L3Harris hones DoD focus with sale of civil space propulsion unit
AE Industrial will take a 60 percent stake in the new business focused on civil and commercial space; L3Harris will maintain about a 40 percent share.
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Chest Thumping Is Understanable…But What’s Behind ISRO’s Project Delays
India’s space program, spearheaded by the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), has long been a source of national pride.Yet, 2025 brought a series
of setbacks that tempered the enthusiasm. While chest-thumping over
achievements is understandable, a closer examination reveals persistent
project delays and partial failures that demand scrutiny.
The year kicked off with
BlueBird-6 Orbital Deployment Validates Direct-To-Device Capacity; ISRO’s Precision Deployment of Payload
AST SpaceMobile confirmed the successful orbital deployment of its BlueBird-6 satellite on Wednesday, following a dedicated commercial launch from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission validates the company’s next-generation satellite architecture designed to deliver broadband connectivity directly to standard, unmodified smartphones.The spacecraft was carried by an Indian Space
Americans Head To The Moon, Again
Americans are embarking on a renewed lunar endeavour through NASA’s Artemis program, marking the first crewed missions to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.This initiative aims to establish a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface, leveraging partnerships with private firms like SpaceX and Blue Origin.The program’s flagship, Artemis-II, successfully launched in late 2025, sending four
US Senate confirms billionaire Musk ally Jared Isaacman as Nasa chief
Vote on Isaacman, private astronaut and Mars missions advocate, passes 67-30 for him to be agency’s 15th leaderThe US Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become Donald Trump’s Nasa administrator. The confirmati…
ISRO’s Heaviest-Ever Launch: Bluebird-6 US Satellite Blasts Off Dec 15
India’s space agency, ISRO, is preparing to launch the heaviest American commercial satellite it has ever carried, the 6.5-tonne BlueBird-6, on 15 December from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.This mission underscores deepening Indo-US space collaboration, with ISRO’s reliable LVM3 rocket—nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ for its power—deploying the satellite into low Earth orbit. The launch
Modi And Trump Stress Sustaining Momentum In Boosting Bilateral Trade After Telephone Conversation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a cordial telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking a significant moment in the evolving India-US relationship.The discussion, which took place amid ongoing negotiations for a Bilateral Trade Agreement, focused on reviewing the robust progress of the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.Both leaders
Nasa loses contact with spacecraft orbiting Mars for more than a decade
Space agency is investigating after Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekendNasa has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade, though the US space agency said it was trying to re-establ…
ROSCOSMOS Cosmonauts, NASA Astronauts Return From ISS
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, returned safely to Earth on Tuesday following an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Their journey concluded with a parachute-assisted landing at 10:03 am local time in Kazakhstan, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, after undocking from the ISS on the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft late on
India’s Aditya-L1 Joins Global Effort To Study Solar Storm: ISRO
India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, has made a significant contribution to the global scientific effort to understand solar storms, particularly an unusually powerful event that struck Earth in May 2024.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Tuesday that Aditya-L1 joined forces with six US satellites, including NASA’s Wind satellite, enabling researchers to study the