Space Scan

After a nine-day visit to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Discovery prepared for a return back to earth. If the weather is favourable and the shuttle passes final inspection, it is supposed to land today at Kennedy Space Centre in...

Despite a crack in the insulating foam fuel tank of the space shuttle, the NASA officials have decided to go ahead with the plan of launching the Discovery today -- July 4. According to NASA, the piece of foam broken off the fuel tank of Discovery is.

The launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been postponed for the second consecutive day. Forced by bad weather, NASA has set the next launching for Tuesday. The seven crew members boarded the spaceship for a lift-off this Saturday. But, just...

As part of NASA's exploration agenda, the 'Tropi' project -- if successful -- will provide as a food source and as oxygen producers on long-range trips to Mars.

Discovery is ready to take off for the first space shuttle flight in nearly a year. But, the clouds in the forecast raised doubts if it can lift-off the launch pad this weekend. The clouds capable of producing lightning provide a 60 percent chance of...

Humans can even aspire to grow crops and manage a garden in space! Can we grow food in microgravity? To satiate this intrusiveness, the space shuttle Discovery scheduled to launch July 1, will carry the research of Miami University professor John Kiss..

Scientists have been scanning across the outer Universe in search of extraterrestrial civilizations for nearly half a century. All have been disappointing them as more than half the stars in our galaxy are small, dim M-class stars. But SETI researchers...

The ninth planet of our solar system is rich with its natural satellites. Yes, Pluto may have not just one, but three moons. Astronomers discovered two more moons of Pluto using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Charon, Pluto's only confirmed moon so far,...