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New Horizons sends new pictures of Pluto’s Icy Mountains and Moon Charon

Jul 17, 2015

A decade-long journey to a not so famous planet, NASA‘s New Horizons is beaming pictures that are enriching our knowledge about the dwarf planet. The spacecraft, the size of a piano will continue to render its...

NASA New Horizon probe takes more detailed Images of Pluto

Bryan M Zarpentine

May 28, 2015

Innovation

A NASA spacecraft is closing in on Pluto, and sending back pictures that have scientists excited. Between May 8 and May 12, the New Horizon probe took photographs of Pluto using its Long-Range Reconnaissance Im...

NASA MESSENGER Probe ends its Mission by smashing into Mercury

Jamie Hacking

May 2, 2015

Innovation

The MESSENGER probe was originally planned to last for a year but got two lease of life and the end was spectacular in every measure. The messenger ended its life by smashing into the first member of the solar ...

NASA Dawn Spacecraft captures image of sunlit north pole of Ceres

Cody Gash

Apr 18, 2015

Innovation

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - The Dawn spacecraft, which is orbiting the dwarf planet, Ceres, has been able to capture some images of its sunlit north pole. On April 10, the spacecraft was able to move from the d...

New Horizons probe beams first-ever color image of Pluto back to NASA

Cody Gash

Apr 16, 2015

Innovation

Washington - It is the first time that NASA's New Horizon probe has captured a full-colored image of the icy dwarf planet - Pluto. In this image, Pluto is appearing more of two small dots and NASA's spacecraft ...

New “flying saucer” technology tested by NASA

NASA laboratory spin tests “Flying Saucer” type Spacecraft in Hawaii

Cody Gash

Apr 1, 2015

Innovation

New York – It’s during a live broadcast from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California that NASA showed off its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator which is meant to replace the traditional technolog...

A mission by NASA to pluck a Boulder off an Asteroid

NASA plans to pluck a boulder off an Asteroid and place it in Moon’s orbit

Cody Gash

Mar 26, 2015

Innovation

Washington – It is better to fetch a rock from an asteroid into lunar orbit than hooking a whole asteroid according to NASA who has unveiled an ambitious looking mission of sending a robotic spacecraft to an as...

After Eight years and $3.1 bn in expenses, Dawn now orbits dwarf planet Ceres

Cody Gash

Mar 9, 2015

Innovation

Orbital ATK has since achieved its long awaited mission. The mission involved uncovering the mysteries of the solar system after a deep exploration. This involved the application of a great part of innovation, ...

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft successfully starts orbiting dwarf planet Ceres

Cody Gash

Mar 7, 2015

Innovation

NASA - Dawn spacecraft after journey of 3.1 billion miles and a total of 7.5 years has now gone to the records as it becomes the first spacecraft that has been able to achieve orbit around the dwarf planet Cere...

NASA spacecraft dawn nears orbit of dwarf planet Ceres

Cody Gash

Mar 3, 2015

Innovation

Dawn Spacecraft of NASA is in its final leg journey to meet a dwarf planet, named Ceres. It took eight years for Dawn to reach the orbit of Ceres as NASA expects the event to happen this Friday. Ceres' size cou...

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