Iranian Professor, Firouz Naderi, who exercised leadership at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration for over three decades, has passed away at the age of 77. Born in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz in 1946, Professor Naderi had been residing in the United States since he was about 18, Young Journalists Club, a subsidiary ...

IRNA Iranian NASA scientist Firouz Naderi who along with engineer Anousheh Ansari, another Iranian national, accepted Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadis Academy Award, has responded to an avalanche of trash by professional mudslingers, criticizing him for his approach at the ceremony. Since Oscar night an avalanche of trash by professional mudslingers ...

WMUR- The head of Iran's space agency said Tuesday his country is interested in cooperating with NASA. Speaking to reporters at the start of World Space Week, Mohsen Bahrami said that "many in the world look at NASA's programs. We are interested in having cooperation, naturally. When you are in orbit, there is no country and race." It was the ...

The head of Iran's space agency says his country is interested in cooperating with NASA. Mohsen Bahrami said Tuesday that "many in the world look at NASA's programs. We are interested in having cooperation, naturally. When you are in orbit, there is no country and race." It is the first time Iran has expressed such interest since signing last ...

Waters of Irans salty Lake Urmia, which are normally aquamarine or various shades of green, became blood red, as captured by NASA. According to scientists, the color change was caused by microorganisms. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onNASA's Aqua satellite recently captured a transition inthe color ofLake Urmia betweenApril ...

NASA and the United Arab Emirates have signed a collaboration agreement on aeronautics research and space discovery with a focus on one of agencys key pursuits -- the exploration of Mars. NASA is leading an ambitious journey to Mars that includes partnerships with the private sector and many international partners, said NASA Administrator Charles ...

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named an asteroid in the solar system after Firouz Naderi, an Iranian scientist and the former director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Tonight at NASA/JPL farewell party I learned that they have named an asteroid after me!! I was overwhelmed, Naderi ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian scientist Behrokh Khoshnevis at South California University has developed a method for building structures in the space automatically which does not need astronauts' activities. The method uses sources of the space and other planets to provide material for the structures. NASA picked Khoshnevis's plan for 'Create the Future ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The latest space tourism venture depends more on hot air than rocket science. World View Enterprises announced plans Tuesday to send people up in a capsule, lifted 19 miles by a high-altitude balloon. Jane Poynter, CEO of the Tucson, Ariz.-based company, said the price for the four-hour ride would be $75,000. While it's ...