Space

ISRO's positioning system to be 'replacement GPS' for the public: Official

It will also aid in navigation and monitoring of fleet (trucks and ships) movement.

Dec 6, 2015

Launch of Orbital's cargo ship Cygnus delayed further

Cygnus is scheduled to fly on 5:10 pm ET on Saturday, 5 December.

Dec 5, 2015

Orbital ATK delays launch of Cygnus due to bad weather

The launch is now scheduled for 5:33 p.m. local time (2233 GMT) on Friday.

Dec 4, 2015

SpaceX may go for land-based rocket landing in December itself

Last June, SpaceX encountered a disaster when its Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated during launch.

Dec 3, 2015

U.S. bill now allows companies to own what they mine in space

The Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act was signed by President Barack Obama last week.

Dec 2, 2015

European satellite to detect ripples across space and time

The European-built spacecraft, known as LISA Pathfinder, is expected to break ground in the search for the ripples.

Dec 2, 2015

China to monitor greenhouse gas emissions via carbon-tracking satellites from space

After Japan in 2009 and United States in 2014, China to be world's third country monitor greenhouse gases with satellites.

Dec 1, 2015

Key science experiments set for ISS launch on 3 December

Orbital ATK is all set to launch its Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft.

Dec 1, 2015

North Korea: Submarine launch of ballistic missile fails

The test-firing of a KN-11 ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine, conducted in the East Sea, failed to soar from the waters.

Nov 29, 2015

International Space Station creates 3D printed cups to drink espresso in space

The astronauts readily confess they hadn't expected it to work.

Nov 28, 2015

NASA ties up with Aerojet Rocketdyne to modernise RS-25 engines

Aeroject Rocketdyne will modernise space shuttle engines to make them more replaceable and affordable.

Nov 24, 2015

UFO sighting 2015: Cigar-shaped object with 2 bright lights on astronaut's photo sparks alien buzz

A picture with a cigar-shaped object shared by astronaut Scott Kelly has sparked off aliens existence.

Nov 21, 2015

NASA directs SpaceX to launch US astronauts to ISS

This is the second in a series of four guaranteed orders NASA will make under the CCtCap contracts.

Nov 21, 2015

Nasa uses new tool to track rising carbon dioxide levels

As world leaders prepare for climate talks in Paris at the end of November, Nasa satellites have been flying around earth tracking rising carbon dioxide levels, which scientists say are driving climate change. They include the new experimental Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), which was launched in 2014 and designed to give scientists a fuller picture of the effects.

Nov 21, 2015