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In deep space, accurate timekeeping is vital to navigation, but not all spacecraft have precise timepieces aboard.

NASA planning to test deep space atomic clock

NASA is gearing up to launch an atomic clock into space, which will help the space agency understand methods.

8 Feb 2018 4:32 PM IST

The worlds most powerful rocket blasted off on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest competitor. Heres a bunch of photos of SpaceXs rocket carrying Elon Musks car to space.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's sports car approaches asteroid belt beyond Mars

The world's first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.

8 Feb 2018 8:18 AM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX's launch caught world's attention, called Monumental'

Several scientists and researchers took to Twitter as a medium to appreciate this event.

7 Feb 2018 1:39 PM IST

The image shows the companys spacesuit in Elon Musks red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

Check out SpaceX's -"Starman-" driving beyond earth on a Tesla...

With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest competitor.

7 Feb 2018 1:18 PM IST

Musk, who also runs the electric car company Tesla, sent his Roadster into a long solar orbit stretching out to Mars.

Spacex 'Starman' at wheel of sports car flying on new rocket

Musk's Starman will cruise around the sun for a billion years.

7 Feb 2018 10:08 AM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all.

Watch | SpaceX launches Elon Musk's own sports car into space on a big...

With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest...

7 Feb 2018 7:44 AM IST

The 700km-range Agni-I is the first missile of the Agni series designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Agni-I successfully test-fired

The missile was inducted into service in 2004, the sources added.

7 Feb 2018 2:02 AM IST

The Falcon Heavy wont surpass NASAs Saturn V moon rocket, still all-time king of the launch circuit. (Photo: SpaceX)

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy with 'Cherry Red' Tesla Roadster ready for...

SpaceX boasts a Falcon Heavy could lift a 737 into orbit, passengers, luggage and all.

6 Feb 2018 11:43 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX bucks launch tradition in 1st flight of new rocket

SpaceX is bucking decades of launch tradition for the first test flight of its new megarocket.

6 Feb 2018 8:14 AM IST

It likely belonged to a woman known as Hetpet, who archaeologists believe was close to ancient Egyptian royals of the 5th Dynasty.

4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo: Egypt

The tomb was found in a wider area of Giza's western necropolis, which is known to be home to tombs from the Old...

4 Feb 2018 9:46 AM IST

Woodpeckers have several adaptations to mitigate the impact of pecking, involving their beak, skull, tongue and the space between their brain and skull.

A real head banger: woodpeckers show signs of potential brain damage

Scientists say study found build-ups of a protein called tau in woodpeckers' brains that in people is associated with...

3 Feb 2018 3:15 PM IST

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

Astronauts to now eat their own excreta!

Even though it may sound weird, it definitely will save a lot of space and effort to take edibles along on the journey.

3 Feb 2018 2:15 PM IST