Space

New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test ‘Mission Shakti’ from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, in Odisha on March...

New Delhi. Indian Space Research Organisation has launched a special programme for school children called “Young Scientist Programme” “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (युविका) from this year, a press statement issued from the Government said on...

  NEW DELHI. India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours on February 6. As scheduled, the launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-247 lifted off from...

OHB System AG, a leading German manufacturer of satellites and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), signed a teaming agreement on January 29, 2019 at the Ilan Ramon Space Conference. Under the agreement, the companies will...

  Sriharikota/New Delhi. Country's top Space Agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully injected Microsat-R and Kalamsat-V2 satellites into their designated orbits from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota...

  Bengaluru/New Delhi. The launch window for Chandrayaan-2 is between March 25 and April 30 this year, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan while addressing a press conference in New Delhi...

  Bengaluru. Minister of State (MoS) for Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)-led UNNATI (Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme in Bengaluru on January 17. UNNATI, a capacity building...

  Bengaluru. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan has said India’s first manned mission flight Gaganyaan will be capable of carrying three Indian astronauts and will orbit the Earth for seven days....

Bengaluru. In a new year space bonanza and part of its enhanced outreach programme, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) in Bengaluru on January 1. Through...

  New Delhi. As promised in his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed Union Cabinet on December 28 approved the Gaganyaan Programme with demonstration of Indian Human Spaceflight capability to low earth orbit for...

  SRIHARIKOTA/NEW DELHI. Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11) successfully launched the communication satellite GSAT-7A from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on December 19. The GSLV-F11 lifted off from...

  ABU DHABI, UAE. Following the UAE Space Agency’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in 2017, a one-day workshop involving both parties was held...

NYON, SWITZERLAND. One of the top challenges of long-term human space flight is life support. If humans ever want to  travel to Mars (or beyond), they will need to minimize the re-supply of essential...