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
AI at war: The new arms raceArtificial Intelligence is revolutionising modern combat, as evidenced by Ukraine's deployment of intelligent drones and Iran's military st...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Russia's Kosmos 2558 carried out a secretive and dangerous military operation in space when US was busy bombing IranIn June 2025, tensions escalate as the US bombs Iranian nuclear sites. Simultaneously, Russia targets adversary spy satellites. Kosmos 2558...
07 Jul, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
Starlink in danger? How Russia’s ‘Kalinka’ has become a headache for Elon Musk and a nightmare for UkraineRussia has introduced the Kalinka monitoring system, designed to detect and disrupt signals from SpaceX's Starlink satellites, a crucial to...
17 Dec, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Russia may be working on an 'unprecedented weapon' that could trigger a World War 3A Russian satellite in an unusual orbit is raising concerns among U.S. officials. They suspect it could be testing technology for a space w...
06 Dec, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
SpaceX to tackle space junk: European agency says it is in talks with Elon Musk's companyThe European Space Agency is in discussions with SpaceX to join its Zero Debris charter, an initiative aimed at reducing space junk by 2030...
24 Oct, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
Russian satellite breaks up into 100 pieces; Here is what it means for Boeing and Sunita William's space projectA defunct Russian Earth observation satellite, the RESURS-P1, has fragmented into over 100 pieces of space debris. This event necessitated ...
29 Jun, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
US fears Russia might put a nuclear weapon in spaceEven if Russia does place a nuclear weapon in orbit, U.S. officials are in agreement in their assessment that the weapon would not be deton...
20 Feb, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
How Kim's meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitionsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met at a rocket launch facility in Siberia for their first summit...
14 Sep, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Russian military admits 'destroyed' satellite during test"The Russian defence ministry successfully conducted a test, as a result of which the Russian spacecraft 'Tselina-D', which had been in orb...
16 Nov, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
France conducts first military drills in spaceCodenamed "AsterX" in a nod to the first French satellite Asterix from 1965, the drills will simulate the monitoring of a potentially dange...
10 Mar, 2021, 01.52 AM IST
Space startup Pixxel’s satellite launch delayed againThe Bengaluru-based firm said that the decision to pull out of the launch five days before lift-off was due to software glitches detected d...
23 Feb, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
UK Defence Secretary to boost ability to handle space threat from Russia, ChinaOn Thursday, Britain said it was concerned about a Russian satellite test which involved the launch of a projectile with the "characteristi...
26 Jul, 2020, 02.06 PM IST
China launches 20 micro satellites using new carrier rocketThe rocket, Long March-6, was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province which carried 20 micro-satelli...
20 Sep, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
- Indian satellite GSAT-10 to be launched in 2 months: ISRO
India's 3400-kg communication satellite GSAT-10 is now ready to be shipped to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana for launch by Europe...
15 Jul, 2012, 03.53 PM IST
- ISRO announces two GSLVs and a PSLV this fiscal
Buoyed by the successful launch of all-weather radar imaging satellite RISAT-1, ISRO today announced it would launch two GSLVs and a PSLV t...
26 Apr, 2012, 01.12 PM IST
- Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite
Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday.
17 Aug, 2008, 09.50 PM IST