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NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japans Norishige Kanai quickly moved one of those old hands to a long-term storage location outside, and took the other one inside so it can be returned to Earth for a tuneup and then flown back up.

Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair

This last spacewalk in the series should have been completed long before.

17 Feb 2018 12:45 PM IST

Elon Musk had tweeted out soon after the launch that the car had overshot the trajectory by a few points and was instead headed into the asteroid belt.

Will Elon Musk's sports car collide with Earth?

The car is being tracked and a complex calculation reveals that it will crash with Earth ahead.

16 Feb 2018 9:46 AM IST

There are six astronauts aboard the space station. (Photo: AP)

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

It was launched on February 13 from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

16 Feb 2018 8:28 AM IST

It is calculated that the roadster has a six per cent chance of colliding with Earth and a 2.5 per cent probability of hitting Venus over the next million years.

Elon Musk's Tesla to stay in space for ages

The whimsical payload selected for the experiental flight was Musk's old cherry-red Tesla sports car.

16 Feb 2018 12:18 AM IST

The vote was 52-41 for 44-year-old Pai, who has served as a commissioner at the FCC since 2012. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX gets US regulator to back satellite internet plan

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites...

15 Feb 2018 8:33 AM IST

Of the 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) of sea level rise in the past quarter century, about 55 percent is from warmer water expanding, and the rest is from melting ice. (Photo: AP)

Global warming: Sea levels rise faster

The research, based on 25 years of satellite data, shows that pace has quickened, mainly from the melting of massive ice...

13 Feb 2018 9:19 AM IST

Many space experts and legislators are expressing concern.

Trump aims for moon, pulls back on space station, telescopes

The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development and use future savings to aim for the...

13 Feb 2018 8:47 AM IST

The US plan, the paper said, involves privatising the ISS, a low-orbit space station piloted by the US space agency NASA and developed jointly with its Russian counterpart.

US wants to privatise International Space Station

The US plan involves privatising the ISS, a low-orbit space station piloted by the US space agency and developed with...

12 Feb 2018 9:10 AM IST

The researchers identified two genes in the greater mouse-eared bat that may be responsible for its unique longevity adaptation.

Surprising bat genetic trait holds secrets of longevity

Researchers have unlocked some of this bat's longevity secrets, with hints for fighting the effects of ageing in people.

11 Feb 2018 1:39 PM IST

This December 2017 false-color image made available by NASA in February 2018 shows KBO (Kuiper Belt object) 2012 HZ84. This image is, for now, one of the farthest pictures from Earth ever captured by a spacecraft. It was made by the New Horizons at 3.79 billion miles from Earth. (Photo: AP/NASA)

Farthest photos ever taken, from nearly 4 billion miles away

The NASA spacecraft has set a record for the farthest photos ever taken.

11 Feb 2018 1:19 PM IST

This photo shows two scientists test space suits and a geo-radar for use in a future Mars mission in the Dhofar desert of southern Oman. The desolate desert in southern Oman resembles Mars so much that more than 200 scientists from 25 nations organized by the Austrian Space Forum are using it for the next four weeks to field-test technology for a manned mission to Mars. (Photo: AP)

Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman

Astronaut Kartik Kumar says next step to Mars is to tackle non-engineering problems like medical emergency responses and...

9 Feb 2018 5:32 PM IST

On February 6, an asteroid passed within 114,000 miles (184,000 kilometres), slightly more than halfway to the moon.

Asteroid coming close Friday: Don't worry, we're safe

The newly discovered space rock will pass within 39,000 miles (64,000 kilometres) of Earth on February 9.

9 Feb 2018 5:15 PM IST