Mars can wait: Elon Musk shifts focus to the Moon first. Here’s what changedElon Musk now aims for the Moon first. He believes a lunar base offers quicker protection for life. Mars colonization remains a long-term g...
09 Feb, 2026, 10.31 PM IST
Home at Moon in 10 years? Elon Musk’s plan for a self-growing lunar city sounds straight out of 'Interstellar'SpaceX self-growing lunar city: SpaceX plans a self-growing city on the Moon within ten years. This lunar focus shifts from earlier Mars am...
09 Feb, 2026, 02.05 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
Humans have learned how to survive in space: Indian cosmonaut Rakesh SharmaOn International Youth Day, during the "Youth Sabha 2047: Shaping India's Future" event, Rakesh Sharma, India's first astronaut, discussed ...
13 Aug, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
Martin Scorsese credits Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different culturesRenowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese has credited Satyajit Ray directorial 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different cultures and w...
10 Oct, 2023, 08.55 AM IST
'Taxi Driver' director Martin Scorsese reveals watching Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' gave him rare insight into lives of the marginalisedThe 80-year-old said he saw a dubbed English version of 'Pather Panchali' on television in New York as a youngster.
09 Oct, 2023, 06.04 PM IST
UK news anchor says India shouldn't ask for foreign aid after Chandrayaan 3. Indians remind him of $45 tn Britain looted from IndiaA Twitter war erupted after a UK news anchor criticized India for seeking foreign aid despite its successful moon mission. The anchor, Patr...
24 Aug, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Russia's Luna-25 in a race with India's Chandrayaan-3 to be the first to reach moon's south poleRussia is set to launch its first lunar mission since 1976 this week, with a Soyuz rocket carrying the 800 kg Luna-25 lander. The lander, e...
08 Aug, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Moonshot again: US, China exploring moon to create business opportunitiesThe US has moved ahead of proposed UN regulation on commercial exploitation/exploration of space, and its launch on Wednesday of Artemis 1 ...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.21 PM IST
Why the world keeps returning to ChandamamaThe first object from Earth to kiss Moon was USSR’s Luna-2 craft, on Sept 14, 1959.
02 Jul, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
How startup TeamIndus is eyeing space colonisation and plans to land on moonThe Bangalore-based startup is sending a rover to the moon in March next year, as part of a $30 mn challenge to land and travel on the moon...
07 Dec, 2017, 09.47 AM IST
- SpaceX reveals plan for manned journey to Mars
Adelaide, Sep 29 (IANS) SpaceX on Friday unveiled its plans to put humans on Mars as early as 2024.
29 Sep, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
From Elon Musk to Naveen Jain, the world's billionaires are now racing to spaceForget lavish villas and super yachts, space missions are the new status symbols for the tech elite.
08 May, 2017, 10.54 AM 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
- Flights of fancy
Will Russia, US let India set up less expensive tourist facilities on Moon?
09 Apr, 2010, 06.23 AM IST
- India to launch 'Chandrayaan-2' by 2013
ISRO said Chandrayaan-2 is being finalised and will be launched by 2013.
28 Jan, 2010, 12.16 PM IST