Space Flight
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Gaganyaan test mission successful, crew escape module touches down in Bay of Bengal
The system will ensure that the astronauts safely return to earth if there is an emergency during the crewed launch in 2025.
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India’s first private sector rocket Vikram-S launched from Sriharikota
The rocket, designed by Skyroot Aerospace, launched three satellites into orbit.
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ISRO places 36 satellites into orbit in its first commercial mission
The space agency’s heaviest rocket, LVM3-M2, placed the satellites into orbit 75 minutes after liftoff.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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NASA postpones moon mission Artemis 1 again due to fuel leak
The agency said that it will not try to launch the rocket again during the current window of opportunity, which ends on Tuesday.
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NASA postpones Artemis 1 moon mission due to fuel leak
The flight was aimed at testing the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion crew capsule.
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Astronaut of Indian origin leads mission to International Space Station
The spacecraft was launched into orbit on Wednesday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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‘Best day ever’: Billionaire Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket
The voyage lasted for about 10 minutes and 20 seconds to the edge of space.
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Sirisha Bandla becomes second Indian-born woman to fly into space
Bandla joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic’s first fully-crewed successful suborbital test flight from New Mexico in the United States
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Here’s how Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent two astronauts into space
The development is a landmark moment in human exploration of space.
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The Reel
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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Russia launches first manned voyage to International Space Station since October failure
The will take six hours to reach the space station and will stay in orbit for 194 days.
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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programme
This will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since 2011.
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China says defunct space station Tiangong-1 plummets to Earth, burns up over South Pacific
The China Manned Space Engineering Office said there is no reason for people to worry.
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The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement