Gulshan Grover wins best actor at NY fest

Gulshan Grover wins best actor at NY fest New Delhi: Actor Gulshan Grover has been honoured with the best actor international award at the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF) for his performance in the Hollywood film "Desperate Endeavours". In the film, directed by French-Algerian director Sam Khassa, Gulshan plays spiritual leader Dada Bhagwan, the man who went to America in the 1970s and enlightened the lives of the Indians there as well as the Americans. "Gulshan...
12:39 AM, Aug 26, 2011

Endeavour lands in Florida after final flight

Endeavour lands in Florida after final flight Cape Canaveral: The space shuttle Endeavour landed smoothly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, completing the second-to-last mission of the US space shuttle program. Endeavour, which delivered a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station, touched down on the runway at 2:35 am EDT (0635 GMT). It is the second of US space agency NASA's three spaceships being retired this year. Sister ship Atlantis is scheduled...
01:23 PM, Jun 01, 2011

Astronauts offer the pope unique view of Earth

Astronauts offer the pope unique view of Earth Cape Canaveral: The shuttle Endeavour and space station crews gathered on Saturday for an unprecedented conversation with Pope Benedict, who asked how the space program can promote peace and if the astronauts pray while in orbit. "I think it must be obvious to you how we all live together on one Earth and how absurd it is that we fight and kill each one," the pope said. "When you are...
07:14 AM, May 22, 2011

Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral

Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral West Palm Beach: Groggy from a late night watching the Yankees, frigid from a chilled airplane cabin, Stefanie Gordon stirred to action after the pilot's announcement. Lifting her iPhone to the plane's window, she captured an otherworldly image that rocketed around the globe as fast as her subject: Space shuttle Endeavour soaring from a bank of clouds, its towering plume of white smoke lighting the azure sky. She had never...
11:48 AM, May 20, 2011

Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral

Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral West Palm Beach: Groggy from a late night watching the Yankees, frigid from a chilled airplane cabin, Stefanie Gordon stirred to action after the pilot's announcement. Lifting her iPhone to the plane's window, she captured an otherworldly image that rocketed around the globe as fast as her subject: Space shuttle Endeavour soaring from a bank of clouds, its towering plume of white smoke lighting the azure sky. She had never...
06:03 PM, May 18, 2011

Endeavour soars on 2nd-to-last space trip

Endeavour soars on 2nd-to-last space trip Cape Canaveral: Endeavour blasted off on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit Monday morning as the mission commander's wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched along with an exhilarated crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands. "Good stuff, good stuff," Giffords was quoted as saying by her chief of staff as Endeavour took flight for the final time. Husband Mark Kelly, the shuttle's skipper, had red tulips presented to...
10:46 PM, May 16, 2011

Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off from Florida

Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off from Florida Cape Canaveral (Florida): The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday on its final voyage which will deliver a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station. Endeavour roared off the launch pad at 8:56 am EDT, carrying a six-member crew. The US space agency NASA plans just one more shuttle mission this summer with sister ship Atlantis before ending the 30-year-old shuttle programme....
06:35 PM, May 16, 2011

NASA: Endeavour's last launch delayed again

NASA: Endeavour's last launch delayed again Cape Canaveral: Space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is off until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment, NASA said on Sunday. The six astronauts - led by commander Mark Kelly - wasted no time heading back to Houston. Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, did not join the astronauts in flying back. The timing of her return to Houston,...
08:12 PM, May 01, 2011

Pope to call space station in papal first

Pope to call space station in papal first Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI will be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station in what would be the first papal call to space. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano reported Friday that the hookup will happen on May 4 after shuttle Endeavour docks with the station. Liftoff is set for next Friday. Two Italian astronauts will be meeting up on the space station. Roberto Vittori...
01:10 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Watch: Lamborghini's first Indian trackday

Watch: Lamborghini's first Indian trackday

Lamborghini organised the event in Chennai. ...
10:48 PM, Nov 21, 2009

Space shuttle Endeavour returns to earth after 17 days

Space shuttle Endeavour returns to earth after 17 days The space shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. ...
10:33 AM, Aug 01, 2009
Space shuttle Endeavour set to land back to earth

Space shuttle Endeavour set to land back to earth

Endeavour blasted off from Florida on July 15 with 7 astronauts crew. ...
02:23 PM, Jul 31, 2009

Space shuttle Endeavour headed home

Space shuttle Endeavour headed home The crew of space shuttle Endeavour bid farewell to colleagues on ISS. ...
03:19 AM, Jul 29, 2009

NASA's Space shuttle Endeavour finally lifts off

NASA's Space shuttle Endeavour finally lifts off The Saturday launch was cancelled as lightning struck the launch pad. ...
08:35 AM, Jul 16, 2009

Endeavour launch postponed again due to bad weather

Endeavour launch postponed again due to bad weather The next launch attempt will be at 0651 hrs IST (2251 GMT) on Monday. ...
11:33 AM, Jul 13, 2009
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