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ISRO chairperson S. Somanath with delegates from Bhutan after the launch of PSLV-C54 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Saturday

Aditya L-1 to piggyback on PSLV for 15 lakh km trip

27 Nov 2022 7:13 AM
NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center(Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA postpones rocket launch to Moon after fuel leak

No new date for another try was immediately announced
04 Sep 2022 1:59 PM
Chandrayaan-2 is now 119 km at its closet approach to the moon and 127 km at its farthest. (Photo: PTI)

Lander leaves Chandrayaan-2 past noon

Isro scientists performed the final and fifth lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2, and placed the spaceship in an almost-circular orbit.
02 Sep 2019 1:28 AM
Chandrayaan-2 (Photo: Twitter | ISRO)

Chandrayaan-2 124 km from moon

The engines on the spacecraft were fired for 1,155 seconds by the end of which Chandrayaan-2 was orbiting the moon at 124 km x 164 km.
31 Aug 2019 3:23 AM
The engines on the spacecraft were fired for 1,155 seconds by the end of which Chandrayaan-2 was orbiting the moon at an orbit of 124 km x 164 km.

Chandrayaan-2 at 4th moon orbit

The exercise commenced at 6.18 pm as planned, using the onboard propulsion system.
31 Aug 2019 2:08 AM
In this image taken from video on Thursday, April 4, 2019, and distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, Russian cargo ship Souz FG with the Progress MS-11 takes off from the launch pad at Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The cargo ship is carrying fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and one Canadian aboard. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)

Russian supply ship reaches space station in record time

The Progress freighter blasted off Thursday from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
08 Apr 2019 10:34 AM
New Horizons on New Year’s day came within 2,200 miles (3,500 km) of Ultima Thule. (Photo: AFP)

After historic flyby, New Horizons probe treks deeper on hunt for moons

The piano-sized probe is travelling deep into the ring of celestial bodies known as the Kuiper Belt.
04 Jan 2019 6:22 PM
Scientists had not discovered Ultima Thule when the probe was launched. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe nears distant space rock for landmark flyby

At 12:33 a.m. Eastern time, the New Horizons probe will arrive at the “third zone” in the uncharted heart of the Kuiper Belt.
01 Jan 2019 1:36 PM
The craft, called Beresheet, Hebrew for Genesis, is shaped like a round table with four carbon-fibre legs, stands about 1.5 meters tall and weighs 585 kg (1,290 lb) - with fuel accounting for two-thirds of that weight.

Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch

Israel has launched satellites before, but this is the first longer-range Israeli spacecraft of its kind.
18 Dec 2018 9:42 AM
This illustration made available by NASA in October 2016 shows an illustration of NASA's InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

NASA's InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere at supersonic speed, then hit the brakes to land on the alien red plains.
27 Nov 2018 3:37 PM
This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Dawn spacecraft orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres. On Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, NASA announced it had lost the probe, ending a fruitful mission in the asteroid belt. (NASA via AP)

Another NASA spacecraft runs out of steam, 2nd this week

Running low on fuel for some time, the Dawn spacecraft this week stopped communicating with flight controllers.
03 Nov 2018 1:58 PM
The BepiColombo spacecraft will have to follow an elliptical path that involves a fly-by of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury itself so it can slow down before arriving at its destination in December 2025. (Photo: AP)

Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

ESA says the 1.3 billion-euro (USD 1.5 billion) mission is one of the most challenging in its history.
20 Oct 2018 2:41 PM
This computer graphic image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, or MASCOT, lander on the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped the German-French observation device, MASCOT, on October 3, 2018, to land on the asteroid as part of a research effort intended to find clues to the origin of the solar system. (JAXA via AP)

Japanese spacecraft drops observation device onto asteroid

The Japan Space Exploration Agency said the MASCOT was released from an unmanned spacecraft and successfully landed on the asteroid Ryugu.
05 Oct 2018 7:37 AM
This computer image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. JAXA said confirmation of the rovers’ touchdown has to wait until it receives data from them. (JAXA via AP)

Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data

An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of the solar system.
21 Sep 2018 7:52 PM
In this image taken from NASA on August 24, 2018, the asteroid Bennu is seen from an image obtained from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraf. (Image: AFP)

NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid, snaps first pic

The spacecraft is designed to circle Bennu, and reach out with a robotic arm to "high-five" its surface, then return.
26 Aug 2018 8:26 AM
The project, with a $1.5 billion price tag, is the first major mission under NASA’s Living With a Star program. (Photo: NASA)

NASA to fly probe into Sun's scorching atmosphere

The Parker probe is set to fly into the Sun’s corona within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface.
21 Jul 2018 2:43 PM
The New Shepard is designed to autonomously fly six passengers more than 62 miles (100 km) above Earth into suborbital space. (Photo: Blue Origins)

Have $200,000 for space rides? Blue Origins’ spacecraft is almost ready

The company is rumoured to start selling tickets in the range of about $200,000 to $300,000.
13 Jul 2018 12:09 PM
Virgin Galactic says that brings the company closer to its goal of being able to fly its spacecraft more frequently than has been typical for human spaceflight. (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

VSS Unity flies again after 2 months, reaches 114,500 feet on its own

VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed to an altitude of 114,500 feet.
30 May 2018 8:07 AM
The spacecraft was flown by the US Air Force to Florida, where it will continue testing, and eventually undergo final assembly and mating to the third stage of the Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle.

Humanity's first flight to Sun set to launch in July: NASA

Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first mission to the Sun.
09 Apr 2018 6:49 PM
After launch, it will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere — the corona.

Humanity’s 1st flight to Sun set to launch in July

Plan to study science behind solar wind with heat shield fitted spacecraft.
09 Apr 2018 1:21 AM

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