Tag: Nasa
First astronaut to fly untethered passes away at 80
WASHINGTON: Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, died...
New Pacific island offers clues on life on Mars
WELLINGTON: The world's newest island, formed during a volcanic eruption in the remote Pacific three years ago, may offer clues to how life potentially...
Send Americans to moon: Trump tells NASA
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, in order to prepare...
NASA fires Voyager 1 thrusters successfully after 37 years
WASHINGTON: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth, was back on the right track on Friday thanks to thrusters...
NASA launches next-generation weather satellite into space to monitor weather
LOS ANGELES: NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts.
The satellite, called...
NASA’s map of Earth’s seasons over 20 years highlights impact of...
NASA has captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of planet Earth.
The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth’s...
NASA website features Karachi astronomer’s moon images: report
KARACHI: A NED University of Engineering and Technology graduate and young amateur astronomer from Karachi, Talha Zia’s composite of 12 single images documenting the...
Uber, NASA working to fill Los Angeles skies with flying taxis...
Uber, a ride-hailing company, is forging ahead with plans to make a Blade Runner vision of transportation – flying cars – a reality by...
Secret Nasa report ‘recommends all-female Mars missions’ after studying astronauts’ sexual...
While several Nasa missions have involved mixed crews, a secret report by the space agency suggests that missions to Mars could be all-female, Daily Mail reports.
Speaking...
World destruction on hold, for now
Put your evening plans on hold because the world’s going to end…Apparently.
The alignment of several planets and constellations, according to conspiracy theorists, is likely...
NASA’s $3.9bn Cassini spacecraft makes death plunge into Saturn
After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made an intentional death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists...
Trump names former Navy aviator to head NASA
Bridenstine, 42, who backed Trump during the US presidential campaign, had long been considered the favorite for the job of NASA administrator.
Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by September 1
The asteroid was discovered in 1981 and is named Florence after the famed 19th-century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.
NASA’s shortage of spacesuits may jeopardize future missions
As per a government audit report, NASA has low stocks of spacesuits and new ones might not be available in time.
Astronauts have been using the...
NASA discovers new solar system TRAPPIST-1
Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published on Wednesday in the...
NASA’s Hubble spots water plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Astronomers on Monday said they have spotted evidence of water vapour plumes rising from Jupiter's moon Europa, a finding that might make it easier...
NASA to reveal ‘surprising’ activity on Jupiter’s moon
There's something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. But what?
NASA teased a "surprising" announcement for Monday, based on Hubble Space...
