NASA has discovered the smallest known planet outside our solar system which is slightly larger than the Moon and orbits its Sun like host star every 13 days. NASA's Kepler space telescope detected the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to the Sun in a new planetary system. The planets are located in a system called Kepler-37, about 210 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 22, 2013
According to a new report from Newscientist.com, NASA is mulling over a proposal to capture an asteroid and drag it into the moon's orbit. ...
03:53 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Bangalore: The health checks on various subsystems of the GSAT-10, which was launched early on Saturday onboard Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana, has found all parameters satisfactory and the satellite is in good health. Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said its Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan in Karnataka took over the command and control of the GSAT-10 immediately after the injection. "Preliminary health checks on the various subsystems of...
11:55 AM, Sep 29, 2012
London: Four decades after America's last landing on the Moon, new images from NASA's camera have shown that all flags except one planted during Apollo missions are still standing and waving despite the harsh lunar climate. All six flags except the one planted by Neil Armstrong during the first ever Moon landing are still standing, according to an analysis of the shadows they cast on the surface of the Moon,...
02:39 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Bangalore: Orbitz Worldwide Inc has found that people who use Apple Inc's Mac computers spend as much as 30 per cent more per night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Orbitz executives said the online travel agency is experimenting with showing different hotel offers to Mac and...
10:13 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Bangalore: ISRO on Saturday said the indigenously built Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), launched on April 26, has been placed in its final Polar Sun-synchronous Orbit of 536 km height. "PSLV-C19 had placed RISAT-1 in a polar orbit of 470 km X 480 km. As planned, on April 27-28, the satellite propulsion system was used in four orbital manoeuvres to raise the height of the orbit of RISAT-1 to 536 km,"...
12:39 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Moscow: A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames today, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said. Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, which had become stuck in Earth's orbit, landed in water 1,250 kilometers (775 miles) west of Wellington Island in Chile's south, the Russian military Air and Space Defense Forces...
10:04 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Washington: Aimed at unlocking the mysteries of the Moon, the first of the two NASA aircraft entered the lunar orbit, the American space agency has said. NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft successfully completed its planned main engine burn and began orbiting the Moon on Saturday. A signal emitted by the probe indicated that it was functioning properly and in place, according to officials at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
10:45 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Zhukovsky, Russia: A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos -- all are part of Russia's vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry. Russian firms unveiled their plans at the country's premiere air show this week at Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, saying the race was on to build a new craft to take people into space following the retirement...
12:14 PM, Aug 20, 2011
Beijing: A group of Chinese scientists have proposed a method to prevent the possible collision of Apophis - a 46-million-tonne asteroid - with the Earth in 2036. The asteroid - which is 270 metres in diameter - will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000-38,000 km in 2029. In 2036, Apophis may come back and collide with Earth April 13, 2036. According to scientists, the chance of a collision in...
12:00 PM, Aug 19, 2011
Washington: Researchers have created the most detailed and comprehensive map of the moon's complex landscape thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). "This dataset is being used to make digital elevation and terrain maps that will be a fundamental reference for future scientific and human exploration missions to the moon," said Gregory Neumann of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre. "After about a year taking data, we already...
02:32 PM, Dec 20, 2010
India's mission to moon can no longer orient itself with high precision. ...
07:56 AM, Jul 17, 2009
Orbit raising manoeuvres were carried out to image lunar surface better. ...
03:58 PM, May 21, 2009
Deepika has added Orbit to her overflowing kitty of endorsements. ...
06:09 PM, Mar 17, 2009
It will drop the moon impact probe with a painting of the tricolour, soon. ...
10:33 PM, Nov 12, 2008
Chandrayaan-1 completed the most critical operation in the moon mission. ...
09:57 PM, Nov 08, 2008
Chandrayaan started at 16:50 hrs IST and it the entered lunar orbit within 14 minutes. ...
04:36 PM, Nov 08, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan's outcast wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider on Tuesday demanded that authorities check the assets of all the players, who were named by alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed during his conversation with an undercover reporter. Haider, who had fled the Pakistan team hotel from Dubai last November after claiming he was given death threats by a bookmaker, said he felt vindicated after hearing about the jury verdict against Salman Butt and Mohammed...
03:37 PM, Mar 14, 2008
London: England team director Andy Flower is "excited" about the prospect of working with multiple cricket captains but has reservations on its efficiency as it is being introduced for the first time. Flower's comments came after England appointed Alastair Cook as the One-day captain, Stuart Broad as the T20 skipper and retained Andrew Strauss as the leader of the Test side. Flower, who signed a fresh contract with the English...
06:40 PM, Jan 22, 2008
China's first lunar probe, Chang'e One, will be in space for one year. ...
04:38 PM, Oct 25, 2007
