Space

  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...

  NEW DELHI. Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours on December 5. The launch vehicle Ariane...

Sriharikota/New Delhi. Adding yet another remarkable feather to Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) cap, India successfully launched its first Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite HysIS and 30 other foreign satellites in one go from the its...

  ROSTEC has supplied a secondary mirror for the telescope of the Indian Mount Abu InfraRed Observatory (MIRO). The mirror was produced at Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory (LZOS), one of the plants of a high-tech...

DENVER. NASA has a new spacecraft operating on the surface of Mars. This afternoon, the InSight Mars Lander, which was designed, built and tested by Lockheed Martin, navigated the dramatic entry and descent through...

ZÜRICH, QUEENSLAND. The agreement, the first of its kind in Australia, explores the use of RUAG Space’s new range of FlexLine carbon composite products in Gilmour Space’s proprietary hybrid rockets. The Queensland-based company is...

  KOUROU. MetOp-C is in orbit: This morning at 01:47 h (CET) a Soyuz launcher lifted-off successfully from the European spaceport Kourou (French Guiana) carrying the four ton weather satellite. Built by Airbus, MetOp-C is...