Indian PM defends spending on space exploration
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended spending millions of dollars on space exploration despite many people in the country living in grinding poverty.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended spending millions of dollars on space exploration despite many people in the country living in grinding poverty.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2012
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India plans to launch a mission to Mars next year, putting an orbital probe around the red planet to study its climate and geology, top space department officials said on Thursday.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Six days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2012
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A powerful solar telescope billed as the largest in Europe opened Monday on Spain's Canary Islands which scientists say will allow them to study the sun in unprecedented detail.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2012
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Development is squeezing animals into smaller pockets of land, and without sufficient planning and protection, individual animal populations could find themselves increasingly isolated.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2012
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Firing on all engines, NASA's latest rover to Mars executed a course adjustment Wednesday that put it on track for a landing on the red planet in August.
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2012
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Queensland University of Technology PhD student Wesam Al Sabban is a genius and has the medal to prove it!
Engineering
Dec 14, 2011
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NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-B spacecraft successfully executed its first flight path correction maneuver Wednesday, Oct. 5. The rocket burn helped refine the spacecraft's trajectory as it travels ...
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2011
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Species' ability to overcome adversity goes beyond Darwin's survival of the fittest. Climate change has made sure of that. In a new study based on simulations examining species and their projected range, researchers at Brown ...
Ecology
Sep 29, 2011
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A research paper that has potential implications for homeland defense, work place safety, and health care has been published in the Journal of Advanced Materials.
Materials Science
Jan 15, 2010
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