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NASA-SpaceX Crew-13 is in orbit: 4 astronauts, 6 months and a rare Dragon milestone

Oct 01, 2026, 02:05 PM IST

NASA-SpaceX Crew-13 is now in orbit with four astronauts heading to the ISS for a six-month mission, including Jessica Watkins’ rare second Dragon flight and a major crew handover.

12.5 million tomato seeds, 69 months in space and 3.3 million students: NASA’s unusual experiment

Sep 28, 2026, 12:09 PM IST

All 12.5 million seeds were of the Rutgers California Supreme variety, a common tomato in American cultivation.

Supersonic flight is back! NASA's strange-looking X-59 has one huge problem to solve

Sep 26, 2026, 06:15 AM IST

NASA's X-59 is testing quieter supersonic flight by tackling sonic booms, while its unusual cockpit, camera system and pilot-led testing raise fresh questions about the future of aircraft.

Moon took a massive hit: Why nobody noticed this giant crater at first

Sep 18, 2026, 06:40 AM IST

NASA’s LRO has discovered a massive new crater on the Moon from a May 2024 impact that went unnoticed, raising questions about debris risks for future lunar bases.

How did NASA’s Roman Telescope save 182 kg of fuel in its first course correction? The 22-year estimate explained

Sep 15, 2026, 03:56 PM IST

NASA says Roman has fuel for at least 22 years of potential science after a precise burn used 18 kg, not 200 kg. Here is why that is an estimate, not a guaranteed mission lifespan.

From ISS To Moon Base: Sunita Williams On The Future Of Space Exploration

Sep 09, 2026, 04:57 PM IST

What comes after the International Space Station? Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams shares her vision for the next chapter of human space exploration. Williams says the transition to new commercial and government space stations offers an opportunity to build infrastructure differently from the ground up, rather than trying to retrofit the decades-old ISS. She explains why safety, reliability and existing processes can make major changes difficult on the current station, which has been operating for more than 25 years. Williams also discusses where future investments could be directed, particularly if new technologies and infrastructure support NASA’s broader exploration goals, including building a future Moon base. As the ISS era moves toward its eventual end, Williams outlines why the next generation of space stations could fundamentally reshape how humanity explores and operates beyond Earth.

1,000 times faster than Hubble: Why NASA’s Roman telescope will map the dark universe

Aug 30, 2026, 08:30 PM IST

Roman is not designed simply to produce spectacular space images. Its primary mission is to survey enormous portions of the sky and investigate some of modern astronomy’s biggest unanswered questions.

Meet Rohan Naidu: Hyderabad-born, an engineering dropout & now the astronomer behind a ‘black hole star’ study

Aug 18, 2026, 04:19 PM IST

Naidu is the lead author of a study published in Nature that examines MoM-BH-1*, an extraordinarily bright red object observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Can a solar storm directly harm people on Earth? What NASA and NOAA actually say about coronal mass ejections

Aug 17, 2026, 04:15 PM IST

Coronal mass ejections are vast clouds of solar plasma and magnetic field. Learn how they form, how they differ from flares, and how they affect power grids, satellites and auroras.

Sophie Adenot could become the first French woman to spacewalk on August 18—here is NASA’s complete livestream schedule

Aug 17, 2026, 03:00 PM IST

NASA plans U.S. Spacewalk 97 for August 18, with Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot replacing an ISS communications antenna. Adenot would become the first French woman to spacewalk in orbit.

Hubble vs Roman: How NASA’s new space telescope will change our view of the universe

Aug 16, 2026, 02:00 AM IST

Hubble is built to study individual objects or relatively small regions of the sky in great detail. Roman, meanwhile, will survey enormous stretches of the universe while maintaining image quality comparable to Hubble in near-infrared wavelengths.