After France and the US, NATO could start using weapons in space

As countries and commercial companies develop technology to disrupt and destroy one another’s satellites, NATO is mulling new regulation.

Gareth Dorrian and Ian Whittaker, The Conversation

· Oct 20, 2019 · 09:30 pm

United States: SpaceX launches military navigation satellite on board its Falcon 9 rocket

The launch marked the private space transportation company’s first national security space mission for the US.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 24, 2018 · 04:34 pm

Bangladesh joins the space club with Bangabandhu-1 launch, but economic challenges could be a hurdle

The project, assisted by other space powers, cost $248 million and marks a promising step in integrating the economy in a global market.

Abu Sufian Shamrat

· Jul 17, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Video: Remembering the launch of India’s first indigenously made satellite, Aryabhata

Named after the Gupta-era mathematician-astronomer, the satellite was heralded as India’s giant leap into the space age.

Ramakrishnan M

· Apr 19, 2018 · 11:23 am

Video: Here’s why you don’t see space debris in satellite images

NASA claims there are an estimated 5,00,000 pieces of space trash orbiting the earth.

Shone Satheesh

· Mar 08, 2018 · 09:15 am

Watch: Meet the Tamil Nadu teen who designed the world’s tiniest, lightest satellite for NASA

Pallapatti’s Rifath Sharook, 18, has made a device which will get 12 minutes of glory in space.

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· May 17, 2017 · 01:00 pm

104 satellites, 1 rocket: Watch ISRO launch multiple satellites at one go (and set a world record)

However, a former chairman says the mission is “nothing new”.

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· Feb 15, 2017 · 02:00 pm

Japan's mission to clear junk in space ends in failure

The H-II Transfer Vehicle Kounotori 6 had been launched into space December 9 last year, and re-entered the atmosphere on Monday.

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· Feb 06, 2017 · 08:42 pm

This video is the nearest you will come to floating through the International Space Station

It's also as close to flying as you are likely to get. For now.

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· Nov 18, 2016 · 01:00 pm

The movies that astronauts watch in space (‘Gravity’, yes, but ‘Seven Samurai’ too)

Some astronauts have defied conventional assumptions about life in space, perhaps making it look more recreational than it really is.

Suman Ghosh, The Conversation

· Jul 21, 2016 · 01:30 pm

The forgotten moon landing that paved the way for today’s space adventures

The 50th anniversary of Luna 9's first soft moon landing reminds us how difficult landing a spacecraft is.

Mike Cruise, The Conversation

· Feb 06, 2016 · 08:30 pm

This astronaut explains how to get your coffee fix in space

Solving the conundrum of weird fluid behaviour without gravity to help.

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· Jan 19, 2016 · 07:30 pm