Skyroot Vikram-1 rocket is raring to soar highSkyroot Aerospace is on the cusp of launching India's first privately built orbital rocket, Vikram-1, from Sriharikota within weeks. This c...
04 May, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight in failed attempt to reach orbitThe first Australian-made rocket, Eris, failed to reach orbit. It crashed shortly after its launch from Queensland. Gilmour Space Technolog...
30 Jul, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
Launch debut of 3D-printed rocket in US fails to reach orbit, crashes in AtlanticThe startup wanted to put the souvenir into a 125-mile-high (200-kilometer-high) orbit for several days before having it plunge through the...
23 Mar, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
ISRO launches SSLV-D2 from SriharikotaThe ISRO Friday morning launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-SSLV-D2- from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota to put three sa...
10 Feb, 2023, 09.42 AM IST
Countdown for 2nd flight of ISRO's SSLV rocket with 3 satellites to begin at 2.48 am FridayThe countdown for the flight of India's small rocket, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) will start in the early hours of Friday, sai...
09 Feb, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
ISRO set for 1st runway landing experiment of reusable launch vehicle; monitoring weather, says its chairmanAccording to ISRO officials, the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) wing body will be carried using a helicopter to an altitude of three to five...
08 Nov, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
First test flight of Gaganyaan mission in February next year: ISRO officialPrime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Gaganyaan Mission in his Independence Day address in 2018 with a tentative target of achievi...
27 Oct, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
India's Gaganyaan mission likely to be launched in 2024, first test-flight this year: Union Minister Jitendra Singh"The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the training of astronauts in Russia as well as India," PTI quoted Singh as saying, adding the first ...
13 Sep, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
Gaganyaan crew will have 2 landing choices: Isro expertGaganyaan, India's maiden manned mission to space, which is targeted to send two-three gagannauts to space for seven days, may have two lan...
10 Jan, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
Gaganyaan Crew Module to have two landing choices - Arabian Sea and Bay of BengalThe CM would be splashing down near the Indian coast in 2023 after the week-long mission, and the Arabian Sea, which is comparatively calme...
04 Jan, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
L&T delivers launch hardware for Gaganyaan mission ahead of timeNotwithstanding the limitations imposed by Covid-19, the Middle segment of the world’s third-largest solid propellant rocket booster, ‘S-20...
17 Nov, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
China's new large rocket makes maiden flightThe white large rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 6 p....
05 May, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
Countdown begins for PSLV-C45 mission with many a firsts for ISROThe EMISAT satellite is aimed at electromagnetic measurement.
31 Mar, 2019, 12.45 PM IST
Indigenous GSLV engine faces key test, to propel rocket with heavy payload on September 7Cryogenic engines use liquid hydrogen as fuel and liquid oxygen as oxidizer to burn the fuel. It can produce 1.5 times the thrust compared ...
07 Sep, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
Solar-powered internet drone completes first test flightPortuguese startup that aims to use solar-powered drones to provide wireless internet access claims to have successfully completed its maid...
12 Apr, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Solar-powered internet drone completes first test flightOne of Quarkson's larger SkyOrbiter LA25 drones with a wingspan of 22 metres has reportedly already been built but could not be tested yet.
12 Apr, 2015, 01.45 PM IST
China to use pollution-free propellants for carrier rocketsThe next generation rockets will include the heavy Long March-5 and the smaller Long March-7, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
08 Dec, 2014, 04.37 PM IST