Posts Tagged ‘NASA’

Washington, Dec 5 (RIA Novosti) The head of US space agency NASA has said the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) unmanned mission to the red planet will be delayed for two years until the fall of 2011 due to technical difficulties. The launch of the Rover had ... Full story

Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): NASA has successfully test fired the first launch abort motor for its next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, at the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) facility in Promontory, Utah. The ... Full story

Washington, Nov 19 (Xinhua) US space agency NASA said it has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet. NASA engineers used a special software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking or DTN to transmit dozens of images to ... Full story

Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, has announced a naming contest for its car-sized Mars Science Laboratory rover that is scheduled for launch in 2009. ... Full story

London, November 15 (ANI): NASA is launching a machine aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, which will recycle astronauts'' urine for consumption as water. "We did blind taste tests of the water. Nobody had any strong objections. Other than a faint taste of iodine, it is just as refreshing as any other ... Full story

Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): The space shuttle Endeavour has lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, along with its seven-member crew, to repair and remodel the International Space Station. Endeavour’s STS-126 mission will carry ... Full story

Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): NASA has released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth rising above the lunar surface, as taken by the Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft in 1966. In ... Full story

Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has concluded its orbit-raising phase and is beginning instrument commissioning in preparation to start science observations. IBEX, which is the ... Full story

Washington, Nov 11 (BJP) US space agency NASA said Tuesday its Phoenix Mars Lander had ceased communications after operating for more than five months on the red planet, and announced the termination of the successful space exploration project. Launched Aug ... Full story

Washington, Nov 11 (DPA) After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander has been declared dead by mission scientists, who celebrated the probe's success as the first to touch ice on the red planet. Mission managers ... Full story