Everything you need to know about Nalwar Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Nalwar Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, June 18 (ANI): After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has picked eight new potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars.
Washington, June 17 (ANI): A new project is asking people having an internet connection to help beam messages into outer space in an attempt to make our presence in the universe known.
Washington, June 16 (ANI): ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein - the heaviest spacecraft ever launched by Europe, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on Saturday.
Washington, June 2 (ANI): A University of Rhode Island professor has said that we should start thinking about what kinds of clothes astronauts will need for decades-long space missions, considered the next phase of exploration to infinity and beyond.
Moscow, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft, carrying three new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docked with the station Wednesday, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
Moscow, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian spacecraft -- Soyuz TMA-09M -- carrying three new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docked with the station Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
Melbourne, May 26 (ANI): First moon base may be set up by private companies, not NASA, a study by space habitat developer Bigelow Aerospace has revealed.
London, May 24 (IANS) A study of future human missions has indicated corporate researchers could be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s.
London, May 17 (ANI): Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said that he his life in space was "too good" to not share on social media.
Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) were offered a sneak peak of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' days before it opened on Earth.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield released a YouTube video of him performing David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in space on Sunday.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): NASA ordered two astronauts for an impromptu spacewalk Saturday to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.
Moscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Expedition 35 crew members have removed and replaced a pump on a cooling system of the International Space Station (ISS) that may be leaking ammonia, NASA said.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem.
Moscow, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian cosmonauts could take an unlit Olympic torch aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the relay route for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, an official related to expedition has said.
Melbourne, May 7 (ANI): Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is the ultimate destination in our solar system for humanity, and a priority for NASA, the agency's chief has said in a conference of space experts at George Washington University.
Washington, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA will pay an additional $424 million to extend its contract with Russia's federal space agency (Roscosmos) to transport US astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Tuesday.
Moscow, April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A small object, possibly a meteoroid, has pierced a solar panel on the International Space Station, leaving a "bullet hole", Canadian astronaut and Expedition 35 commander Chris Hadfield has said.
Washington, Apr. 20 (ANI): A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker on Friday when he emerged from the hatch for a little maintenance work outside the International Space Station.
Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): The antimatter hunter AMS-02 on the International Space Station has found new information about the invisible "dark matter".
Islamabad, April 2 (Xinhua-ANI): Seven people were killed and four went missing when a group of heavily armed militants attacked a grid station in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Tuesday, police said.
Havana, March 31 (IANS) Thousands participated in the traditional "Marathon of Hope" here.
Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft successfully completed the company's second cargo flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday, with a 12:36 pm EDT splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico.
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Soyuz TMA-06M manned spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan, ending a three-and-a-half hour voyage to bring three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth after 142 days in orbit.
New Delhi, Mar. 2 (ANI): Two siblings, who were abducted from West Delhi's Mandawali area on Tuesday afternoon, have been found dead.
Washington, February 27 (ANI): A Stanford scientist has come close to solving a mystery that has long bedevilled space exploration: Why do satellites fail?
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new medium-sized American rocket intended for missions to the International Space Station has successfully completed the final ground test, its developer said.
Moscow, Feb 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The engines of a Russian Progress M-17M space freighter were fired to re-adjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), a Russian space agency spokesman said.
London, Feb 16 (ANI): South African Paralympic and Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is under suicide watch in prison after fears emerged that the traumatized sprinter might try to take his own life following charges he premeditatedly killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Washington, February 6(ANI): An Adelie Penguin was photographed at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica by a ESA-sponsored medical research doctor on one of his stopovers on the long voyage to Concordia research station in the heart of the white continent.
Washington, February 5 (ANI): Researchers have found that living in space weakens astronauts' immune systems.
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Months after a professor was arrested for circulating emails mocking Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the party's student wing has filed a police complaint against a college student for a similar act.
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a move that could lead to a completely new and cheaper way of conducting future space missions, US space agency NASA has said it wants to send an inflatable space pod to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2015.
Washington, January 17 (ANI): When humans eventually travel to Mars the voyage will be long and difficult, so the simulated Mars500 mission has shown that every detail must be planned, including diet and sleep.
London, Jan 15 (ANI): NASA will pay 17.8 million dollars to Bigelow Aerospace for testing a prototype inflatable space module aboard the International Space Station.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Stating that nuclear energy will remain an increasingly important element of the nation's energy mix, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that India was in the process of expanding its indigenous nuclear power programme.
London, Jan 9 (ANI): With his upright posture and shiny gold helmet, the space robot looks more suited for the Star Wars set than the International Space Station.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) A fire broke out in a nuclear power plant in
London, January 8 (ANI): Not all current astronauts will be suited to interplanetary travel, a new study has suggested.
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will spend 2.1 trillion rubles (about $70 billion) under a state programme for the development of the national space industry in 2013-2020, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian space rocket corporation Energia has completed the technical design of a new manned spacecraft whose flight tests are due to begin in 2017, according to Energia president Vitaly Lopota.
London, December 25 (ANI): California-based SpaceX has successfully tested a prototype reusable rocket.
Sydney, Dec. 23 (ANI): Police have launched a crackdown on illegal alcohol fiends after a man was caught with a 'booze bumbag' during the Australia vs South Africa Test match at the Gabba.
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Space rocket corporation Energia has won a 350 million ruble (about $11 million) contract to design the orbital laboratory Oka-T-MKS.
Washington, December 19 (ANI): Bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in fact be produced by white dwarfs, a new research has revealed.
London, December 18 (ANI): NASA is preparing to test colour-changing lights on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of efforts to help astronauts on board sleep.
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA plans to help combat astronaut insomnia aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a new lighting system.
Washington, Dec. 2 (ANI): The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has retired from active service in the U.S. Navy.
New York, November 27 (ANI): Scott Kelly, an astronaut from NASA, will be manning an expedition in spring 2015 for one year at the International Space Station with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, it has been revealed.
Moscow, Nov 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos and NASA have chosen two participants for an experimental yearlong endurance mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, Roscosmos said Monday.
Delhi Metro DMRC Station Controller and Train Operator result 2012 has been declared. With the declaration of the results the date of document verification and psycho test has also been announced.
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Indian?American astronaut Sunita Williams has returned to earth after 127 days in space with a new record under her belt ? the most spacewalking time by a female at 50 hours and 40 minutes over seven career excursions.
Moscow, Nov 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Soyuz TMA?05M manned spacecraft touched down early Monday ending its three?and?a?half hour voyage to bring three International Space Station (ISS) crew members, including Sunita Williams, to Earth after 127 days in orbit.
Washington, Nov. 14 (ANI): A common computer-cleaning product has become the newest deadly object of abuse for US teenagers.
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The re-election of US president Barack Obama could mean one small step back to the moon and a giant leap to landing astronauts on Mars and asteroids.
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams has already voted by absentee ballot, but if she wanted she could have voted in the US presidential election from her home in space on election day itself.
London, Nov. 4 (ANI): NASA has launched a new service that will send people text messages when the International Space Station is over their house.
London, Nov 2 (ANI): Nicole Scherzinger sent the tech world into a frenzy by modeling UK's first Twitter dress at the launch of EE - the new 4G mobile network.
Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS) There will be change of guard at three atomic power stations, run by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat, said an official.
London, October 29(ANI): A commercial space capsule returned to Earth, landing safely in the Pacific Ocean, to wrap up the spacecraft's first operational flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
Under the leadership of Pradesh President Vijender Gupta and BJYM President Nakul Bhardwaj, thousands of youth demonstrators staged strong demonstration at Police Headquarters, ITO demanding registration of FIR against the conspirators of blocking decrease in power tariff and sending them to jail.
Washington, October 12 (ANI): NASA and The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of Pensacola, Fla., have jointly developed a robotic exoskeleton, which someday may help astronauts stay healthier in space and aid paraplegics in walking here on Earth.
Los Angeles, Oct 11 (IANS) Singer Sarah Brightman has reportedly paid 30 million pounds to go to space.
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A group of deadly Black Widow spiders, whose bite can pump lethal neurotoxins into the human body, were accidentally let loose at a British army base, a media report said Thursday.
London, Sep 25 (IANS) NASA will build a manned base beyond the dark side of the moon as a "gateway spacecraft", to serve as a starting point for manned expeditions to Mars, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
Moscow, Sep 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Tuesday approved the crew of a new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) ahead of the launch Oct 23.
London, September 21 (ANI): Prostitutes in South Yorkshire are plaguing pensioners by selling sex door to door for a discounted price of 2.50 pounds.
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) In the wake of growing nuclear safety concerns in India, a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Rajasthan in November to carry out an in-depth operational safety review of two atomic power plants there.
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Three members of the Expedition 32 crew returned safely to Earth on Sunday after spending 125 days in space, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months.
London, Sep 14 (IANS) Scientists have cracked one of the most enduring marine mysteries - why adult male killer whales pretty much stay momma's boys all their lives.
Washington, September 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that the reason why female killer whales have the longest menopause of any non-human species - to care for their adult sons.
London, September 6 (ANI): Using ESA's Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands, an international research team has set a new distance world record in 'quantum teleportation' by reproducing the characteristics of a light particle across 143 km of open air.
London, September 6 (ANI): Sunita Williams and her NASA colleague Akihiko Hoshide installed a power unit on the International Space Station during their second spacewalk on Wednesday by using tools made out of a toothbrush.
London, Sep 6 (IANS) A $3 toothbrush, 'designed' by astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihido Hoshide, saved the day for a $100 billion International Space Station, becoming instrumental in the installation of a vital part for relaying power.
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese colleague Akihiko Hoshide were finally able to install a power unit on the International Space Station Wednesday during their second spacewalk. They used tools made out of a toothbrush.
Pune (Maharashtra), Sept 6 (ANI): A man committed suicide after killing his wife and three children in city's Kothrud area recently.
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese Akihiko Hoshide began a spacewalk Wednesday in another attempt to install a power unit on the International Space Station, RIA Novosti reported.
Washington, August 28 (ANI): An international team of six astronauts is dreaming of finding new life deep underground instead of in outer space.
Washington, August 25 (ANI): In a study that may help solve one of the key problems facing future explorers heading beyond low Earth orbit, researchers have found that eating the right diet and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts' bones.
Washington, August 22 (ANI): NASA has reported that a sensor on Mars rover Curiosity's weather station that takes wind readings has sustained damage.
Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yury Malenchenko completed a six-hour spacewalk having carried out all planned maintenance tasks on the International Space Station (ISS).
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Three people, including a police officer and the suspected gunman himself, were killed and several injured in a shooting incident near a university campus in Texas, media reports said.
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Police took a man into custody Monday after "multiple people" were shot near a university in Texas, CNN reported.
Islamabad, Aug. 12 (ANI): A rickshaw stand manager was paraded naked at a marketplace in Pakistan's Layyah district after he refused to pay extortion money to locally influential men.
Orlando (Florida), Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) A Puerto Rican scientist will be in charge of creating the menu for the first manned mission to Mars.
Washington, August 1 (ANI): Space weather can disrupt technologies on which human society increasingly depend.
Moscow, July 29 (IANS) A Russian cargo spacecraft has successfully re-docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday after a failed attempt five days ago.
Tokyo, July 21 (Xinhua-ANI): An unmanned cargo carrier to supply goods to the International Space Station (ISS), "the Konotori 3", was successfully launched into orbit by an H2B rocket in southwest Japan on Saturday.
Mysore, July 15 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has lauded Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on her second trip to outer space.
Actor Ernest Borgnine, highly acclaimed for his role in the 1955 film "Marty? has passed away at an age of 95 due to kidney failure. The actor had won Academy Award for his role in the film ?Marty?
Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) Actor Ernest Borgnine, best known for his role in the 1955 film "Marty" for which he won an Academy Award, has passed away due to kidney failure. He was 95.
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) A court in Maharashtra Friday sentenced to life imprisonment six policemen involved in two separate custodial death cases in Yavatmal district, an official said.
Paris, June 24 (IANS) You can freeze it, thaw it, vacuum dry it and expose it to radiation, but lichen can still survive.
Washington, June 23 (ANI): ESA scientists have found that certain living organisms can survive in outer space, supporting the theories that life came from outer space.
London, June 13 (ANI): Tamara Ecclestone has revealed that she is trying to find a boyfriend for her mother, Slavica.
London, June 9 (ANI): On June 7, thousands of people in Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus and Lebanon got the shock of their lives, as they watched a spinning 'UFO' performing cartwheels in the sky.
London, June 9 (ANI): Tamara Ecclestone proved on Thursday night that she is a little bit off the pace when it comes to original fashion ideas by attending a fundraiser for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research in a mini dress that has already been worn by many celebrities.
Melbourne, June 8 (ANI): Baz Luhrmann has denied any onset rift with Leonardo DiCaprio while filming 'The Great Gatsby.'
Dubai, June 3 (ANI): A businessman and his sister-in-law were brought to court for allegedly exchanging kisses in public, while he taught her how to use chopsticks in a restaurant.
Sindh, May 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Water and Power, Naveed Qamar, has said talks are underway for the import of electricity from India, adding that headway was expected on the project soon.
