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ISRO Chandrayaan-2: India's mission to Moon faces another delay- launch moved to 2019

India was all set to be the fourth country to land on the Moon, but this delay could mean Israel will it make there by 2019, before India.

Aug 5, 2018

NASA names Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams among 9 chosen for human spaceflight

Williams has been named for the Boeing programme to the ISS - the first test flight scheduled to take place in the middle of 2019.

Aug 4, 2018

Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster

As space race heats up, Amazon's Bezos spends more cash than ever to fuel Blue Origin's growth

Jeff Bezos is on a hiring spree, having spent millions to bring on board more engineers and speed up the development of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, as it looks to compete in the increasingly crowded space race, now dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Aug 3, 2018

Elon Musk's dream of nuking Mars terrible, just won't help to reverse weather, says new study

Elon Musk had once famously said that he hopes to nuke the planet in order to make it habitable; however, a new study has concluded that even nuking the Red Planet will not get the job done

Jul 31, 2018

Edge of space just got 19 km closer to the Earth, say researchers; Will US agree?

The Karman Line, which separates Earth from space is right now set at 100 km.

Jul 29, 2018

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, lands booster

This flight was also remarkable because it marked a new era in spaceflight, where the same rocket is expected to be used for years in different missions

Jul 23, 2018

One space lawyer explains why we need space law!

In 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the US and the Soviet Union, along with other nations with a space program, had agreed that since "colonization" on Earth had caused extreme human suffering and several wars, the same mistake will not be repeated in case of the moon.

Jul 22, 2018

Boeing's spacecraft set to carry crew to ISS reveals propellant leak during testing

If Boeing and SpaceX do not get their spacecraft certified before NASA runs out of seats it purchased aboard Russian rockets, the American presence in the ISS till the 2020s could be in question.

Jul 22, 2018

After scrapping drone project, Facebook looks at satellites to boost internet connectivity

The social media giant filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission under the name PointView Tech LLC to provide broadband access through a satellite named Athena.

Jul 21, 2018

The 12 men in history, who went for a moonwalk

July 20 marks the 49th anniversary of the first time when a man had walked on the surface of Moon.

Jul 20, 2018

SpaceX's rocket fairing-catching boat Mr. Steven just got a major upgrade

The new net is about 4 times the size of the previous one and is nearly an acre in size. The ship is classified as a "fast supply vessel" one that is rated to carry about 400 tonnes of cargo at speeds that exceed 43 kmh.

Jul 18, 2018

Here's why Elon Musk is calling a Thai cave rescuer a paedophile

Elon Musk had recently made headlines after he got a mini-submarine built by his engineers from SpaceX and Tesla to get the boys out of the flooded cave in Thailand.

Jul 16, 2018

To combat environmental impact, one company is going vegetarian

Real Estate firm WeWork announced a new policy banning meat in the company offices. It also won't reimburse employees for meals including meat as it looks to cut its carbon footprint.

Jul 15, 2018

At 200 db, these rockets are so loud that they can rip off rainbows in the sky (VIDEO)

At 200 decibels, the noise levels are about 80 decibels more than the average pain threshold. Apart from the immense heat that launches generate, the rumbling sound alone is enough to not only hurt people, it can literally set hair on fire and even topple buildings.

Jul 13, 2018

Katy Perry, Jack Dorsey, Donald Trump, even Twitter lost millions of followers: Here's why

Twitter purge is resulting in millions of locked accounts, which directly impacts the followers one has on the social media platform. Here's a look at who lost the most number of followers.