China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand explorationChina successfully launched a three-person crew to its Tiangong space station, signaling further advancements in its space exploration prog...
30 Oct, 2024, 07.53 AM IST
SpaceX to tackle space junk: European agency says it is in talks with Elon Musk's companyThe European Space Agency is in discussions with SpaceX to join its Zero Debris charter, an initiative aimed at reducing space junk by 2030...
24 Oct, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
Space startup Astroscale shares rise 19% on $81 million space debris removal contractAstroscale will develop a new spacecraft named ADRAS-J2 that will equip robotic arm technologies to capture the target debris by March 2029...
19 Aug, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
Watch: Toxic debris from suspected Chinese rocket falls over village, raises safety alarmsDebris from a Chinese rocket fell over Xianqiao village in Guizhou province, China, causing a dramatic scene. Videos show a cylindrical pie...
25 Jun, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
Did China's Long March 2C rocket fail and its debris fall on villagers? The in-depth storySuspected Chinese rocket debris was observed landing over a village in southwest China. The Space Variable Objects Monitor satellite, creat...
24 Jun, 2024, 10.40 PM IST
Will space debris fall on the Earth and hit humans? China accused of ignoring rulesSpace Debris Expert Professor John L. Crassidis accused China of not following the rules and taking unnecessary risks with the uncontrolled...
24 Feb, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
China rocket launch sends debris into sea near Taiwan: Taipei authoritiesTaiwan's transport ministry said Beijing had also planned to prohibit aircraft from entering the zone -- criss-crossed by a number of inter...
16 Apr, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
Meteor shower? Nah, it's a Chinese rocket fallingThe Long March 5B - China's most powerful rocket - blasted off July 24 to deliver a laboratory module to the under-construction Chinese spa...
31 Jul, 2022, 02.19 PM IST
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth: US officialsUS Space Command "can confirm the People's Republic of China (PRC) Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approx 10:45 a...
31 Jul, 2022, 07.45 AM IST
Death by falling space debris is a possibility, reveals new studyEvery minute of every day, debris rains down on us from space - a hazard we are almost completely unaware of.
27 Jul, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Moon wakes up to a morning surprise on March 4, 2022; here's what happenedA rocket possibly crashed on the moon on March 4, 2022.Read the article as scientists worldwide scrutinize the matter.
28 Apr, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
Space debris found in rural India likely from 'China rocket'The metal ring -- reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilogrammes (90 pounds) -- was discovered i...
04 Apr, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Explainer: Why all the fuss over falling debris from China's most powerful rocket?The Long March 5B rocket successfully delivered its payload into orbit on April 29, in the first of 11 missions needed to complete China's ...
11 May, 2021, 12.00 PM IST
China defends handling of rocket that fell to EarthThe administrator of the American space agency and others accused Beijing of acting recklessly by allowing its rocket to fall to Earth seem...
10 May, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASADebris from the Long March 5B has had some people looking warily skyward since shortly after it blasted off from China's Hainan island on A...
09 May, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
Disintegrated space rocket 'highly unlikely' to cause any damage on earth: ChinaThe Pentagon said on Tuesday that it was tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to re-enter earth's atmosphere this...
07 May, 2021, 09.31 PM IST
Astronaut Jerry Ross reveals if humans are littering outer space with debrisThe American astronaut said that while we can’t stop exploring space, but we need to be smarter about how we do it.
29 Apr, 2019, 11.24 AM IST