India to launch Mars mission: PM
India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year.
Kazakhstan students will take part in Robocon-2012
Almaty International IT-University students will participate in Robocon-2012 contest and show the robots they've assembled recently.
Obama to NASA experts: 'Let me know if you find Martians'
US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA's roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Mars.
Mars rover captures crash landing
NASA said Friday that a mysterious spot shown on a photograph sent back to Earth by the Mars rover Curiosity was the crash landing of its rocket stage.
NASA's Morpheus test lander crashes and burns
NASA's experimental moon lander crashed and burst into flames seconds after takeoff Thursday due to a hardware fault, the US space agency said, prompting an investigation but no casualties.
Kazakhstan will see apogee of Perseids meteor shower
The apogee of Perseids meteor shower will fall on the night of August 12.
Swiss algorithm tracks crime, rumours, epidemics to source
Scientists in Switzerland said on Friday they had devised software that can swiftly trace terror suspects, computer viruses, rumour-mongering and even infectious diseases back to their source.
Australian jet lands in Antarctica on rescue mission
An Australian government jet carrying a medical team made a successful landing on an icy runway in Antarctica Thursday to rescue a sick scientist from the United States' McMurdo Station base.
Curiosity's second day on Mars 'flawless': NASA
NASA rover Curiosity's second day on Mars went "flawlessly," NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well.