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According to a report released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), humans could get to the orbit of planet Mars and even the surface of the planet within few years. A workshop was sponsored by the largest space advocacy organization, The Planetary Society. The Mars mission was discussed in detail in the workshop called 'Humans Orbiting Mars'.

A team of experts has developed a scenario, with help of which astronauts will be able to reach the orbit of Mars in 2033. According to workshop chair Scott Hubbard from Stanford University's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the board of directors of the Planetary Society, "We believe we now have an example of a long-term, cost-constrained, executable humans to Mars program".

NASA, in 2018, is going to launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft with the help of the Space Launch System (SLS). Armed with an asteroid hunter, lunar flashlight and DNA kit, the spacecraft will be NASA's largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built.

The US space agency has planned to use the SLS's massive lift capability for carrying around a dozen nano-satellites. It will be used to conduct science experiments beyond low-Earth orbit and eventually, Mars.

Orion will be launched on an unmanned test flight to a distant retrograde orbit around the moon.

Since 2007, telescopes have picked up almost a dozen of 'fast radio bursts', pulses that last for milliseconds. Astronomers have remained puzzled over these bursts seem to be hailing from billions of lights years away.

They wanted to know from how far they could be coming from. Now, it has been found that the burst appear to follow a mathematical pattern. A group of researchers working on this puzzle took benefit of a simple formula, which is, higher frequency radio waves face less interruption as they traverse space.

Telescopes detect them earlier than lower frequency waves. The researchers said that the time delay between higher and lower frequency radio waves for the same pulse event could be used to find out the distance that the waves have traveled.

Multiple cases of the infection along a common migratory pathway passing through the United States' center has posed an increased risk for bird flu to Texas poultry probably.

On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of a bird flu strain in poultry flock in Judith Basin County, Mont., and also in a commercial turkey flock in Beadle County, S. D. In March, the same strain was found in chicken and duck flock in Leavenworth, Kan.

These states are present along the Central Flyway, a way extending from Montana to Texas where wild birds migrate in each spring. It is said that these birds act as source of bird flu virus. Hon Ip, a U. S. Geological Survey virologist, was of the view that there is not much risk for Texas.

Last Wednesday, a deadly fire damaged a Gulf of Mexico oil-drilling platform. The incident killed four people and injured many workers. At that time, three workers went missing and since then, the officials have been searching them.

On Sunday, Mexican officials said that they have decided to continue the search for the missing workers. They also said that repairs have begun to resume production at the facility. While providing information about the incident, officials from the national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, stated that the fire killed about four people and injured 45 others. According to them, the deadly fire forced the evacuation of about 300 workers.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will allow fans to ride vintage subway cars to reach Yankee Stadium on Monday. The move has been adopted in honor of the Bombers' opening day.

As per sources, the classic vintage cars were part of the old IRT system, and started operating in 1917. The vintage cars ran in service for more than five decades before they were retired in the late 1960s.

With their rattan seats, paddle fans and incandescent light bulbs, they served as a splendid illustration of how far rapid-transit car design and technology have advanced over the past 100 years.

It has been told that the first ride will leave the Grand Central Terminal at 11:30 am on April 6, and will run non-stop throughout the day to the Bronx.