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ISRO Scientist Nandini Harinath’s saree from Mangalyaan Mission showcased at Smithsonian Museum
Science | May 13, 2026, 01:59 PM ISTThe Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC has showcased a saree worn by ISRO scientist Nandini Harinath during India’s historic Mars Orbiter Mission.
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Blue Origin successfully launches NS-34 with Agra-born investor: Sends six civilians to space
Science | Aug 03, 2025, 07:00 PM ISTBlue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard NS-34 mission on August 3, 2025, carrying Agra-born real estate investor Arvinder 'Arvi' Singh Bahal and five other civilians to the edge of space. The eleven-minute suborbital flight offered moments of weightlessness and stunning views of Earth.
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Blue Origin all-women crew gets back to Earth from space journey, Katy Perry kisses ground on return
World | Apr 15, 2025, 08:07 AM ISTBlue Origin's all-women crew, including Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn, safely returned to Earth on April 14 after a brief journey to the edge of space. The team reached the Kármán line, 62 miles above Earth, and spent about four minutes in spac
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on first test flight from Cape Canaveral
World | Jan 16, 2025, 02:00 PM ISTJeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. It is named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket.
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SpaDeX docking: Satellites drift arrested, spacecrafts put closer to each other, says ISRO
Science | Jan 09, 2025, 08:48 PM ISTISRO in a post said that the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) is expected to reach initialisation conditions by December 10.
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Chinese astronauts return to earth after 6 months | READ how they managed to eat fresh veggies
World | Nov 04, 2024, 01:17 PM IST"Being able to eat fresh vegetables in space is truly a blessing. These green plants have also brought a touch of green and good cheer to our busy work," said one of the astronauts, Li.
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NASA astronaut released from hospital after returning from space | WATCH
Science | Oct 27, 2024, 12:14 PM ISTDue to patient privacy concerns, NASA did not disclose the identity of the astronaut or specifics about their condition, stating only that the astronaut is in "good health" and will "resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members."
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ISRO plans Venus Orbiter Mission: List of successful and future missions to Venus
Science | Sep 18, 2024, 10:28 PM ISTThe government has approved ISRO's ambitious Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), set for launch in March 2028. This mission aims to study Venus' surface, atmosphere, and volcanic activity, furthering India's space exploration goals.
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China's MILESTONE: Lunar probe returns to Earth from moon with samples of 2.5-million year old rock
World | Jun 25, 2024, 12:56 PM ISTChinese scientists expect the retrieved samples to contain 2.5-million-year-old volcanic rock and other materials that researchers believe will provide insights into geographic disparities between the moon's two hemispheres.
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NASA calls off spacewalk after spacesuit water leak, astronaut says 'literally water everywhere now'
World | Jun 25, 2024, 02:57 PM ISTAccording to NASA, The duo were not in danger. The astronauts were supposed to remove a faulty communications box and collect microbe samples from outside the orbiting laboratory.
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Japan's space agency hit by biggest cyberattacks, but officials downplay hacking attempt
World | Jun 21, 2024, 01:42 PM ISTJAXA has investigated the extent of illegal access while shutting down the affected networks and verifying that they did not contain classified information about the operations of rockets and satellites and national security.
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Pakistan's first 'orbiter' sent pictures of sun and moon
World | May 10, 2024, 11:27 PM ISTChinese space agency CNSA launched the Pakistani small satellite 'Icube Qamar' along with its most complex Chang'e 6 lunar mission.
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Gaganyaan: ISRO completes final test of engine that can carry humans to space
Science | Feb 21, 2024, 01:58 PM ISTThe space agency said, “To achieve the human rating standards, four engines underwent 39 hot firing tests under various operating conditions for a cumulative time period of 8810 seconds against the minimum human rating qualification standard requirement, which is 6350 seconds.”
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NASA shares detailed image of Moon's far side, describes it as 'It's the side we never see..'
Science | Feb 09, 2024, 06:39 PM ISTThe US Space Agency, NASA, shared a never-before-seen photo of the moon on their official Instagram handle, which has amazed online viewers.
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Iran launches 3 satellites into space despite West's stern warning as tensions soar in Middle East
World | Jan 28, 2024, 06:15 PM ISTState TV named the launched satellites Mahda, Kayhan-2 and Hatef-1. It described the Mahda as a research satellite, while the Kayhan and the Hatef were nanosatellites focused on global positioning and communication respectively.
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Gujarat signs MoU with IN-SPACe to set up space manufacturing cluster
Gujarat | Oct 19, 2023, 02:35 PM ISTIN-SPACe promotes various space activities of non-governmental entities including building launch vehicle and satellite and providing other space based services.
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Japan to launch satellite, lunar lander on Monday after success of India's Chandrayaan-3
World | Aug 28, 2023, 12:01 AM ISTUnlike Chandrayaan-3, Japan's SLIM lander will enter the Moon's orbit about three to four months after launch, orbit the moon for a month, and descent after four to six months.
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SERIOUSLY? Canadian Space Agency mistakes Arizona's Meteor Crater as 108-mn-year-old Moon crater
World | Aug 22, 2023, 05:12 PM ISTThe Barringer Crater in Arizona, also called Meteor Crater, is 50,000 years old on Earth and was originally 1,200 meters across and 210 meters deep.
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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft, which was in a race with Chandrayaan 3, crashes into Moon
World | Aug 20, 2023, 03:29 PM ISTEarlier today, reported an “abnormal situation” on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft, which launched earlier this month.
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Russia spacecraft Luna-25 suffers technical glitch in pre-landing-maneuver
World | Aug 20, 2023, 03:09 PM ISTThe spacecraft is scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on Monday, racing to land on Earth's satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The lunar south pole is of particular interest to scientists, who believe the permanently shadowed polar craters may contain water.