PILANI, INDIA: Right from 1979, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, has set a benchmark in Industry-University collaborations for addressing the Human Resource Development issue of various industries by launching an array of work

On Sept. 2, in the wake of news that he had ordered a study of what it would take to extend space shuttle operations from 2010 to 2015, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin discussed his reasoning in an interview with Space News. The following is a transcript

According to the statement, the two agencies agree to conduct discussions to identify new cooperative activities related to space exploration, Earth science, planetary science, human space flight and aeronautics research.

Some sobering news from a recent rocket science conference: It is highly improbable that humans will ever explore beyond the Solar System. This downbeat opinion comes from the Joint Propulsion Conference in Hartford, Connecticut, where future space propul

[Editor’s note: this is the final part of a three-part article. Part one was published two weeks ago and part two appeared last week.]