Tag: Nasa
Russian cargo ship fails to dock at ISS: NASA
The Russian cargo ship Progress has failed to successfully dock with the International Space Station (ISS) during tests designed to facilitate future dockings, the...
Massive iceberg breaks off Greenland glacier
A massive iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off of a glacier in Greenland, according to NASA satellite imagery, in what could...
Twin NASA probes approach lunar orbit
Twin NASA spacecraft are set to blast into lunar orbit at the weekend on a mission to study the subterranean structure of the Moon...
NASA confirms ‘super-Earth’ that could hold life
In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said the Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first-ever planet in a...
NASA poised to launch spacecraft to Jupiter
NASA is poised to launch on Friday a one billion dollar solar-powered spacecraft called Juno on a five-year journey to Jupiter in search of...
Commander, NASA savor moment as Atlantis lands
The commander who brought shuttle Atlantis to a final homecoming Thursday said US space exploration would carry on, as he lauded the vessel for...
NASA to test robot gas attendants for satellites
An experiment riding on the final voyage of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is set to test out technologies that could be used on future...
NASA’s Final Shuttle: The End of an Error?
It was on Jan. 5, 1972, that Nixon brought the shuttle program into being with a presidential order. And this Friday, the 135th and...
NASA chiefs slam ‘absurd’ 2012
NEW YORK - NASA scientists have named John Cusack's blockbuster 2012 as the most "absurd" sci-fi film of all time. Experts at America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Science and Entertainment Exchange have put together a list of the least plausible science fiction movies ever made, and the big budget 2009 picture came top.
The film, which depicted earth besieged by natural disasters, featured ahead of two more 'end-of-the-world' movies - 2003's 'The
The film, which depicted earth besieged by natural disasters, featured ahead of two more 'end-of-the-world' movies - 2003's 'The
