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US moonshot in the new space race

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The Moon’s resources, from water ice that could fuel deep-space missions to rare minerals, add a dimension the 1960s race never had. (NASA via Reuters)
editorials
Published on May 28, 2026 08:15 pm IST

Need rules of engagement for ‘space race’: Sunita Williams

Need rules of engagement for ‘space race’: Sunita Williams
india news
Published on Jan 21, 2026 06:36 am IST

Team effort, collaboration among countries at heart of Sunita Williams’ learning

Williams was on a crewed mission aboard the Boeing Starliner, which was supposed to last eight days but ended up lasting nine months due to several technical problems. (HT Photo)
science
Updated on Jan 20, 2026 11:35 pm IST

War in space is no longer science fiction

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center with the Intuitive Machines' Nova-C moon lander mission, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 15, 2024.. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP)
world news
Published on Feb 20, 2024 08:00 am IST

Porsche enters 'space race', invests in satellites and rocket technology

Isar Aerospace plans its initial launch of the first-generation "Spectrum" rocket next year.
science
Published on Jul 29, 2021 07:58 am IST

As 'billionaire space race' begins, here's what Jeff Bezos told Richard Branson

This combination of file pictures created on July 1, 2021, shows Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (L) and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson.
world news
Published on Jul 11, 2021 12:56 pm IST

China to send 3 male astronauts for 3-month stay in its new space station

China in the past has launched several scavenger satellites fitted with robotic arms to gather and steer space debris so it burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere. (REUTERS)
world news
Updated on May 31, 2021 09:06 pm IST

EU seeks space alliance to defend against US and Chinese ambitions

After investing 12 billion euros in space activities between 2014 to 2020, EU aims to spend almost 15 billion euros for the 2021-2027 period,
world news
Published on Jan 12, 2021 11:11 pm IST

A year after crash, Israel unveils new plan for moon landing

SpaceIL, the nonprofit Israeli initiative announced on Wednesday that it is launching the Beresheet 2 project will aim to send three spacecraft, an orbiter and two landers, to the moon
environment
Published on Feb 22, 2021 03:51 pm IST

#Vision 2020: If imagination were everything

AI home assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant are helping manage our schedules, even chatting with our children. But our humanoids bots can’t really do much yet. While some can walk, and others can talk, none of them can really do either without human intervention.
lifestyle
Updated on Dec 27, 2019 08:33 pm IST

60 years of lunar exploration

In the 60 years since Luna 2 (officially called the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket), humans have sent many missions to the moon — the latest of which is India’s Chandrayaan-2
editorials
Published on Sept 13, 2019 07:44 pm IST

Humour: Moonstruck!

The phases of the moon supply fitting metaphors for human struggles and successes
brunch
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 11:55 pm IST

Regardless of the fears and risk, the space race will benefit all of us

The NASA space shuttle programme cost about $209 billion over its lifetime and made a total of 135 flights, costing an average per launch of nearly $1.6 billion. Team Indus has built their lunar rover with only $35 million of funding and a team of rag tag engineers in Bangalore
analysis
Updated on Jan 19, 2019 02:51 pm IST

India can gain massively from the space race

Yutu-2, China's lunar rover, leaves wheel marks after leaving the lander that touched down on the surface of the far side of the moon. A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday, Jan. 3, made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.
editorials
Updated on Jan 10, 2019 09:37 am IST

NASA’s planet hunting probe successfully launched on SpaceX rocket

This NASA handout photograph shows NASA’s next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), successfully launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 18, 2018 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. TESS will use four unique wide-field cameras to map 26 sectors of the sky.
science
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 12:45 pm IST
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