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The images were taken from the European-built Cupola module with a camera set to take pictures at regular intervals.

Watch: Cool video of a spacecraft leaving Earth, from ISS

The spacecraft was launched atop a Soyuz rocket with 2,564kg of cargo and supplies.

24 Nov 2018 12:13 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts.

24 Nov 2018 9:17 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts, but will be unpiloted for its first test flight.

23 Nov 2018 4:37 PM IST

After direct input from several aerospace and engine companies, the scientists said they have developed a design that could be suitable and could be ready to be deployed in 15 years, aiming to cut the rate of temperature change in half. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists weigh up stratospheric sunlight barrier to curb warming

Some researchers say the geo-engineering technique could limit rising temperatures that are causing climate change.

23 Nov 2018 11:49 AM IST

Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo: AP)

Elon Musk smoking marijuana, drinking whiskey prompts NASA to review...

NASA said it would conduct a cultural assessment study of the SpaceX and Boeing.

22 Nov 2018 10:22 AM IST

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth observation satellite

Arianespace is majority-owned by a joint venture of Airbus and Safran.

22 Nov 2018 10:18 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's crew rocket set for January test flight

SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under NASA's Commercial Crew Program

22 Nov 2018 10:17 AM IST

The aircraft, called Version 2 EAD Airframe, or V2, weighs only 5.4 pounds (2.45 kg) with a wingspan of 16-1/2 feet (5 meters).

Plane with absolutely no moving parts takes flight

MIT engineers described successful flight tests at an indoor campus gymnasium of the unmanned airplane.

22 Nov 2018 10:05 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX, Boeing

NASA said it would conduct a cultural assessment study of the companies, including the adherence to a drug-free...

21 Nov 2018 10:20 AM IST

TESS is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope.

NASA bids final adieu to Kepler Space Telescope

The final set of commands was to disconnect communications with Earth.

20 Nov 2018 11:41 AM IST

(Photo credit: NASA)

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

19 Nov 2018 2:06 PM IST

Members of the BIPM, which groups some 60 nations, agreed on Friday after a week-long meeting at the nearby Palace of Versailles to redefine a kilogram in terms of a tiny but unchanging value called the Planck constant . (Photo: Pixabay)

How much does a kilogram weigh?

Since 1889, a kilogram has been defined by a shiny lump of platinum-iridium kept in a special glass case.

19 Nov 2018 9:36 AM IST