Space Programme

New Delhi: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, also known as JWST or Webb -- which is so powerful it can observe the first galaxies born after Big Bang 14 billion years ago -- will now launch…

New Delhi: The idea has always fascinated science fiction writers and Hollywood: an asteroid colliding with our planet causing mass extinction. Now, Nasa wants to stay prepared for “Deep…

What does it take to be an astronaut? The bestseller ‘An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth’ by Chris Hadfield gives you an idea. How do you become an astronaut? It’s a question often…

New Delhi: Wednesday's SpaceX mission to orbit is aptly called Inspiration4. It comprises complete novices, without a professional astronaut on board. The four passengers, among them a…

New Delhi: Ringing in the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) schedule for 2021 in all glory, the agency’s PSLV-C51 blasted off the launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in…

Washington: Indian-American Bhavya Lal has been appointed as the acting Chief of Staff of NASA. Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the US…

Chennai: Apart from meeting India's requirements, data by satellites built and launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is also used by America and Australia for issuing…

Washington: A prototype of the future giant SpaceX rocket Starship, in which Elon Musk hopes to send people to Mars, crashed in a fiery explosion during a test launch along the Texas coast…

Bengaluru: 'Gaganyaan', India's first human space flight mission is likely to be delayed by one year on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Indian Space Research Organisation…

New Delhi: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will attempt to bring a sample of Mars back to Earth for scientists to study. The agency is now ready to undertake its…