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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. (Photo: AP/File)

SpaceX to conduct 'humanity's first planetary defence test' to redirect asteroid

This will be the third flight for this Falcon 9's first stage booster

24 Nov 2021 1:19 PM

Astronauts, from left, Matthias Maurer, of Germany, Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron pose for a photo after leaving the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo: AP)

Indian origin astronaut-led NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 team headed to ISS

The four astronauts lifted off at 9:03 pm EST Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

11 Nov 2021 10:46 AM

In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule undock from the International Space Station on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in darkness

09 Nov 2021 9:30 AM

Elon Musk-led SpaceX's satellite broadband arm Starlink said that its service is available in many countries and it will be easier for it to get government approvals if it has a high number of pre-orders from India. (AFP Photo)

Elon Musk's Starlink aims to start broadband service in India from Dec next year

Starlink Country Director for India Sanjay Bhargava in his social media post said that the pre-order from India has crossed 5,000

01 Oct 2021 3:33 PM

In this image taken from SpaceX video, passengers aboard a SpaceX capsule react as the capsule parachutes into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission

The SpaceX Dragon capsule was slowed down by four large parachutes before splashing into the Atlantic Ocean

19 Sep 2021 8:04 AM

The Dragon capsule's two men and two women are looking to spend three days going round and round the planet. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

It's SpaceX founder Elon Musk's first entry in the competition for space tourism dollars

16 Sep 2021 8:43 AM

He said that opening the doors to the private sector was necessary for aspects like designing and realisation of launch vehicles and satellites apart from maintaining satellites in space as ISRO or DOS cannot carry the weight of their own since demand for space applications was increasing constantly. — Representational image/DC

ISRO eyes 15% share in $350 bn space economy

Dr Sivan says private participation is need of the hour

15 Aug 2021 10:22 PM

Jeff Bezos speaks at an event before unveiling Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander, in Washington. On Monday, July 12, 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Blue Origin's attempt to launch people into space. (AP)

How can you become a space tourist?

All you'll need is a bit of patience. And a lot of money

18 Jul 2021 11:59 AM

SpaceX plans to launch reusable Starships atop still-in-the-works rockets, carrying cargo or crew not only to low-Earth orbit but also the Moon and Elon Musk’s most desirable destination, Mars. The latest test model of the rocket is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet (30 meters) tall and resembles a steel silo—or stretched-out can—with a cap on top. (Photo | AP)

In successful test, SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype flies 45 seconds, lands upright

“Mars is looking real,” SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted after the short hop. “Progress is accelerating.”

05 Aug 2020 10:09 PM

If SpaceX starts taking up all US astronauts, “the annual losses could be more than $200 million, a significant loss for Roscosmos’s budget of around $2 billion,” said Andrei Ionin, an expert at the Tsiolkovsky Space Academy in Moscow. In this photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020. - NASA astronauts Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to depart for an extended stay at the International Space Station on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission. (Photo | AFP)

Sole space carrier since 2011, Russia looking at huge losses as SpaceX succeeds

NASA gave up its shuttle programme in 2011 and since then has paid USD 80 million for each astronaut taken to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz.

31 May 2020 4:22 PM

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP)

SpaceX sends two NASA astronauts to ISS in historic mission

Elon Musk's SpaceX now becomes the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit

31 May 2020 10:33 AM

In this Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 file photo, a Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX’s first ever commercial space flight a pit stop on Elon Musk's Mars quest

For the eccentric CEO, this is just the beginning: He’s planning to build a city on the red planet, and live there.

23 May 2020 9:22 PM

Indonesia is now planning to build its first spaceport on a tropical island off the coast of easternmost Papua (AFP Photo)

Indonesia's space aspirations root for country's own satellite-launching rocket

The country's space agency is a relative minnow, dwarfed in Asia by counterparts in Japan, China and India

03 Mar 2020 4:12 PM

The prototype oven which can be used in microgravity was designed and built by Nanoracks and Zero G Kitchen while the Double Tree by Hilton hotel chain supplied the raw cookie dough.

Another giant leap for mankind as astronauts bake first space cookies

The cookies returned to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and will undergo testing by food scientists to determine if they are edible.

25 Jan 2020 11:12 AM

“It is a picture perfect mission. It went as well as one can possibly expect,” Musk said at a press conference. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX says 'picture perfect' test paves way for human mission

SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing on Sunday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule

20 Jan 2020 1:39 PM

The test, the company’s final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from US soil, had been planned to take place on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Bad weather forces delay of SpaceX simulated rocket failure test

SpaceX said in a tweet that it was standing down from the Crew Dragon capsule test because of high winds & rough seas in the recovery area.

19 Jan 2020 2:52 PM

Maezawa has opened worldwide applications for the role of his 'life partner'.

Japanese billionaire looks for a girlfriend as company on trip to Moon

A 44-year-old Japanese billionaire looking for a 'life partner' with whom he can share SpaceX's round trip to the Moon!

14 Jan 2020 11:28 AM

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday evening, Jan. 6, 2020. The rocket is carrying 60 Starlink communications satellites. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites, trying to tone them down

SpaceX launched 60 more mini internet satellites late Monday, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers.

07 Jan 2020 11:23 AM

NASA/AFP / Aubrey GEMIGNANI The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands in White Sands, New Mexico after its aborted mission

Boeing spacecraft lands in New Mexico after aborted ISS mission

The Starliner capsule had to be brought back after thrusters failed to activate as planned, preventing it from reaching a high enough orbit.

23 Dec 2019 10:42 AM

It’s SpaceX’s 19th delivery to the orbiting outpost for NASA over the past seven years. (Photo: NASA/Twitter)

International Space Station gets a delivery of 'mighty mice', and worms

Don't worry, the organisms are a part of two- muscle building, and agricultural studies taking place on board the space station.

09 Dec 2019 10:31 AM

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Report: India might turn zoonotic disease hotspot

Map shows emerging ‘hotspots’ of zoonotic diseases spread from wildlife, from the ’State of the World's Forests 2022’ report. (By Arrangement)

Saileswaram Jatara turns a messy affair this year

This year’s entry fee collection turned into a mess with sudden orders from Hyderabad that the entry fee be scrapped, two days into the festival. (DC Image)

What do we know about 'stealth omicron' so far?

In rare cases, early research indicates BA.2 can infect people even if they’ve already had an omicron infection. COVID-19 vaccines appear just as effective against both kinds of omicron, offering strong protection against severe illness and death. (DC file photo)

Over 140 goons barge into King Koti Palace

Over 140 men, some of them Sikhs armed with swords barged into Nizam -Ki-davdi at Bogulkunka in king koti. Later some of them were taken into custody by Narayanguda police. (Photo: P.Surendra/DC)

DC Exclusive: Rs 1,500 crore land scam in Hyderabad by GHMC, revenue dept

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

13 new districts inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh; Full list here

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurates 13 new districts in Andhra Pradesh (Twitter/@perni_nani)

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