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NASA captures images of dusty spiral galaxy

The Hubble space telescope has captured the images of spiral galaxy NGC 4183 which lies about 55 million light-years from the Sun.

US space shuttle Endeavour heads to museum

Endeavour will arrive in Los Angeles on Friday and in mid-October it will be transported very slowly down city streets to the California Science Center.

Mars rover Curiosity to launch first rock study

The NASA-built rover is set to perform the mission's first "contact science" by using instruments on the vehicle's robot arm to photograph and analyze a pyramid-shaped rock.

First planets found around sun-like stars in a cluster

The starry-skied planets are two so-called hot Jupiters, which are massive, gaseous orbs that are boiling hot because they orbit tightly around their parent stars.

Sunita Williams takes over command at ISS

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over the command of International Space Station, becoming the second woman in history to do so, even as a three-member crew of the Expedition 32 has returned safely to Earth, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months.

NASA's Curiosity robotic arm tests nearly complete

Tests with the 7-foot (2.1-metre) arm have allowed the mission team to gain confidence in the arm's precise maneuvering in Martian temperature and gravity conditions.

NASA's Mars data indicates 'Dry Ice' snowfall

Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars, based on data provided by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Northrop aids navigation of Mars rover

The LN-200S is a lightweight, fibre-optic inertial measurement unit (IMU) that will help guide the Mars rover as it investigates the viability of microbial life on the planet - now or in the past.

Spacewalk successful; Williams installs bolt, breaks record

Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese counterpart Akihiko Hoshide have successfully restored power to the International Space Station during their second space excursion in less than a week.

Williams to undertake sixth space walk tomorrow

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese colleague will again venture outside the International Space Station to complete the maintenance tasks which remained unsuccessful during their last outing.

ISS crew members complete second spacewalk

During the eight-hour-long spacewalk, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide have failed to complete the tasks of installing a new power relay unit and replacing a faulty camera at the orbital outpost.

NASA launches satellites to study Earth's radiation belt

An Atlas V rocket has successfully placed in orbit the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) which is on a two-year mission to study Earth's harsh radiation belts.

NASA telescope spots millions of new black holes

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope of NASA has found millions of new black holes and dust-obscured galaxies in the Universe.