Can you identify this celestial body in the picture NASA shared?NASA has released pictures of a celestial body painted in a rainbow of psychedelic colours.
21 Jul, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
Made for mission life of six months, India's Mars probe completes seven years in orbitISRO has been continuously monitoring the spacecraft and its five scientific instruments, and officials said analysis of the data being rec...
26 Sep, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Google Doodle pays tribute to Udupi Ramachandra Rao, India’s 'Satellite Man’, on his 89th birth anniversaryRao supervised the 1975 launch of India's first-ever satellite called 'Aryabhata'.
10 Mar, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
United Arab Emirates publishes first photo from Mars probeThe picture, taken Wednesday, shows sunlight just coming across the surface of Mars. It shows Mars' north pole, as well as Mars' largest vo...
14 Feb, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
China's Mars probe sends back video of Red PlanetIn the video, published by state broadcaster CCTV, the surface of the planet is seen coming into view out of a pitch black sky against the ...
12 Feb, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
UAE's Hope Probe nears Mars in first Arab missionThe Mars programme is part of the UAE's efforts to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
09 Feb, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
In Arab world's first, UAE successfully launches its spacecraft 'Al Amal' towards MarsAl Amal, or Hope Probe, weighing 1.3 tonnes was launched from the H-2A rocket from Japan's remote Tanegashima spaceport at 1.58 am local ti...
20 Jul, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
9-year-old among 1 lakh Indians who ‘took off’ for MarsPratik was among one of the thousands to be included in response to a global call to submit names for the Mars mission.
06 May, 2018, 07.21 PM IST
India, France holding discussions for inter-planetary missions to Mars, VenusISRO and French National Space Agency had agreed to work together on autonomous navigation of rovers on Moon, Mars and other planets.
15 Apr, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
- NASA's first mission to Sun renamed Parker Solar Probe
Washington, May 31 (IANS) NASA on Wednesday announced that it has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - humanity's first mission to a s...
01 Jun, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Venus mission: ISRO invites proposals for space experimentsThough no time-frame has been set by the ISRO for the ambitious mission, indications are that the Indian Venusian orbiter mission may not h...
24 Apr, 2017, 07.19 PM IST
China hopes its Mars probe start at 'higher level' than IndiaChina plans to launch its first Mars probe by 2020 and scientists hope that the comprehensive mission will start at a "higher level" than I...
21 Mar, 2016, 07.14 PM IST
China's space programme comes under criticism from official mediaThe Chinese Foreign Ministry hailed Mangalyaan success as "Asia's pride" and "landmark achievement in humankind's exploration of outer spac...
30 Sep, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
Radhakrishnan retires leaving ISRO at its 'most glorified pedestal ever'He never looked back since then and the acme of his achievement was the "Mangalyaan" mission to the red planet.
31 Dec, 2014, 08.46 PM IST
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: Our mangal sutra, and yes, it is rocket science!If the Indian probe can pin down methane again, it makes the case for organic life existing on Mars that much more likely.
25 Sep, 2014, 11.01 AM IST
China ready for space cooperation with IndiaThe probe Chang'e-3 was launched into orbit last night aboard an enhanced 56.4 meter high Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Sat...
02 Dec, 2013, 01.09 PM IST
Rock of AgesIn 1990, the renowned astronomer Carl Sagan asked Nasa for a favour. At the time, the interplanetary probe Voyager I, which had been launch...
02 Sep, 2011, 06.34 AM IST