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Bringing Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act

With fresh Mars rocks on Earth, more scientists will be able to examine them, employing a wide array of the most sophisticated equipment in laboratories around the world

Undock to splashdown: Here is how SpaceX brings back astronauts from ISS

With the Demo-2 flight, Nasa will complete a mission designed to test SpaceX's human spaceflight system, including launch, docking, splashdown, and recovery operations

NASA ups the ante with fresh 'brawniest and brainiest' Mars rover

The spacecraft Perseverance set for liftoff this week is NASA's biggest and brainiest Martian rover yet.

ASTHROS Mission: NASA to use football stadium-sized balloon to study Cosmos

Likely to be launched in December 2023 from Antarctica, ASTHROS will spend about three weeks drifting on air currents above the icy southern continent

One year of Chandrayaan-2: Isro gears up for Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan

Isro is now in the midst of preparations for its next ambitious mission, the Chandrayaan-3, and the first manned mission, the Gaganyaan

China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission takes off to answer 'question about heavens'

Eight spacecraft - American, European and Indian - are either orbiting Mars or on its surface with other missions underway or planned

Bengaluru tech firm to produce NASA-designed, US FDA-approved ventilators

The firm said it is among a handful of Indian companies licenced by NASA for meeting the worldwide acute shortage of ventilators needed in treating Covid-19 patients

With Tianwen-1 China aims orbiting, landing, roving on Mars in one mission

Approved by Chinese authorities in January 2016, Tianwen translates to "questions about the heavens"

NASA's SpaceX commercial Crew-1 mission to ISS set for September launch

The Crew-1 mission will be launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA astronauts squeeze in last spacewalk before SpaceX departure

SpaceX is aiming for a splashdown off the Florida coast in August the first splashdown for astronauts in 45 years

First crewed round-trip to Mars possible by 2030, says NASA's Bridenstine

NASA will use advanced propulsion systems to enable a faster journey to the Red Planet while limiting radiation exposure for its astronauts

UAE's Hope Probe on course to Mars after successful launch from Japan

The craft is expected to reach Mars in February 2021, the year the UAE celebrates 50th year of its formation

With 'Hope Probe' UAE aims to be newest entrant in crowded Martian orbit

The Hope Probe aims to provide the first-ever planet-wide, 24x7 pictures of Mars' atmospheric dynamics and weather

Getting closer to the neighbour

Perseverance remains crucial in exploring the mysteries around Mars

Solar Orbiter sends closest images of Sun, reveals mysterious 'campfires'

As the spacecraft flew within 48 million miles of the Sun, all 10 instruments flicked on, and Solar Orbiter snapped the closest pictures of the giant star to date

Boeing receives $916 mn deal to support NASA with ISS ops for next 4 years

Under the terms of the contract, Boeing will provide engineering support services, resources and personnel for activities aboard the ISS and manage many of the station's systems, the release said

Six things you should know about NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida later this summer, an innovative experiment will ride along

Comet Neowise to be visible in Indian skies for 20 days starting July 14

Dubbed as Neowise, the comet swept within Mercury's orbit a week ago

Curiosity resumes Martian mountain climb as Nasa team runs rover from home

Amid coronavirus pandemic, scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are executing commands from their living rooms to run a rover over 116 million km away, on Mars

Isro's Mangalyan sends images of Mars' biggest moon Phobos and its craters

'The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on board the Mars Orbiter Mission has imaged Phobos,' Isro said in a statement