Spacetech startup Akashalabdhi raises $1.2 million in pre-seed roundThe funding round will also support Akashalabdhi's ongoing projects, such as the development of inflatable solar arrays and analogue studie...
29 Sep, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
Aerospace startup Akashalabdhi's ‘space habitat’ to launch with SpaceX in Q1 2026A space habitat is a pressurised, tent-like structure made from flexible materials that are folded and packed for launch, expanding to a la...
27 Feb, 2025, 04.21 PM IST
Nasa's first lunar outpost: Three floors, stunning views; here's how it will look likeNASA is taking a giant leap towards long-term lunar exploration with plans to build a three-storey habitat on the Moon. As part of its Arte...
15 Nov, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
Isro launches analogue mission in Leh to train astronautsThe Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launches its first analogue space mission in Leh, Ladakh, to simulate extra-terrestrial condi...
02 Nov, 2024, 12.13 AM IST
2023 will be a year for Indian economy to strengthen its position on global stage, says RBIIndia will be a $3.7 trillion economy in 2023, maintaining its lead over the UK as the fifth largest economy of the world.
19 Jan, 2023, 10.39 PM IST
ISRO successfully demonstrates Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator technologyThe IAD was initially folded and kept inside the payload bay of the rocket. At around 84 km altitude, the IAD was inflated and it descended...
03 Sep, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Window seat for startups in Isro’s Gaganyaan tripThe space agency has already indicated that it was looking at several humanspace flight missions, housing a space station and eventually ai...
18 May, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
ISRO to tap startups to build local tech for Gaganyaan, future missionsLast month, Isro identified a set of 17 technologies that it invited researchers to develop locally at lower costs for use in its Gaganyaan...
17 May, 2020, 07.38 PM IST
Hidden lava tubes on Moon, Mars can serve as human habitatsLava tubes are environments shielded from cosmic radiation and protected from micrometeorites flux, potentially providing safe habitats for...
26 Sep, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
- NASA plans to fight fungus to keep space travellers safe
Washington, July 11 (IANS) To keep space travellers safe, NASA researchers are taking steps to fight fungus as prolonged stay in closed hab...
11 Jul, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
Astronauts in Mars habitats may face fungal infection risk: NASA reportHuman presence in closed habitats is associated with changes in the composition of the fungal community - the mycobiome - that grows on sur...
11 Jul, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
NASA turns to students to design 3D printed expandable objectsThe challenge asks students to design an object that can be printed within the bounds of the new 3D printer on the space station, but can b...
18 Apr, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
Space igloos, lava tubes and hobbit holes: Here are our future Martian habitatsThe discovery of liquid water on Mars is great news for would-be settlers, but we'll need more than H2O if we actually want to live there.
30 Sep, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
Here's the crazy plan to start building an inflatable habitat on the Moon in 2024In 2018 ESA is planning to send a Lunar Lander to the Moon's south pole. The mission will be a precursor to ESA's bigger construction plans.
09 Jun, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
- More leopard concentration around human habitats at Sanjay Gandhi National Park: Experts
Increasing instances of leopard attacks and sightings is making experts wonder if access to easy prey has increased the concentration of le...
25 Apr, 2013, 04.35 PM IST
- Centre will take ‘credible steps’ to rein in inflation: PM
Expressing concern over rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that all credible steps to control inflation will be taken by...
23 May, 2007, 01.44 AM IST
- Par Committee asks min to discuss budgetary cut with PC
A parliamentary committee has requested the ministry of social justice & empowerment to take up the cut in its budgetary proposals with the...
30 Apr, 2007, 10.40 AM IST