National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nasa’s Mars mission headed for failure warns NRC
06 Jun 2014
Without sufficient funding, a clear goal, or help from nations such as China, Nasa would not be able to take the next giant leap for mankind, warns a report
NASA plans 5 new Earth science missions in 2014
24 Jan 2014
NASA Mars probe set to launch
18 Nov 2013
NASA mapper confirms presence of water on moon
28 Aug 2013
NASA may join hands with ISRO for new satellite
30 Jul 2013
NASA’s 2020 rover mission to look for past life on Mars
10 Jul 2013
NASA's 2020 Mars rover would use its instruments for visual, mineralogical and chemical analysis down to microscopic scale to understand the environment around its landing site and identify biosignatures, or features in the rocks and soil that could have been formed biologically
Protoplanet Vesta: Forever young?
By By Jia-Rui C. Cook and Stuart Wolpert | 05 Nov 2012
Nasa puts Curiosity in 'dream mode'
16 Aug 2012
NASA rover `Curiosity’ lands on Mars, starts beaming images
06 Aug 2012
Curiosity touched down onto Mars on Sunday at the end of a 36-week flight and started its two-year prime mission to investigate whether the Red Planet ever offered conditions favorable for life
End of an era: space shuttle Discovery does lap of honour over DC
18 Apr 2012
A spectacular flight by the retired spacecraft over the US capital drew tens of thousands of eyeballs; but for many it signalled the end of US dominance of outer space
Supernova solved
05 Nov 2011
Astrobiologists discover “Sweet Spots” for the formation of complex organic molecules in the Galaxy
05 Nov 2011
Russia set to resume space station service
29 Oct 2011
UARS debris landed in the Pacific: NASA
28 Sep 2011
NASA hazy about satellite crash
23 Sep 2011
Sometime late today, or possibly early Saturday, a defunct NASA satellite will make a re-entry, spraying the earth with debris, including a chunk weighing over 300 pounds.
NASA satellite to crash back on Earth
21 Sep 2011
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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
06 Mar 2023
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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