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India, UK launch women in space leadership programme

The programme will aid 250 early career researchers (ECRs) to become better equipped to take up leadership roles and navigate gender biases and associated barriers. (File photo)
Published on Sept 26, 2024 11:25 am IST

Boeing remains a no-show after Starliner's return without Sunita Williams

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024.
Published on Sept 15, 2024 04:16 am IST

Iran launches 3 satellites into space amid ballistic missile concerns

This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, claims to show Simorgh, or "Phoenix," satellite carrier before being launched at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province. Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles.
Published on Jan 28, 2024 05:10 pm IST

From Rahul Gandhi to Kejriwal: Leaders hail Chandrayaan-3's success

People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, inside an auditorium of Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad.
Updated on Aug 23, 2023 10:06 pm IST

How will India's Gaganyaan crew return to Earth? ISRO shows key parachute test

ISRO conducted Drogue parachute deployment tests for Gaganyaan mission.
Published on Aug 13, 2023 03:31 pm IST

Russian space agency head threatens to end future ISS missions

Director general of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool via REUTERS) (File Photo)
Published on Apr 03, 2022 11:41 pm IST

United Arab Emirates names country's first female astronaut for space program

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum identified Noura al-Matroushi as the UAE's first female astronaut, with her male counterpart as Mohammed al-Mulla.
Updated on Apr 10, 2021 05:54 pm IST

China in final preparations for latest lunar mission

The secretive Chinese National Space Administration has only said that a launch is scheduled for late November.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 01:59 pm IST

From ‘all is not lost’ to ‘engineering prowess’, foreign media’s mixed reactions to Chandrayaan-2

American magazine Wired said the Chandrayaan-2 programme was India’s “most ambitious” space mission yet.
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 09:33 pm IST

Chandrayaan 2 Launch 2019: Rs 978 cr project, 3.8-tonne mission mass, 13 instruments

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its second unmanned mission Chandrayaan-2 early on Monday.
Updated on Jul 13, 2019 04:03 pm IST

Fire in Iranian space center kills 3 scientists

Fire in Iranian space center kills 3 scientists. (Representative Image)
Updated on Feb 03, 2019 07:31 pm IST

First plants on moon, China says it has done the job

Pictures sent back Jan. 12 showed plant shoots growing well nine days after the experiment was initiated, Chongqing University, which led the biological project, said in a briefing Tuesday
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 04:17 pm IST

China prepares ground-breaking mission to land spacecraft on moon’s far side

With its Chang’e 4 mission, China hopes to be the first country to ever successfully undertake such a landing.
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 12:05 pm IST

UAE announces names of two astronauts for International Space Station

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who serves as the UAE’s vice president and prime minister, made the announcement on Monday on Twitter. The missions are scheduled for next year.
Published on Sept 03, 2018 04:32 pm IST