world for its next Mars mission. Nearly 1.39L of them are Indians.
05 Nov 2017
SpaceXMangalyaan's 4th anniversary: Where we stand with Mars today
It's the fourth anniversary of ISRO's Mangalyaan today, and with each passing year, human dreams of colonizing Mars are inching closer and closer to reality.
27 Oct 2017
Pope FrancisPope Francis calls NASA's expedition 53 crew; discusses life, philosophy
The crew of NASA's Expedition 53 got a special call in the middle of their workday on Thursday - from Pope Francis.
21 Oct 2017
Space NewsNASA to auction decades-old vintage photos for upto $9000 each
NASA is putting up for auction vintage photographs of its space journey, including the first picture taken from the Moon and the first picture of Earth taken from space.
07 Oct 2017
MoonNASA is going back to the Moon under Trump's administration!
While other countries and private space organizations are aiming for Mars and beyond, the US's NASA is "returning" to the Moon under President Donald Trump.
01 Oct 2017
Solar SystemMassive global aurora triggered on Mars by strong solar storm
An unexpectedly strong solar storm which occurred on 11th September has triggered a global aurora on Mars, doubling the radiation levels on the red planet.
28 Sep 2017
MoonRussia-US to build first-ever space station orbiting Moon
Russia and the US have agreed to cooperate on a programme to build the first-ever space station orbiting the Earth's Moon.
23 Sep 2017
Solar SystemNASA denies the existence of Nibiru or Planet X
NASA addressed the issue and said that all predictions about the world ending on 23 September 2017 were false.
21 Sep 2017
AsiaISRO-NASA joint research-study confirms existence of aerosol layer above Asia
An ISRO-NASA collaborative study has confirmed the existence of an aerosol layer over Asia.
15 Sep 2017
Space NewsNASA's $3.9-bn spacecraft crashes into Saturn, ends 20-year mission
NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere today, at a speed of over 120,000 km/hr, ending a $3.9-billion mission.
03 Sep 2017
Space NewsRecord-breaking NASA astronaut and crew back home
After logging 196 kilometers in space and 4,623 orbits of Earth, 57-year old NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth with her crewmates.
08 Aug 2017
South AfricaGhana's first satellite, GhanaSat-1 is now orbiting Earth
Ghana's first satellite GhanaSat-1, built by a Ghanaian engineering team at All Nations University, is now operational. It was made possible with a little help from others but it's still a significant achievement.
03 Aug 2017
EmploymentNASA now hiring someone to protect Earth from alien invasion!
Have you always wanted to be an apocalyptic hero? Do you have what it takes to be the protector of mankind during an alien invasion?
22 Jul 2017
GoogleGoogle can now take you to outer-space! Find out how
Ever wondered what Earth looks like from space? Or wanted to take a tour of a spaceship?
13 Jul 2017
HyderabadHyderabad: Former NASA employee-turned-drug peddler nabbed
A 29-year-old former NASA employee was arrested in Hyderabad for dealing in narcotics.
