SpaceX ties Musk compensation to Mars colonisation goalSpaceX's board has approved a compensation plan for Elon Musk. This plan includes rewards for colonising Mars and establishing data centres...
28 Apr, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Artemis 2 and the new space race: Colonisation, commerce, or survival?America's Artemis 2 mission is heading to lunar orbit. This journey aims for a lunar landing and future human settlement. Such a settlement...
02 Apr, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Musk's Mars mission: SpaceX's starship ready to blast off with Tesla Optimus by...SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the Starship rocket would depart for Mars at the end of 2026. The spacecraft will also carry Tesla's hu...
16 Mar, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Starship, carrying Tesla's bot, set for Mars by end-2026: Elon MuskMusk suggested in a post on X that human landings could begin as early as 2029, though 2031 was more likely if the initial landings go well.
15 Mar, 2025, 01.27 PM IST
Colonialism 2.0, the extraterrestrial kindAs space colonization gains momentum, the US, with private capital support, leads the charge. Elon Musk recommends direct democracy for Mar...
03 Jan, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
Elon Musk’s ‘New World’ mission: How Mars could become humanity’s next frontierElon Musk envisions Mars as humanity’s next great frontier, proposing the name “New World” for the Red Planet once colonised. With SpaceX’s...
27 Dec, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Here is how and where Elon Musk wants to die; hint - not in this planetElon Musk expressed his wish to die off the coast of Mars in a capsule.
27 Aug, 2024, 07.39 PM IST
Even after nuclear war, Earth would be more liveable than Mars: Obama14 Mar, 2024, 12.57 PM IST
What to expect in 2023 according to Nostradamus' predictions? Hellscape or economic ruinationSome of the prophecies of the French astrologer and physician Nostradamus have proven to be terrifyingly accurate.
04 Dec, 2022, 02.10 PM IST
NASA wants you to work on Mars!Earlier this year, the agency released a set of prints promoting space tourism. They can all be downloaded for free from the NASA website.
16 Jun, 2016, 07.45 PM IST
Mars One's red planet manned mission delayed by 2 yearsMars One, a Netherlands-based nonprofit, aims to send four people on a one-way trip to the red planet every two years.
23 Mar, 2015, 02.19 PM IST
Three Indians among 100 selected for one-way trip to MarsMars One, which has even tapped into crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise money, has gained NASA's support and got space contractors Lo...
11 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
New Mars route may make manned mission cheaper and easierAlthough launch and cruise costs remain the same, the big burn to slow down and hit the Martian bull's-eye - as in the Hohmann scenario - i...
28 Dec, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
City scientists laud India's maiden success in placing Mars spacecraft in orbit by ISROLeading scientists of the city lauded the country's successful attempt in placing its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the Red Plan...
24 Sep, 2014, 05.58 PM IST
Space Scientist UR Rao expresses confidence of Mangalyaan’s successIndia launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, called 'Mangalyaan', in November 2013. The spacecraft is expected to land on Mars on September 24.
13 Aug, 2014, 01.55 PM IST
Is the Land Acquisition Bill spurring Indians for a one-way trip to Mars?The implementation of the Land Acquisition Act could also spur some last-minute applications, attracted by the lack of stubborn local Marti...
10 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Flights of fancy
Will Russia, US let India set up less expensive tourist facilities on Moon?
09 Apr, 2010, 06.23 AM IST