National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kelly, Kornienko back after year-long space odyssey
03 Mar 2016
Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko who shared his whole space station journey
Nasa releases images of landslide on Mars
30 Dec 2015
International Space Station hits 15-year record
04 Nov 2015
NASA outlines steps in journey to Mars
09 Oct 2015
NASA is anchoring its capability development on three different thresholds, namely, Earth Reliant, Proving Ground and Earth Independent technologies that will be developed along the way
NASA confirms evidence of liquid water flows on Mars
29 Sep 2015
The dark, narrow downhill flows, known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), often have been described as possibly related to liquid water and the new findings of hydrated salts on the slopes point to its relationship to these dark features
Under Saturnian moon's icy crust lies a 'global' ocean
18 Sep 2015
By measuring with exquisite precision the tiny wobbles of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, Cornell University researchers have learned that a global ocean lies beneath the moon’s thick icy crust
NASA pioneers begin simulation of life on Mars
31 Aug 2015
It is estimated that the first human mission to Red Planet could last between one to three years
NASA building new rockets, new launch pads for deeper space probes
29 Aug 2015
NASA has completed the first developmental test series on the powerful RS-25 engines that will power the agency’s new Space Launch System rocket on missions deeper into space than ever before
NASA sees sea levels rising by several feet in future
27 Aug 2015
A new visualisation based on 23 years of sea level data reveals changes are anything but uniform around the globe
Drought causes vast areas of California’s Central Valley to sink faster than ever: Nasa
20 Aug 2015
Nasa data showed the ground sinking nearly two inches each month in certain areas, putting roads, bridges and canals at increased risk of damage
NASA seeks support to Boeing, SpaceX to end reliance on Russia for commercial space flights
06 Aug 2015
Lack of adequate funding for NASA has forced America’s premier space agency to extend its existing contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station
Nasa, Isro jointly working on synthetic aperture radar mission
30 Jul 2015
The two space agencies are jointly working to co-develop the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite
NASA’s Kepler mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
24 Jul 2015
Since the launch of Kepler in 2009, 12 planets less than twice the size of Earth have been discovered in the habitable zones of their stars
NASA’s New Horizons finds frozen plains in Pluto’s ‘heart-shaped’ feature
18 Jul 2015
In the center left of Pluto’s vast heart-shaped feature – informally named `Tombaugh Regio’ - lies a vast, craterless plain that appears to be no more than 100 million years old, and is possibly still being shaped by geologic processes
Pluto’s mountainous surface could be biologically active, say NASA scientists
16 Jul 2015
A new close-up image of an equatorial region near the base of Pluto’s bright heart-shaped feature shows a mountain range with peaks jutting as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the planet's icy body
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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