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SpaceX rocket ship lifts off with 2 Americans; Trump says it's incredible

The spacecraft took off Saturday afternoon from the same launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, that was used during the Apollo missions to the moon a half-century ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX chases history with launch while bigger hurdles loom

SpaceX's first flight with humans aboard is spurring the competitive space industry to new heights, with Boeing also preparing to carry people to orbit

NASA-SpaceX launch called off due to bad weather, next attempt on Saturday

Tropical storm Bertha also formed off the coast of South Carolina earlier in the day, adding to the weather concerns

Moon, Mars Mission: Here's how you can participate in 8-month Nasa program

Are you in social isolation? Why not be paid for it. Nasa is in search for participants for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for its missions to Mars and the moon

Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $346 million ahead of debut astronaut mission

The private rocket company's launch of its first crewed mission on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will put an end to the US space agency's nine-year hiatus in human spaceflight.

Next Capital-backed Vestaspace to launch constellation of 35+ satellites

The company plans to replace traditional fibre networks with the satellite constellations and provide high-speed 5G network connections pan-India with its unmanned Software Data processing

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)

Nasa discovers parallel universe where time runs backwards? Know the truth

In quantum mechanics, parallel universe is theorised as existing alongside our own, although undetectable

Thanks to lockdown, aerosol levels hit 20-year low in India, finds NASA

Around March 27, heavy rain poured over vast areas of northern India and helped clear the air of aerosols. Aerosol concentrations usually increase again after such heavy precipitation

Space Station crew blast off from Russia amid global coronavirus panic

Under usual circumstances, the departing crew would face questions from a large press pack before being waved off by family and friends. Neither were present this time round because of restrictions

Space exploration and calamities

The COVID-19 pandemic will upset the timelines of Nasa's next manned missions to the Moon

Coronavirus outbreak deals blow to NASA's return-to-moon plan by 2024

The space agency chief ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the respiratory illness.

To what extent will coronavirus outbreak rewire global trade dynamics?

Unless mainland China somehow manages a swift recovery, historians of globalisation will view this moment as a watershed

Indian-American among Nasa's new astronauts for future Moon, Mars missions

Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class

20 key industrial, political and economic developments to expect in 2020

Where is the Sensex headed? will the economy turn around? what about sectors like auto, pharma, consumer goods and infra? Business Standard tells you what to expect in the new year

Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare for human missions: NASA

The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was given its first successful test last week

China opposes US Space Force, says direct threat to outer space security

China's space program has advanced rapidly since its first crewed mission in 2003

Meet Shanmuga Subramanian: The Chennai techie who helped find Vikram debris

Shanmuga Subramanian, who made the discovery said, 'It was something challenging as even NASA can't find out so why can't we try out?'

Nasa satellite finds debris of Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, releases pics

NASA has found the crash site and debris of India's Chandrayaan-2 Vikram moon lander following a tip from an Indian space enthusiast who examined pictures of the area of the moon taken by a US orbiting camera.

Elon Musk rips Boeing's $90 million space trips as cost tops SpaceX's

NASA's Inspector General revealed this week that the agency had given Boeing an extra $287.2 million for its work on the commercial crew program