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Critical test flight for NASA's return to moon scheduled for Monday

If all goes well, a massive uncrewed rocket will lift off on Monday morning, then circle the moon in an orbit that will take it deep into space before it returns to Earth 42 days later

Updated On: 27 Aug 2022 | 7:39 AM IST

SpaceX launches rocket carrying 48 Starlink Internet, 2 BlackSky satellites

Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 48 Starlink internet satellites and two BlackSky satellites

Updated On: 03 Dec 2021 | 8:45 AM IST

Elon Musk's SpaceX says liquid oxygen supplies hit due to Covid-19

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's space company SpaceX faces shortage of liquid oxygen that is used to power its Falcon 9 rockets because of increasing demand in hospitals treating patients with Covid-19

Updated On: 26 Aug 2021 | 8:41 PM IST

SpaceX flies Falcon 9 rocket booster for record ninth time

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's private aerospace company SpaceX on Sunday launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center

Updated On: 14 Mar 2021 | 8:09 PM IST

Launch of Falcon 9 carrier rocket with Starlink satellites delayed: SpaceX

SpaceX has cancelled the planned launch of a Falcon 9 carrier rocket with 60 Starlink satellites

Updated On: 01 Mar 2021 | 10:53 AM IST

A hard landing: Musk's Starship fails to slow down, explodes on way back

The prototype experienced a "hard landing" after its successful ascent, a perfect flip maneuver to position itself for a landing before it exploded seconds after touching the ground

Updated On: 10 Dec 2020 | 12:30 PM IST

Pixxel to launch remote-sensing satellite on Isro rocket in early 2021

With India allowing private companies to operate within the premises of Isro, this is expected to create huge opportunities for the country's fledgling aerospace start-ups

Updated On: 04 Dec 2020 | 11:55 PM IST

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In pictures: SpaceX Crew-1 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts has been successfully launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Updated On: 16 Nov 2020 | 11:46 AM IST

SpaceX, NASA send 4 astronauts to space in milestone commercial flight

The Crew-1 mission marks a crucial milestone in the development of a space industry in which private-sector companies provide business and tourism services in low-earth orbit

Updated On: 16 Nov 2020 | 8:25 AM IST

Botany, cancer research to widen in space as Resilience lifts off on Sunday

Nasa, SpaceX will begin the commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit as Crew-1 with four astronauts lift off later this month

Updated On: 14 Nov 2020 | 11:40 AM IST

Scientific research to widen on ISS as SpaceX eyes commercial crew missions

Led by billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX is all set for its next mission, Crew-1, to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on its reusable Dragon

Updated On: 06 Aug 2020 | 1:30 PM IST

Undock to splashdown: Here is how SpaceX brings back astronauts from ISS

With the Demo-2 flight, Nasa will complete a mission designed to test SpaceX's human spaceflight system, including launch, docking, splashdown, and recovery operations

Updated On: 28 Jul 2020 | 5:41 PM IST

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In pictures: All you should know about the successful SpaceX-NASA launch

Falcon 9 lifts off from historic Launch Complex 39A and sends Crew Dragon to orbit on its first flight with NASA astronauts to the space station

Updated On: 31 May 2020 | 12:46 PM IST

How private firm SpaceX is in charge of sending NASA astronauts in orbit

A successful launch on Wednesday could forever change how the world thinks about getting people to space

Updated On: 27 May 2020 | 8:52 PM IST

Docking with ISS: The Nasa-SpaceX crew mission that ends US' launch drought

Here is a rundown of how NASA is resuming space missions from US soil. Two astronauts will take off next Wednesday atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, bound for the International Space Station (ISS)

Updated On: 23 May 2020 | 3:35 PM IST

Startup Agnikul raises Rs 23.4 crore to put small satellites into space

Agnikul, operating out of National Centre for Combustion Research at IIT Chennai, is developing a satellite launch vehicle for payload capacity of up to 100 kgs

Updated On: 18 Mar 2020 | 10:59 AM IST

SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrying broadband satellite to be launched on Feb 21

SpaceX successfully launched Falcon Heavy rocket into space on February 6

Updated On: 19 Feb 2018 | 11:37 AM IST