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SpaceX has successfully launched a highly secretive U.S. military spacecraft into orbit, marking yet another milestone in its collaborations with the U.S. Department of Defence.Late Thursday night at 11:50 PM local time (0350 GMT Friday), a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket roared into the sky from NASA’s iconic Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying onboard the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV).The
SpaceX has successfully launched a highly secretive U.S. military spacecraft into orbit, marking yet another milestone in its collaborations with the U.S. Department of Defence.Late Thursday night at 11:50 PM local time (0350 GMT Friday), a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket roared into the sky from NASA’s iconic Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying onboard the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV).The
The latest developments in space exploration reveal a rapid shift from symbolic achievements such as “flags and footprints” to long-term, sustainable infrastructure on extra-terrestrial bodies. One of the most ambitious proposals currently under discussion is NASA’s plan to establish a small nuclear reactor on the lunar surface by 2030.This comes against the backdrop of China’s announcement in
State-owned telecom company ITI Limited has received special recognition from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for its critical contribution to the successful launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.The satellite, jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, was launched on July 30, 2025, aboard the GSLV-F16 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor publicly praised Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as a monumental achievement and a powerful symbol of India’s growing ambitions in human spaceflight.Delivered through social media posts on X (formerly Twitter) after opposition parties boycotted a special Lok Sabha discussion on Shukla’s mission, Tharoor
Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has returned to India following his historic mission as part of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) program aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking a monumental moment in the country’s space ambitions. Shukla landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi, in the early hours of August 17, 2025, completing the nation’s first human
Seventeen days after its launch on July 30, 2025, from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully deployed its giant radar antenna reflector in orbit on August 15, 2025.This reflector is an essential piece of the satellite’s science hardware and measures an impressive 39 feet (12 meters) in diameter. It is the largest antenna
Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn’t goLate Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said h…
Nasa hails Lovell for saving 1970 moon mission from ‘potential tragedy’ and safely returning crew to EarthJames “Jim” Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He…
India’s space program, led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has achieved significant milestones like the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), reflecting its capability for cost-effective and pioneering space exploration.However, current collaborations, especially with NASA, while beneficial, also underline a dependence on foreign technology—for example, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic