Scientists have invented the world’s fastest and most sensitive astronomical camera that can take 1500 images per second, even of very small objects. The first 240x240 pixel image was obtained, thanks to the joint effort of European Southern Observatory (ESO) and three French laboratories ...

Launching of an unmanned rocket, Atlas V, to the moon is being planned by NASA. NASA wants the rocket to be launched on Thursday, 18th June.  The mission of an unmanned rocket to the moon is the first in this decade.
 
The space agency, NASA, had earlier announced that it has the plans ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it will launch the space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday (June 17). The rescheduled launch of Endeavour has forced NASA to postpone the launch of two lunar satellites, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater ...

US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is likely to collaborate with the European Space Agency (ESA) for Mars exploration. As per reports, both the space agencies are forced by financial woes to team up for Red Planet exploration. The joint Mars exploration venture is likely ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch its homegrown satellite Oceansat-2 into earth's orbit by July-August this year. While making the announcement at the sidelines of a national seminar, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said that Oceansat-2 will help the space research ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Wednesday (June 3) announced that the space shuttle Endeavour will be launched to the international space station on June 13. Top managers of NASA took the decision after clearing the space shuttle. During the 16-day mission, Endeavour ...

Russia on Saturday (May 16) launched a US communication satellite named ProtoStar-2 into the space. According to the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, the Briz-m rocket lifted the ProtoStar-2 satellite at 0057 GMT from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. Informing more, the Russian space agency ...

The largest and the most powerful space telescope, Herschel is all set to take off from Kourou, French Guiana on May 14. The Herschel telescope aims to unravel the mysteries of the origins of universe and the birth of its stars and galaxies. European Ariane-5 rocket will carry the Herschel ...

India's astronomy satellite - ASTROSAT - is expected to be launched in mid-2010. The new satellite is being developed to facilitate the study of astrophysical objects. Report confirms that the development phase of the satellite has been completed by the scientists of Tata Institute of ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the first radar imaging satellite (RISAT) and the micro education satellite, ANUSAT from Sriharikota on Monday (April 20) morning. Both the satellites were successfully placed in the orbit. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of ISRO ...

The first radar imaging satellite of India will be put into orbit on Monday (April 20). The radar imaging satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will keep an eye on the earth in all-weather condition. The 300-kg satellite will take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at ...

To keep vigil along its international border and to keep a check on infiltration round the clock, India is going to have an eye in the sky. For this, India is launching an Israeli-made spy satellite aboard the PSLV C12 from Sriharikota launch pad in about two weeks time. The launch has been ...

Russia is planning to launch three more Soyuz piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday (2nd April). This year the first Soyuz TMA vehicle, "TMA-14", was launched on March 26. It delivered members of the 19th ...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch a Israeli satellite RISAT in the first week of April on board a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The vehicle integration process has already begun at the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and the launch campaign is ...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Monday (16th March) that, its scientists have discovered three new species of bacteria in the upper stratosphere of the earth. These ultra-violet radiation resistant bacteria are not found elsewhere on Earth. Thus, scientists speculate that ...

After a month of delay, Space shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on a space station construction mission. The space shuttle rocketed into the orbit with a crew of seven members including a former Maryland science teacher. Earlier, a ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) personnels will be on the board of India's first manned space mission, which is likely to take off in 2017. A senior IAF official said that, the IAF will train two of its personnel for the mission, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The ...

After the successful launch of the moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now gearing up for a mission to the sun. The proposed sun mission christened as "Mission Aditya", which is aimed at unraveling the secrets of the sun. G Madhavan Nair, ...

India's dream to send astronauts into space received a boost when the planning commission of the country approved a £1.7-billion plan to launch the first manned mission by 2015.  Under the proposed manned mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be planning to send two ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of US has postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for the fourth time following concerns over valves that keep fuel flowing in Discovery's main engines. After a meeting of the officials of Space Shuttle Program on Friday (February ...

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is all set to begin its maiden journey in search for worlds that could potentially host life. The spacecraft is scheduled to blast-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida aboard a Delta II rocket on March 5, 2009. Kepler is the first mission with the ability ...

The US space agency NASA has announced that, the agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) would conduct missions to Jupiter, Saturn and many moons that revolve around these planets. The missions include sending multiple spacecraft to the Jupiter and Saturn systems to explore the planets. The ...

The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will use an indigenously developed cryogenic engine to launch the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). Reports say that IRSO will undertake the launch operation in July this year. The use of home-grown cryogenic engine to put GSAT-4 into orbit ...

NASA is likely to launch a spacecraft which will study carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. The space agency will launch the spacecraft on February 23 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The new NASA space mission is expected to unravel climate mysteries of the earth. The space ...

On Friday (30th January) NASA unveiled a modest telescope, which is scheduled for liftoff on March 5. The telescope named Kepler will be launched for a mission to discover if there are any Earth-type planets orbiting distant stars.
 
The telescope is named after the 17th century astronomer ...

NASA, the space agency of USA, may be ready to announce alien microbes living below the Martian soil are the cause of a methane haze surrounding the Red Planet of Mars.
 
NASA is expected to have a press conference at its Washington D.C. office to confirm the findings. News of the ...

The ISRO proposed to undertake the country's first manned moon mission by 2020 following the success of Chandrayaan-I, project director of Chandrayaan-I M Annadurai has said. The successful launch of Chandrayaan-I in October last year has given Space scientists the confidence to undertake ...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced to launch as many as four foreign satellites in 2009. Only a couple of weeks ago, ISRO-build W2M communication satellite was successfully launched by the European Ariane-5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou in French Guiana. ...

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is expected to release the images taken by Moon Impact Probe (MIP) after it detached from the orbiting Chandrayaan-1. India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1 landed on lunar surface at 8:31 IST on November 14, 2008. After detaching from the ...

Astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were trying to regain control of their craft before it broke apart in 2003, but there was no chance of surviving the accident, a NASA report said on Tuesday (30th December).
 
From the crew's perspective, the shift from what appeared to be a normal descent ...