Spacex Launch
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Starship soars again: Musk's SpaceX rocket makes planned crash in Gulf of Mexico | WATCH
Science | Oct 14, 2025, 08:01 AM ISTSpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on a major test flight Monday, sending it halfway around the world in a mission that tested future landing techniques and deployed mock satellites.
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SpaceX's Starship launch halted at last minute due to technical issues, Elon Musk reacts
Science | Mar 04, 2025, 07:52 AM ISTThe countdown got down to the 40-second mark, but it was halted because of issues with the 403-foot (123-metre) rocket, the world's largest and most powerful.
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Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO astronaut, to pilot Axiom Mission 4, India's first crewed ISS mission
Science | Jan 30, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) in 2025. Know about the mission, crew details, and India's growing role in space exploration.
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SpaceX Starship destroyed during 7th test flight after successful booster catch, Elon Musk reacts
Science | Jan 17, 2025, 07:44 AM ISTElon Musk’s company revealed that the spacecraft’s six engines shut down one by one, leading to the loss of contact and the mission’s abrupt end. The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights.
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SpaceX catches 19-storey Super Heavy rocket mid-air | WATCH VIDEO
Science | Oct 13, 2024, 06:59 PM ISTWhile Starship continued its journey towards a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, all eyes turned to the returning booster.
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SpaceX mega rocket loses spacecraft just 15 minutes before completing test flight
Science | Mar 15, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTStarship reached an altitude of about 233 kilometres as it coasted across the Atlantic and South Africa, before approaching the Indian Ocean. But 49 minutes into the flight — with just 15 minutes remaining — all contact was lost and the spacecraft presumably broke apart.
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NASA, SpaceX launch 4 astronauts from 4 countries including Russia to International Space Station
World | Aug 27, 2023, 10:59 AM ISTThe astronauts will reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule on Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March.
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Big blow to Elon Musk! SpaceX world’s biggest rocket explodes minutes after its launch | WATCH
World | Apr 21, 2023, 06:19 AM ISTSpaceX’s new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, failed minutes after rising from the launch pad on its first test flight on Thursday (April 20).
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SpaceX delivers Russian, Native American women to station
World | Oct 07, 2022, 08:53 AM ISTSpaceX delivers Russian: Russian, first time in 20 years, hitched a ride from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the result of a new agreement reached despite friction over the war in Ukraine.
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Russian cosmonaut launches from US for first time in 20 years, alongside NASA, Japanese astronauts
World | Dec 16, 2022, 12:47 PM ISTFor the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S., launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine.
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SpaceX delivers new crew of 4 to International Space Station, ‘glorious sight’
Science | Nov 12, 2021, 08:20 AM IST“Floating in space and shining like a diamond,” noted German astronaut Matthias Maurer. “We’re all very thrilled, very excited.”
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SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves
Science | Oct 30, 2021, 07:01 PM ISTFor crew launches, SpaceX requires good weather all the way up the Eastern Seaboard and across the North Atlantic to Ireland.
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Raja Chari to be the commander of SpaceX flight launching on October 31
Science | Oct 28, 2021, 04:46 PM ISTThis will be SpaceX’s fourth launch of NASA astronauts and its fifth passenger flight overall.
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Indian-American astronaut part of NASA-SpaceX Crew-3 mission
World | Oct 07, 2021, 08:45 PM ISTThe four astronauts will lift off to space on October 30 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the statement added.
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SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15
Science | Sep 05, 2021, 04:36 PM ISTEarly this year in February, SpaceX announced the charity-driven mission named Inspiration4, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and will have three others.
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SpaceX may launch rockets from ocean spaceport by next year: Report
Science | Jun 01, 2021, 08:23 PM ISTElon Musk-run SpaceX's first ocean spaceport for the Starship launch vehicle could be ready as soon as next year, the CEO has revealed.
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Bad offshore weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday
Science | Apr 21, 2021, 08:31 PM ISTSpaceX on Wednesday bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore.
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SpaceX launches test rocket, breaks apart before landing
Science | Mar 30, 2021, 08:38 PM ISTSpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.
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SpaceX’s 2nd Starship test flight ends with another kaboom
Science | Feb 04, 2021, 05:09 PM ISTThe full-scale stainless steel rocket reached its intended altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), slightly lower than the last one. Everything seemed to be going well as the 160-foot (50-meter) Starship flipped on its side and began its descent. But it did not manage to straighten itself back up in time for a landing and slammed into the ground.
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SpaceX to launch world's first all-civilian astronaut mission to orbit in late 2021
Science | Feb 02, 2021, 06:31 AM ISTSpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth, dubbed as "the world's first all-civilian mission." It is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021.