15 Things You Must Know About Rakesh Sharma

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma's space journey captivated the nation in 1984. 'I am past history,' one of India's greatest heroes said when Rediff asked him to speak about Group Captain Subhanshu......

Gaganyaan astronauts trained at Rakesh Sharma's Russian center

The four astronauts who will be part of India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan, were trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut training center in Russia, the same center where Rakesh......

SEE: Warm hugs as Shuks, 3 others enter space station

Indian Air Force test pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday became the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station as he and three other astronauts entered the orbital......

'Out of this world' tribute to human spaceflight

NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman has staged an "out of this world" concert, literally to salute 50 years of human spaceflight and the anniversary of the first launch of a human to space.......

Space tourism a good scope for insurance firms

As space tourism matures, it holds tremendous opportunity for insurance companies to offer risk coverage to those on-board, similar to what they do for passengers of airlines, industry officials......

What connects Flipkart and extra-terrestrial life?

How much do you know Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who has invested $ 100 million in a project to find extra-terrestrial life? Image: Russian billionaire Yuri Milner with wife Julia. Photograph......

FIFA World Cup: 5 reasons why Spain lost

Spain fell victim to own patience and Russian resistance IMAGE: Saul of Spain and Andres Iniesta of Spain console teammate Koke. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images More than 74 per cent......