SPACE

India plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2016, moving to become the fourth nation to put a man in space.

Twitter is proving to become an ever increasingly powerful tool of communication, even in space.

NASA WISE, which stands for Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope, launched Monday morning at 9:09 a.m. EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

San Francisco-based gWallet, a provider of advertising platform for the virtual goods and social media space, is counting on that axiom to boost its prospects in the fast-growing field.

Virgin Galactic is ready unveiled a commercial rocket plane designed to launch tourists into suborbital space for $200,000 a seat, the company said Monday. The first glimpse of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin's first commercial passenger spacecraft, comes after it private construction began in 2007.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven returned Friday, concluding an 11-day mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, bringing astronaut Nicole Stott back to Earth after spending 91 days in space. The shuttle touched down as scheduled at 9:44 a.m. EST under cloudless skies, guided by the commander, Col. Charles O. Hobaugh of the Marines, and the pilot, Capt. Barry E. Wilmore of the Navy.

Space agencies and Google Inc are helping an international project to monitor forests by satellite to fight global warming, the head of an international earth observation group said on Tuesday.

Guy Laliberte, the Canadian billionaire circus entrepreneur, flew into space with a clown nose and an idea that was literally out of this world.

Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte, dubbed the first clown in space, arrived at the International Space Station in a Russian space craft on Friday on a 10-day trip that cost over $35 million.

Scientists have found strong evidence that there is water on the Moon, according to the journal Science's website.

Sometime in the next six years, astronauts bound for the International Space Station may find themselves strapped inside a private commercial spacecraft known as Dragon.

NASA has ordered astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery to switch to a backup runway in California for their planned landing Friday because thunderstorms blocked its return home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Canadian billionaire founder of Cirque du Soleil said on Thursday he would fly into space later this month to show a fairy tale dream can come true -- and would put on a show while there.

NASA released today 10 fresh new space photos of galaxies and nebulas taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

German solar firms Conergy and Solarworld have voiced strong concern about the pricing practices of Chinese panel makers -- who undercut their German peers' products by around 20 percent. Chinese modules sell in Europe at about 1.70 euros per watt, according to a UBS report.

A billionaire Canadian circus entrepreneur who will visit space this month said on Wednesday he will host a live event from orbit on October 9 to promote the importance of access to clean water globally.

South Korea is counting down to its first space launch on Wednesday that will likely open the door to its nascent rocket program and rile neighbor North Korea, hit by U.N. sanctions after its own rocket launch in April.

An Australian website is giving texting an intergalactic touch and allowing users to send short mobile phone-type messages into space.

Below is the record of Perseid Meteor Shower 2009 on Wednesday, 12 August.

The Perseid Meteor Shower which happens every August is expected the best time to watch on 11-12 August, Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.

The orbiting Kepler telescope has spotted a Jupiter-sized planet around another star -- a sighting that demonstrates it can see Earth-like planets if they are out there, scientists reported on Thursday.