HELSINKI — India launched the Proba-3 European technology demonstration mission Wednesday which will use a pair of spacecraft to create artificial solar eclipses. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted […]

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Almost no one thought SpaceX would make the catch, at least not on the first try. On the fifth integrated test flight of Starship, launched Oct. 13 from the company’s […]

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HELSINKI — India’s Chandrayaan-4 lunar sample return mission will target a landing between 85 and 90 degrees latitude in the southern hemisphere of the moon, and follow up with a […]

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HELSINKI — The Indian government has given approval to a number of major space projects including the Chandrayaan-4 lunar sample return and a first space station module. The union cabinet, […]

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The United States and India, the two largest democracies in the world, have a decades-long relationship built on cooperation in space issues. In recent years, that bond has come into […]

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HELSINKI — India successfully launched its third SSLV Thursday, placing an Earth observation satellite into orbit and completing the solid rocket’s development process. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) lifted […]

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Astronauts from Hungary and Poland will fly alongside an Indian astronaut on Axiom Space’s next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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Two Indian astronauts will soon start training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, with one of them flying to the International Space Station on an upcoming private astronaut mission.

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The launch of a joint U.S.-Indian radar imaging satellite will not take place before February 2025 because of work on the spacecraft’s antenna and orbital constraints, NASA said July 29.

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The governments of the United States and India announced June 17 they are moving ahead with cooperation on human spaceflight that would include flying an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station, although with few details on who would fly and when.

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NASA and the Indian space agency ISRO remain in discussions about flying an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station after America’s ambassador to India said such a mission was still planned for this year.

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The European Space Agency, impressed with India’s growing space capabilities, is exploring opportunities for enhanced cooperation in space activities.

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Modifications to a large deployable antenna on a joint U.S.-Indian radar spacecraft will delay its launch, likely to the second half of the year.

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India plans to conduct a first uncrewed orbital test flight for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program in July this year.

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India successfully launched the new generation INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite early Saturday.

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India is planning up to 30 launches over a 15-months period, indicating the ambition for a significant rise in both civil and commercial launch activities.

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India’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory has reached its destination orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 around 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

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The commercial arm of India’s space agency ISRO announced Jan. 2 it will launch a large communications satellite later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9, further underscoring SpaceX’s dominance in the global launch market.

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India launched an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests for its human spaceflight program and a potential joint crewed mission with NASA.

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The spacecraft that transported the Chandrayaan-3 lander to the moon has returned to Earth orbit, a demonstration of technologies to support a future Indian lunar sample return mission.

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India took a step towards independent human spaceflight capabilities early Saturday with a successful uncrewed emergency escape system test.

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India will aim to put astronauts on the moon by 2040 and construct a space station in the middle of the next decade, the government said Tuesday.

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The Chandrayaan-3 mission is a perfect example of India crossing the threshold to a new era of space activity. While the August 2023 Moon landing is a shining star on India’s space lapel, Chandrayaan-3 is just one part of a larger Indian space ecosystem that is growing rapidly.

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The liftoff time for India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander was shifted four seconds to avoid close approaches to other space objects.

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