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NASA picks Indian-American astronaut to lead SpaceX mission to ISS

Indian-American United States Air Force Colonel Raja Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by National Aeronautics and Space......

Remembering Kargil: 'Bombs on Target!'

Twenty one years ago, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force fought a bloody and bitter war to evict Pakistani intruders from the icy heights in Kargil. Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes the......

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama assessed the......

'In those days, rocket parts and payloads were transported by bicycle'

ISRO's expedition to Mars is yet another breathtaking adventure for an organisation created by Dr Vikram Sarabhai and carefully nurtured by scientists like A P J Abdul Kalam and R Aravamudan.......

NASA involves private companies in human space flights

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies, including Boeing, to design and develop the next generation of United......

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.Surajeet......

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each. A UK government......

Obama proposes freeze on NASA's Budget for 5 years

President Barack Obama has proposed a five-year budgetary freeze on NASA's spending keeping it at $18.7 billion levels annually till 2016.But NASA's administrator Charles Bolden told reporters that......

The world's biggest planes

When Orville and Wilber Wright took to the skies in North Carolina, they made it 120 feet. They could have taken off and landed on the wings of the world's biggest cargo plane. The An-225 Cossack......

PlanetSpace inks space tourism deal with NASA

Chicago based PlanetSpace, the space tourism company headed by Indian-American Chirinjeev Kathuria, has signed an agreement with NASA to facilitate the commercialisation of low-earth orbit flights.......

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NASA picks Indian-American astronaut to lead SpaceX mission to ISS

Remembering Kargil: 'Bombs on Target!'

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

'In those days, rocket parts and payloads were transported by bicycle'

NASA involves private companies in human space flights

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

Obama proposes freeze on NASA's Budget for 5 years

The world's biggest planes

PlanetSpace inks space tourism deal with NASA

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