This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
30 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landingChina launched three astronauts to its space station. One astronaut will stay for a year, a record for the country. This mission supports C...
24 May, 2026, 09.12 PM IST
SpaceX's Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO testSpaceX's latest Starship test flight achieved a significant milestone, deploying mock satellites and executing a controlled splashdown. Thi...
23 May, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
SpaceX carries out mostly successful Starship test flightSpaceX's Starship spacecraft splashed down into the Indian Ocean Friday after the company performed a mostly successful test flight of the ...
23 May, 2026, 07.19 AM IST
SpaceX IPO filing: Massive AI spending, future ambitions and Starlink expansion-Will SpaceX’s awaited IPO make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire?SpaceX has filed for its long-awaited public stock offering. The company revealed its finances, board members, and ambitious plans for spac...
21 May, 2026, 04.54 AM IST
Trump is seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st state, and leaders worldwide are completely lost for wordsTrump's declaration that he is seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state has sent shockwaves through global diplomacy and en...
11 May, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Race to the Moon: Power, politics and the new space orderA new space race is unfolding as the United States and China compete for lunar dominance. Both nations are pushing for crewed Moon landings...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...
11 Apr, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Splashdown of Artemis II astronauts concludes 10-day moon missionThe Artemis II mission has successfully concluded. Its capsule and four astronauts returned safely to Earth after a nearly 10-day journey. ...
11 Apr, 2026, 06.08 AM IST
Artemis II crew reaches the moon as it approaches record-breaking distance from EarthNASA's Artemis II mission has propelled its astronauts into the moon’s gravitational field, embarking on an extraordinary adventure that wi...
06 Apr, 2026, 04.58 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
China lands spacecraft on Mars in latest advance for its space programPlans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an icy area of Mars k...
15 May, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Mars ready for its close-up: China releases space probe's first imageThe uncrewed Tianwen-1 took the picture at a distance of around 2.2 million km (1.4 million miles) from Mars, according to the China Nation...
05 Feb, 2021, 09.43 PM IST
400 million km within 163 days, China's Mars probe heads for red planetSince its launch on July 23, 2020, the Mars probe has captured an image showing both Earth and the Moon, as well as taking several selfies.
03 Jan, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Chinese students to test lunar simulator for a yearThe simulator will ensure that humans, plants, animals and microorganisms can live together, so that an earth-like atmosphere can be create...
11 May, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
China to send probe, rover to Mars in 2020China plans to send a spacecraft to orbit Mars, land and deploy a rover in July or August 2020, official media here quoted Zhang Rongqiao, ...
24 Aug, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
China preparing for Mars, asteroid explorationHowever, he added, the projects are only at the technical preparation stage, which suggests that it will be some time before an official pr...
03 Mar, 2015, 09.33 PM IST