Mir's fate sealed

Gel travel

Scientists fly rockets with toothpaste-like jelly

The Mir conundrum

In interstellar space

Destination moon

Edusat will educate

But how?

Speed feat

Merry Christmas

Planet X

Incorrect data spurred on the discovery of Pluto

Destination: red planet

The historic Mars Pathfinder spacecraft lands on the Mars equipped with the first ever mobile robot rover to divulge the planet's secrets

Big is out, small is in

A financially squeezed NASA has been forced to look for cheaper ways to explore the solar system

Ten years hence

Computers that shop for you, satellites that prevent accidents and creams that actually remove wrinkles -- these are some of the technological …

Comfort above the clouds

Three new inventions by nasa are sure to make life a little easier in space

Breaking ice

The discovery of water on the Moon means little unless it can be used. Scientists are using all their skills to figure out how

Firepower

Space. The final frontier. It is here that science is seeking ways to make a better automobile engine

Luna's law

The discovery of water will make it possible to set up a colony on the Moon. But will there be a repeat of the East India Company?

Over before we knew it

Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non-event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites

Watch: What 30 years of Hubble has meant for humanity

The telescope has been the eyes of astrinomers above the Earth's atmosphere

Space invaders

Magnetic clouds that burst out from the Sun may damage satellites

Hello Mathilde

In Focus

Celestial bomb

Distress signals

Repairs on Mir have been postponed

Doomsday prediction

Cosmic rain