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  India to fly its first small rocket next year, work underway: ISRO Chairman

  Science | September 15, 2018 16:03 IST

  In a recent interaction with IANS in Bengaluru, S.Rakesh, Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Antrix Corporation said the low-cost small rocket requires a dedicated launch pad with a simple vertical launch mechanism.

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  Musk hints at linking hyperloop project with SpeceX rockets

  Science | May 17, 2018 13:33 IST

  In a series of tweets, SpeceX founder said he will present his vision for the future on Thursday in the US city of Los Angeles.

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  SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon Heavy rocket

  News | February 07, 2018 8:10 IST

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  Rocket attack on Kabul airport as US Defence Secretary Mattis arrives

  News | September 27, 2017 13:56 IST

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  Blow to China's space programme, new heavy-lift carrier rocket launch 'unsuccessful'

  World | July 02, 2017 21:38 IST

  The launch of China's latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y2, was announced unsuccessful on Sunday evening.

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  ISRO successfully puts 104 satellites into Earth's orbit

  India | February 15, 2017 11:42 IST

  India will today script the history by launching a record 104 satellites, including 101 foreign ones, into the earth's lower orbit from the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 125 km from here. The countdown for the

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  China successfully launches world's most powerful rocket with aim of setting a permanent space station

  World | November 04, 2016 11:40 IST

  After the successful launch of its 6th manned spaceflight mission - the Shenzhou-11 in October this year, China on Thursday successfully launched its most powerful heavy-lift rocket which is expected to be used in future

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  SpaceX’s rocket debris suggests a large breach in cryogenic helium system, says probe

  World | September 24, 2016 19:43 IST

  Three weeks ago SpaceX’s rocket turned into a devastating fireball indicating that the rocket suffered a large breach in the helium system during a routine prelaunch test. The Falcon rocket and a satellite were destroyed

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  WATCH! NASA releases amazing slow motion video of rocket test

  World | August 08, 2016 11:43 IST

  NASA has released a new video showing rocket motor test in extreme slow-motion using an innovative new camera. This footage of Orbital ATK's QM-2 solid rocket booster test is taken by NASA engineers and scientists

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  NASA all set to test-fire booster for world's most powerful rocket today

  World | June 28, 2016 10:09 IST

  Washington: NASA is all set to test -fire a booster for the world's most powerful rocket Space Launch System today. This megarocket is developing to blast astronauts on the journey to Mars and on other

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  China's most powerful new generation space rocket launches successfully

  World | June 26, 2016 7:25 IST

  Beijing: A new generation Long March-7 carrier rocket of China was successfully blasted off on Saturday from Wenchang launch centre, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. According to reports, the 53-meter, 597-tonne, vertical-standing the Long Marc

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  After successful satellite launch, SpaceX rocket booster crashes

  India | June 16, 2016 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: With the successful launch of two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida into the orbit by SpaceX on Wednesday, a leftover SpaceX rocket booster crashed while trying to land on an ocean barge. The

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  SpaceX launches futuristic pop-up room, lands rocket at sea

  April 09, 2016 7:29 IST

  Cape Canaveral:SpaceX has resumed station deliveries for NASA, and in a double triumph, successfully landed its booster rocket on an ocean platform for the first time. The unmanned Falcon rocket soared into a clear

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  ISRO successfully launches sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F

  India | March 10, 2016 18:25 IST

  India today inched closer towards getting enrolled in the list of nations processing their own-satellite based navigation systems after the successful launch of its sixth navigation satellite called IRNSS-1F with a rocket of its own.

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  Insurgent shelling of Aleppo kills 13 civilians:'Syria

  World | March 07, 2016 6:40 IST

  Damascus: A rocket and mortar barrage struck a government-controlled neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo today, killing 13 civilians and wounding 40, the government and an opposition group said. State-run news agency SANA said the

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  Rocket blasts off with India's first space observatory

  India | September 28, 2015 10:45 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): A rocket, carrying seven satellites, including India's first space observatory, blasted off from here on Monday.Exactly at 10 a.m. the 44.4 metres tall weighing around 320 ton polar satellite launch vehicle's XL

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  India ground tests cryogenic engine successfully

  India | July 20, 2015 18:17 IST

  Chennai: India successfully ground tested its high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine at Mahendragiri complex in Tamil Nadu, the space agency said on Monday.In a statement here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the country's first

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  SpaceX to put off rocket launch again

  World | February 11, 2015 13:08 IST

  Washington: Unfavourable weather again led private US spaceflight company SpaceX to put off a rocket launch that would have led to an experiment to test the possibility of reusable rockets.With just 12 minutes remaining in

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  Rocket kills 26 at Afghan wedding party: Police

  World | January 01, 2015 6:06 IST

  Kabul: Afghan police say that at least 26 people have been killed by a rocket that hit a house during a wedding party in the southern province of Helmand.Police spokesman Fareed Ahmad Obaid says at

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  ISRO examining business model for industries in satellite, rocket production

  April 04, 2014 21:45 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): The Indian space agency is working at preparing a business model to partner with industries - public and private - so that they have a higher level of participation in the space