India's Mars Orbiter successfully enters Red Planet orbit, PM congratulates
Bangalore, Sept 24 (IBNS): India entered a big league in space science and created history on Wednesday with its much touted Mars Mission achieving a milestone as its Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan, successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
Australia lets world know India's Mars Orbiter Mission has arrived
New Delhi, Sept 24 (IBNS) Australian engineers and technicians working at the CSIRO-managed Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) in regional Australia Tuesday played a critical role in confirming the successful first phase of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission.
2014 Arctic sea ice minimum sixth lowest on record
California, Sept 22 (IBNS): Arctic sea ice coverage continued its below-average trend this year as the ice declined to its annual minimum on Sept. 17, according to the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
ISRO successfully test fires Mars Orbiter Spacecraft's main liquid engine
Sriharikota, Sept 22 (IBNS): In a significant achievement, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) satellite "Mangalyaan" on Monday cleared a crucial four-second motor fire test just 48 hours ahead of its insertion into the martian orbit.
"Mangalyaan" clears rehearsal test, readies for D-day
Sriharikota, Sept 22 (IBNS): India,s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) satellite "Mangalyaan" on Monday cleared a crucial four-second motor fire test just 48 hours ahead of its insertion into the martian orbit, when history will be created, media reported.
NASA's newest Mars mission spacecraft enters orbit around Red Planet
California, Sept 22 (IBNS) NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars' orbit at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet's upper atmosphere as never done before. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars.
NASA Cargo launches to space station aboard SpaceX resupply mission
California, Sept 21 (IBNS) About 5,000 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo are on their way to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.
CERN, APS announce partnership for Open Access
Geneva, Sept 18 (IBNS): The American Physical Society (APS) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Thursday jointly announced a partnership to make all CERN-authored articles published in the APS journal collection to be Open Access.
Indian scientist gets Midori Prize in Biodiversity
Tokyo, Sept 8 (IBNS) Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, who has made intellectual contributions to biodiversity science through research on conservation and rural livelihoods in biodiversity hotspots, publishing nearly 200 research articles and 10 books or monographs, won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity.
NASA to investigate climate impacts of Arctic Sea ice loss
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate.
NASA-UCI study indicates loss of West Antarctic Glaciers appears unstoppable
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
NASA launches satellite to study how sun's atmosphere is energized
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched on Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
NASA telescopes uncover early construction of giant galaxy
California, Sept 5 (IBNS) Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction. The building site, dubbed “Sparky,†is a dense galactic core blazing with the light of millions of newborn stars that are forming at a ferocious rate.
India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft to reach red planet in 33 days
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft is all set to reach the red planet in just 33 days.
Soyuz rocket with Galileo satellites lifts off: ESA
Brussels, Aug 22 (IBNS) The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday said the Soyuz rocket launched Europe's fifth and six Galileo satellites from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.