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100 missions in next 5 years? Why not, says ISRO
100 missions in next 5 years? Why not, says ISRO
Published on Jan 29, 2025 12:16 PM IST
PTI |
ISRO to launch European space agency's Proba-3 mission tomorrow | Key details
ESA's Proba-3 satellites will be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) on Wednesday, December 4, at 4:08 pm IST.
Updated on Dec 03, 2024 07:48 PM IST
In a first, Indian space tourist to fly on Blue Origin flight tomorrow
Gopichand Thotakura set to be first Indian space tourist on Blue Origin space tourism mission to Kármán line.
Updated on May 18, 2024 04:27 PM IST
Centre eases FDI norms for space sector to boost offshore investment
The notification comes days ahead of the scheduled visit of Tesla CEO Elon Musk who is expected to meet with various Indian space companies
Published on Apr 17, 2024 09:00 PM IST
PTI |
NASA's Hubble Telescope captures 'fierce Tarantula Nebula', picture goes viral
The "Hubble telescope obtained stellar data in ultraviolet light which can only be viewed from space to help astronomers in their research for decades to come."
Published on Apr 03, 2024 08:14 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
NASA spots 'cosmic jewellery' 15,000 light years away from Earth. See pic
NASA shared a picture of 'cosmic jewellery' that is 15,000 light years away from Earth. Many people were stunned to see the picture.
Published on Mar 14, 2024 01:41 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
War in space is no longer science fiction
Inside America’s celestial struggle against China and Russia
Published on Feb 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist
Can you spot a 'cat's tail' in this young planetary system. See pic
As the space agency shared the picture, they informed “the edge-on disc of dusty debris generated by collisions between planetesimals dominates the view.”
Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:18 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
SpaceX Dragon carrying Axiom-3 astronauts returns to Earth after a week delay
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up the private Ax-3 astronaut mission that was launched three weeks ago.
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 08:49 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Lunar night puts Japan's lander back to sleep
Lunar night puts Japan's lander back to sleep
Published on Feb 01, 2024 02:51 PM IST
AFP |
NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars
NASA helicopter's mission ends after three years on Mars
Published on Jan 26, 2024 06:20 AM IST
AFP |
European Space Agency to 'bring' the Moon's surface to Earth. Here's how
European Space Agency is recreating the Moon's surface on earth so it can help astronauts. They collaborated with a mine in Greenland to create it.
Published on Jan 24, 2024 10:02 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
NASA's Hubble Telescope captures 'snowman' 6,000 light-years away from Earth
NASA took to Instagram and shared a picture of an emission nebula that resembles a snowman. Take a look at the picture here.
Published on Jan 23, 2024 03:32 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
Will lost 54-million-ton asteroid hit Earth in 2024? Nasa responds
Scientists first spotted the massive space rock in 2007. However, they lost track of it later and declared it a “lost asteroid.”
Published on Jan 08, 2024 03:50 PM IST
Arya Vaishnavi
India's first solar observatory Aditya L1 in its final orbit now | Top updates
Aditya L1, India's maiden solar observatory, entered the ‘Halo orbit’ around the Lagrange L1 point on Saturday.
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 11:51 PM IST
Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao | Edited by Aryan Prakash
ESA rings in New Year 2024 with a timelapse video of Earth from space
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured an incredible timelapse of Earth that ESA later posted on Instagram to celebrate New Year 2024.
Published on Jan 02, 2024 08:29 AM IST
Trisha Sengupta
European Space Agency shares pic of 'path left by Santa's sleigh
The image shared by European Space Agency shows Herbig-Haro objects, which are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars.
Published on Dec 26, 2023 11:09 AM IST
Vrinda Jain
Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher passes key engine firing test: European Space Agency
ESA officials earlier reported a “light anomaly” during the test in French Guiana, which involved igniting the core-stage Vulcain 2.1 engine.
Published on Nov 24, 2023 04:11 AM IST
Reuters |
ISRO to hold more test under Gaganyaan after maiden test: S Somanath
The Gaganyaan project envisages a demonstration of the human spaceflight capability by launching a human crew to an orbit of 400 km.
Published on Oct 15, 2023 10:56 AM IST
PTI |
ISRO to monitor Himalayan lakes as Sikkim floods kill 86
Indian Space Research Organisation tasked with preventing further disasters
Published on Oct 10, 2023 04:53 PM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
Solar mission Aditya L-1 in position, set for launch
The solar probe is scheduled to be launched at 11.50am on Saturday atop the PSLV-C-57 rocket, which is a version of the India’s workhorse space launcher strapped on with additional engines
Updated on Aug 30, 2023 11:35 PM IST
Soumya Pillai, New Delhi
‘We didn’t have money': Ex-scientist Nambi Narayanan on ISRO-ACP collaboration
Nambi Narayanan said that his project on Liquid Propulsion System suffered because of the lack of money but do not want to blame any government.
Published on Aug 28, 2023 10:52 PM IST
Now, ISRO sets eyes on Aditya L-1, Gaganyaan
Isro is also working on some other big-ticket projects that are lined up for the coming months
Updated on Aug 24, 2023 07:29 AM IST
Soumya Pillai, Bengaluru
Luna 25 crashes: Russian spacecraft collides onto Moon's surface, says Roscosmos
Luna 25 crashes: Russian lunar mission Luna 25 collided with lunar surface due to propulsion manoeuvre deviation. Loss confirmed.
Updated on Aug 21, 2023 12:04 PM IST
India closes in on moon landing as Russia also races to lunar south pole
The Indian space agency launched the rocket carrying the spacecraft on July 14, blasting off from the country's main spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 06:18 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Sreelakshmi B
Russian rocket debris lights up Melbourne's night sky | WATCH
Australian Space Agency confirms that the mysterious light show in Melbourne was caused by a Russian rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
Published on Aug 08, 2023 06:23 PM IST
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Japan's Epsilon rocket engine explodes during test
The incident took place about one minute after the ground test for the second-stage engine began.
Published on Jul 14, 2023 11:55 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Sreelakshmi B
Isro completes Chandrayaan-3rehearsal; launch set for Friday
Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14 at 2.35pm on Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
Updated on Jul 12, 2023 12:43 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
ISRO successfully conducts ‘Reusable Launch Vehicle' test from Karnataka
ISRO on Sunday successfully conducted the ‘Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission’ in Karnataka's Chitradurga.
Published on Apr 02, 2023 11:37 AM IST
Yagya Sharma | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
European Space Agency wishes a Happy Holi with stunning cosmic colours, see pics
European Space Agency took to Instagram to share bright pictures of a celestial cloudscape and a portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 to wish everyone a Happy Holi.
Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:22 AM IST
Vrinda Jain