Space

Falcon Heavy: world’s most powerful rocket to launch in 2013 Wed, 06/04/2011 - 12:53 by Anter Prakash Singh California based spaceship maker SpaceX has announced Tuesday that is making a new rocket which will powerful enough to carry nearly 53,000 kilograms of cargo, about the double the capacity of the present space shuttles. The company has named the rocket, Falcon Heavy. Comments Read more	NASA releases first picture of Mercury's surface Wed, 30/03/2011 - 13:40 by Cooshalle Wilson The world’s leading U.S. space agency, NASA has released the first picture taken of Mercury’s surface by its messenger craft. Comments Read more	Coldest star found: temperature no warmer than hot coffee Thu, 24/03/2011 - 13:12 by Jaspreet Virk Astronomers claim that they have discovered dimmest and the coldest star. Comments Read more
Saturday's supermoon promises a celestial treat Sat, 19/03/2011 - 13:17 by Jaspreet Virk A celestial treat awaits the sky gazers as 'Supermoon' will adorn the night sky this Saturday. Comments Read more	Japan earthquake: Earth's axis tilts, days shorten Mon, 14/03/2011 - 13:44 by Jaspreet Virk The massive Japan earthquake has not only caused widespread devastation and thousands of deaths, but it has also jolted Earth's axis into new position and shortened the days. Comments Read more	March 19 supermoon to spell havoc? Thu, 10/03/2011 - 13:20 by Jaspreet Virk Will we see tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters with 'supermoon' next week? Well, while astrologers are warning that moon's closest approach to Earth will wreck havoc, the scientists have ruled out the prediction. Comments Read more
NASA loses its ‘Glory’ satellite soon after launch Sat, 05/03/2011 - 11:20 by Anter Prakash Singh NASA’s Glory satellite crashed into the Pacific Ocean soon after its pre-dawn launch on Friday from the Vandenberg Air Base in California. Comments Read more	Air Force ready for launch of second X-37B Fri, 04/03/2011 - 11:36 by Anter Prakash Singh The US Air Force is gearing up for the launch of its second X-37B unmanned space vehicle, scheduled for Friday, provided the weather cooperates. Like the first one, the details of experiments to be carried out during this mission are also classified. Comments Read more	Space shuttle Discovery takes off on final mission Fri, 25/02/2011 - 22:39 by Jaspreet Virk NASA's space shuttle Discovery rocketed into orbit for the final time on its mission to International Space Station (ISS) Thursday. Comments Read more
It's official! Sun really is a sphere Mon, 07/02/2011 - 18:01 by NeelamGoswami A pair of orbiting space telescopes captured for the first time the complete surface of the Sun. Two probes from NASA’s STEREO mission have beamed back the first ever 360-degree view of the Sun, suggesting the star really is a sphere. Comments Read more	Mock Mars mission reaches planet's orbit Sat, 05/02/2011 - 15:26 by Yasser Ali The Mars500 mission spacecraft with five astronauts has finally entered the orbit of Mars after a grueling interplanetary flight. It will soon land on the red planet on Feb. 12. Comments Read more	Discovery's main spacewalker injured in accident Sun, 16/01/2011 - 14:29 by Jaspreet Virk In what could upset NASA's upcoming Discovery mission, Tim Kopra, an astronaut slated to launch space shuttle next month, has been injured in a bicycle accident Saturday. Comments Read more