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- NASA releases 800GB of moon data: What did Artemis II astronauts see around the moon?
- Space junk warning on World Space Week 2026: More than 4,000 payloads entered orbit in 2025 as collision risks growEarth’s orbital environment is becoming increasingly crowded as satellites are introduced and commercial constellations remain to expand. E...08 Oct, 2026, 09.43 PM IST
- Israel's first lunar mission put spacecraft Beresheet into orbit in 2019. Here's what happened nextBeresheet was Israel’s first lunar mission and the first attempt by a private company to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The mission did not...08 Oct, 2026, 09.20 PM IST
- In 2019, one rockstar helped NASA study asteroid Bennu – his 3D images revealed a dangerous rubble-filled world. A look at Queen's Brian May's amazing educational qualificationsQueen's guitarist Brain May is also an astrophycist and an avid animal and tree rescuer. He played an important role in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx m...08 Oct, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
- NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 mission created history in 1962 with a 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds flightNASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 mission put John Glenn into Earth orbit on February 20, 1962. Glenn became the first American to orbit ...08 Oct, 2026, 03.41 AM IST
- World Space Week 2026: The rocket revolution is happening above us — How cheaper launches could change everyday life on EarthSixty-nine years after Sputnik's launch marked the beginning of the Space Age, new advancements are reshaping space access. Reusable rocket...06 Oct, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
- "Gaganyaan prioritises human safety, reliability over optimum performance": ISRO's K SivanK Sivan, the former Chairman of ISRO, underlined the critical need for safety and reliability in the upcoming Gaganyaan human spaceflight m...03 Oct, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
- Dhruva, TakeMe2Space, SatLeo, EON technologies launch aboard SpaceX rideshare missionThe Falcon 9 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Thursday. It carried Dhruva Space’s LEAP-2 platform and...02 Oct, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
- Could astronauts on the Moon manufacture their own tools? NASA tests lunar dust material that could reduce supplies from EarthNASA researchers are developing a composite material that combines lunar regolith with a biodegradable plastic called poly(3-hydroxybutyrat...01 Oct, 2026, 06.15 PM IST
- Space-tech’s missing link: The skilled talent powering India’s $100 billion ambitionSpace job news: India's space industry is undergoing significant changes, with an increasing presence of private startups contributing to i...30 Sep, 2026, 01.42 PM IST
- Boeing’s Starliner is getting another chance and NASA is not risking astronauts yetNASA is approaching Starliner-1 as an engineering test. Flight controllers will put the spacecraft’s propulsion system through a series of ...29 Sep, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
- NASA lays out phased plan to return Starliner to serviceNASA and Boeing are preparing for the Starliner-1 uncrewed mission aimed at validating spacecraft improvements. This mission is scheduled f...29 Sep, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
- SpaceX Starship Flight 14: When and where to watch historic launch, 3 major firsts including Starlink V3 debutSpaceX's Starship Flight 14 is set to attempt orbital insertion and deploy next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. The mission will also in...28 Sep, 2026, 07.54 PM IST
- ETtech Explainer: All about TakeMe2Space, India’s first orbital computing satelliteThe company’s MOI-1A satellite is scheduled to launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission. The sub-50 kg spacecraft will carry Nvi...28 Sep, 2026, 04.08 PM IST
- ‘Reverse engineered from UFOs’: Does US military have a triangular aircraft with anti-gravity technology called ‘TR-3B Black Manta’? Here’s the truthRecently, numerous reports emerged from Tehran and Zahedan about sightings of a mysterious triangular object illuminated by bright lights. ...26 Sep, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
- NASA is building a mysterious X plane that may fly at extreme speedNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has teased a mysterious X-plane concept resembling the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, hinting at a renewed pu...24 Sep, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
- In 1993, Russia reflected sunlight from space. Now, a California startup wants to turn the night sky into a marketplace for on-demand sunlight from orbitA California startup is developing satellites that could redirect sunlight to Earth after sunset, creating what it calls “sunlight on deman...21 Sep, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
- In 1975, NASA sent a pocket calculator on Apollo-Soyuz as a backup if its main computer failed; 37 years later, it ended up at the SmithsonianNASA utilized an HP-65 calculator as a crucial backup system during the Apollo-Soyuz mission. This programmable device carried essential gu...17 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
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