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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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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 Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate