India, Russia mull joint mission to moon, Mars

India and Russia held discussions on the possibility of cooperation in space exploration, including missions to the moon and Mars. General Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Federal Space Agency, Russia......

China to launch lunar mission in November

China will launch its maiden mission to moon in November, a third major event in the Chinese space programme after the launch of a satellite and amanned space mission. "The lunar orbiter is being......

NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037

The United States aims to put a man on Mars by 2037 and build a space civilisation. "We have a long-term plan to put a man on Mars by 2037," Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space......

India a major player in space: ISRO chief

The Indian Space Research Organisation is trying to reduce the failure rate in launch of space vehicles to less than five per cent in the near future and to less than one per cent in the next ten......