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Anonymous threat to Mars rover 'Curiosity'

Anonymous threat to Mars rover 'Curiosity'

Rediff.com16 Aug 2012

The hacking group, Anonymous had reportedly brought down websites, including Visa and several US government sites, as a protest against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest, and 'Curiosity' could be their next target, the Daily Mail reported.

Mars Curiosity rover gets 'brain transplant'

Mars Curiosity rover gets 'brain transplant'

Rediff.com13 Aug 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's rover 'Curiosity' has spend its first weekend on Mars getting a 'brain transplant' enabling it to enhance its performance by avoiding hazards while driving and using its strong robotic arm.

Delhi boy Prafull Sharma discovers a NEW COMET

Delhi boy Prafull Sharma discovers a NEW COMET

Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

A Delhi boy has discovered a new comet using data from NASA and European Space Agency's spacecraft-based observatory SOHO that studies the Sun.

MUST SEE! Curiosity beams new photos of MARS

MUST SEE! Curiosity beams new photos of MARS

Rediff.com9 Aug 2012

NASA's newly landed Mars science rover Curiosity snapped the first colour image of its surroundings while an orbiting sister probe photographed litter left behind during the rover's daring do-or-die descent to the surface, scientists said Tuesday, Reuters reported.

PIX: Curiosity rover may be littering plastic on Mars

PIX: Curiosity rover may be littering plastic on Mars

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

Pictures beamed back by the rover show a bright object lying in the Martian dirt, and a closer look suggests the object is a piece of plastic wrapper that has fallen from the robot.

In PHOTOS: Space shuttle Endeavour's road trip

In PHOTOS: Space shuttle Endeavour's road trip

Rediff.com16 Oct 2012

Space shuttle Endeavour has finally rolled into its retirement home at the California Science Center after it paraded through the streets of Los Angeles.

'NO DOOMSDAY, December 21 will be another normal day'

'NO DOOMSDAY, December 21 will be another normal day'

Rediff.com18 Dec 2012

D P Duari, a NASA educator and director of M P Birla Planetarium, said December 21 would be marked different only because it is a day of winter solstice and the world would not certainly meet its end on that day.

Rare photos: Mars like NEVER seen before

Rare photos: Mars like NEVER seen before

Rediff.com11 Jul 2012

Here's a look at some stunning pictures that shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months of work during its most recent Martian mission.

IN PHOTOS: Neil Armstrong now rests at sea

IN PHOTOS: Neil Armstrong now rests at sea

Rediff.com15 Sep 2012

The remains of legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on Moon, were buried at the Atlantic Ocean in a ceremony aboard a US Navy cruiser.

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Rediff.com9 Dec 2019

Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.

World's most powerful rocket soars toward Mars, with a Tesla roadster as payload

World's most powerful rocket soars toward Mars, with a Tesla roadster as payload

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

The rocket is the first step in Musk's ambitious dream to send humans to Mars and establish a colony on the planet.

PIX: Sunita Williams readies for trip to space in July

PIX: Sunita Williams readies for trip to space in July

Rediff.com23 Jun 2012

Indian-American Sunita Williams, a record-setting astronaut who lived and worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006, is headed to the space once again in July.

International space crew returns Olympic torch to earth

International space crew returns Olympic torch to earth

Rediff.com11 Nov 2013

A Soyuz capsule carried an International Space Station crew of three back to Earth on Monday along with an Olympic torch that was displayed in open space as part of Russia's preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

PIX: Tears, smiles by the billion at London Games

PIX: Tears, smiles by the billion at London Games

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Fourteen billion dollars goes a long, long way; it would buy you three US aircraft carriers or six NASA rover missions to Mars.

Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight

Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight

Rediff.com12 Aug 2012

"Astro lovers are expected to see shooting stars whizzing past in the skies as the Perseid meteor showers will be seen on the night of August 12 to 14," Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) President C B Devgun told PTI.

MUST SEE: Curiosity sends first set of colour images from Mars

MUST SEE: Curiosity sends first set of colour images from Mars

Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

Giving new insight into the Mars landscape, NASA's Curiosity has sent first set of colour images from the 'Red planet', the United States space agency said.

India among 10 nations on doomsday asteroid target

India among 10 nations on doomsday asteroid target

Rediff.com18 May 2012

Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new information about their total numbers, origins and the possible dangers they may pose.

AMAZING: Meet the Indian engineer with 98 INNOVATIONS!

AMAZING: Meet the Indian engineer with 98 INNOVATIONS!

Rediff.com16 Jul 2012

Assam-born mechanical engineer Uddhab Bharali dropped out of college in 1987 because of acute poverty. Called 'useless' by his family and labelled a lunatic for his desire to invent things the likes of which the world has never seen, today he has been shortlisted by NASA for a breakthrough innovation.

Captured! The deepest-ever view of the universe

Captured! The deepest-ever view of the universe

Rediff.com27 Sep 2012

Using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of our deepest-ever view of the universe, an image that reveals the faintest and most distant galaxies ever seen.

Messenger sends PHOTOS from Mercury

Messenger sends PHOTOS from Mercury

Rediff.com1 Apr 2011

NASA's Messenger spacecraft, the first ever to enter the orbit of Mercury, has fetched its first photo, the project's website said.

India's one giant leap: Mangalyaan enters Mars orbit

India's one giant leap: Mangalyaan enters Mars orbit

Rediff.com24 Sep 2014

India successfully placed its spacecraft in orbit around Mars, becoming the first country in the world to succeed in such an inter-planetary mission in the maiden attempt itself.

5 amazing things about Curiosity, the Mars rover

5 amazing things about Curiosity, the Mars rover

Rediff.com31 Jul 2012

The landing will mark the beginning of a two-year prime mission to investigate one of the most intriguing places on Mars.

First US woman to go into space passes away

First US woman to go into space passes away

Rediff.com24 Jul 2012

Sally Ride, the first US woman to go into space, has died after a 17-month battle against cancer. She was 61.

STUNNING PHOTOS: 'Streams of water' on the Red planet

STUNNING PHOTOS: 'Streams of water' on the Red planet

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

Pictures taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft showed finger-like features which may be flows of salty water spilling over the rims of craters

UP CLOSE: Saturn's glorious rings and mysterious moons

UP CLOSE: Saturn's glorious rings and mysterious moons

Rediff.com20 Jul 2012

Amazing new images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting the planet give a spectacular view of Saturn's rings and its moons. The Cassini space probe, for the first time in two years, has been able to get a good view of the planet's famous rings owing to a recent change in the spacecraft's angle of orbit. It took seven years for Cassini to travel the two billion miles to Saturn. Here's a look at some stunning pictures of Saturn.

Boeing plans to fly tourists to space

Boeing plans to fly tourists to space

Rediff.com16 Sep 2010

The seats would be on board its CST-100 spacecraft, which it is developing under NASAs push for commercial crew spacecraft. The CST-100 could carry seven people and fly on multiple launch vehicles.

The most controversial celebs of 2011!

The most controversial celebs of 2011!

Rediff.com8 Dec 2011

These famous personalities have all managed to stir up a hornet's nest this past year!

UAE successfully launches Arab world's first Mars mission

UAE successfully launches Arab world's first Mars mission

Rediff.com20 Jul 2020

The spacecraft is expected to reach Mars orbit in about 200 days from now and then begin its mission to study the Red Planet's atmosphere.

China rushes to finish world's largest telescope

China rushes to finish world's largest telescope

Rediff.com25 Jul 2015

China is frantically giving finishing touches to world's largest radio telescope designed to find signs of alien life following NASA's recent discovery of 'Earth 2.0' with the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.

IN PHOTOS: How 'SUPER MOON' enthralled the world!

IN PHOTOS: How 'SUPER MOON' enthralled the world!

Rediff.com7 May 2012

We present a set of pictures from around the world to show how the amazing 'super moon' enthralled the world last night.

Indian and Pacific Oceans have been 'hiding' global warming

Indian and Pacific Oceans have been 'hiding' global warming

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

The study was published in the journal Science.

It's raining poll promises in TN but here's the catch

It's raining poll promises in TN but here's the catch

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Pentagon defends India's ASAT test

Pentagon defends India's ASAT test

Rediff.com12 Apr 2019

"The first lesson from the Indian ASAT is just the simple question of why did they do that. And the answer should be, I think to all the committee looking at it, is that they did that because they are concerned about threats to their nation from space," US Strategic Command Commander General John E Hyten told members of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

In PHOTOS: Endeavour ready for final space voyage

In PHOTOS: Endeavour ready for final space voyage

Rediff.com16 May 2011

About 500,000 people are expected to gather along the Brevard County coast to watch what would be the penultimate launch in the space shuttle's 30-year, 134-mission history.

In PHOTOS: Juno takes off to Jupiter

In PHOTOS: Juno takes off to Jupiter

Rediff.com6 Aug 2011

Juno's detailed study of the largest planet in our solar system will help reveal Jupiter's origin and evolution.

A-SAT debris will decay in 45 days, says DRDO chief

A-SAT debris will decay in 45 days, says DRDO chief

Rediff.com6 Apr 2019

His remark comes days after National Aeronautics and Space Administration raised concerns about the spread of debris from the Anti-Satellite Test test India conducted on March 27.

Foreign media on Mars mission: A technological leap

Foreign media on Mars mission: A technological leap

Rediff.com6 Nov 2013

India's successful launch of its Mars mission has been described by the mainstream American media as "technological leap" and "a symbolic coup" against China in this field.

NOT AGAIN! Doomed satellite may crash into Earth

NOT AGAIN! Doomed satellite may crash into Earth

Rediff.com19 Oct 2011

A 2.4-tonne defunct satellite is expected to make a fiery death plunge to Earth this week, but exactly when and where the doomed satellite will fall still remains a mystery, German space scientists have said.

'Out of this world' tribute to human spaceflight

'Out of this world' tribute to human spaceflight

Rediff.com12 Apr 2011

NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman has staged an "out of this world" concert, literally to salute 50 years of human spaceflight and the anniversary of the first launch of a human to space. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed that milestone on April 12, 1961

PHOTOS: New Earth-size planets discovered

PHOTOS: New Earth-size planets discovered

Rediff.com21 Dec 2011

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun