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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Priya Satia: How modern empire broke the empire mould
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From ‘self-rule’ call to setting the narrative, how ITLF has become new Kuki-Zo voice in Manipur
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‘Prophet Song’: The Booker Prize winner is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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Ramachandra Guha: In new book, an exploration of Hindutva’s paranoid triumphalism through H-Pop
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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: Macaulay Culkin recreates iconic ‘Home Alone’ dialogue in his Walk of Fame induction speech
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Watch: New York gets a new attraction where visitors can recreate iconic steel beam photograph
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‘This guy really wants some attention’: Actor Chris Evans’s pet dog interrupts his video call
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Watch: Gazan child turns to stone in shock and fear as air strikes are resumed after ceasefire
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‘Thanks for the sandwich’: Artist roasts Spotify for low earnings in their year-end videos
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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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‘Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire’ trailer: ‘K.G.F’ director’s new film stars Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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Watch: Trailer of ‘Mad Max’ spinoff ‘Furiosa’ is out
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‘Dhootha’ review: An entertaining yarn about media ethics
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Interview: ‘The Archies’ movie is ‘nostalgic, magical, a storybook come to life’
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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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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto enter final; Priyanshu bows out
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Boxing, Junior World Championships: India wins four bronze; 12 others storm into finals
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa crowned champions
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Chess: R Vaishali becomes India’s 84th Grandmaster; third woman to achieve the title
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Fitness watch: Why women athletes are more prone to ACL injuries than men