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India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla. (Photo: AP)

Aakar Patel | The new race in space: Can India emerge on top? What lies next?

The winners in the race this time stand to make large amounts of money.

18 Jul 2023 12:30 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers a toast during a State Dinner with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Thursday. (Image:PTI)

AA Edit | Modi’s visit takes India-US ties to an entirely new level

These warm ties appear so naturally aligned it is a mystery why they took so long to manifest

24 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

World's first space tourist Dennis Tito is now gearing up for his second trip into the space and first around the moon. (Photo: Twitter)

World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon

He isn't interested in hopping on a 10-minute flight to the edge of space or repeating what he did 21 years ago

12 Oct 2022 7:17 PM

Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (centre), his brother, Mark Bezos (left), Oliver Daemen (right) and Wally Funk (seated) experienced about three minutes of weightlessness during their first space flight on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ @blueorigin)

AA Edit | New space pioneers

Waiting in the wings is Elon Musk whose company has greater reach in space already

22 Jul 2021 1:16 AM

This artist's concept shows a SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the International Space Station as it will during a mission for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

A vacation on the ISS for the first space tourists likely in 2021

One seat already booked as Axiom Space sells three $55 million tickets for a 10-day trip to the International Space Station on SpaceX craft

06 Mar 2020 8:13 PM

File photo of U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, member of the crew to the International Space Station (ISS), speaks with her relatives through a safety glass prior the launch of Soyuz MS-12 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. (AP)

Astronaut Christina Koch set to return after breaking women spaceflight record

She also participated in the first-ever spacewalk by women

06 Feb 2020 9:29 AM

The prototype oven which can be used in microgravity was designed and built by Nanoracks and Zero G Kitchen while the Double Tree by Hilton hotel chain supplied the raw cookie dough.

Another giant leap for mankind as astronauts bake first space cookies

The cookies returned to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and will undergo testing by food scientists to determine if they are edible.

25 Jan 2020 11:13 AM

The new model is part of the company's 10-year celebration of the Lego Ideas Programme.

Now, build your own International Space Station with Lego bricks

The new ISS model is based on a concept from Lego fan Christoph Ruge and consists of 864 pieces.

23 Jan 2020 7:10 AM

NASA/AFP / Aubrey GEMIGNANI The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands in White Sands, New Mexico after its aborted mission

Boeing spacecraft lands in New Mexico after aborted mission

The Starliner capsule had to be brought back after thrusters failed to activate as planned, preventing it from reaching a high enough orbit.

23 Dec 2019 10:42 AM

‘That's incredible to see,’ said Pitt, who held the 20-minute video call via split-screen from NASA's Washington headquarters. (Photo: video screengrab)

Watch: Actor Brad Pitt calls up astronaut at ISS, asks ‘Did you spot Indian moon lander’?

Brad Pitt talked to astronaut Nick Hague at the International Space Station.

17 Sep 2019 3:04 PM

Fedor -- short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research -- was Russia's first humanoid robot to be sent into space, though similar technology has been sent by Japan and NASA. (Photo: AFP)

Russian robot 'Fedor' leaves international space station

A live translation from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed a Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft leaving the ISS.

07 Sep 2019 10:06 AM

Weather postpones SpaceX launch of supplies to space station

The private firm only had a split second window to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule.

25 Jul 2019 3:32 PM

It paves the way for private citizens to travel to the ISS aboard rocket-and-capsule launch systems being developed by Boeing Co and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Photo: AP)

Got USD 50 million to spare for a vacation? NASA to open space station to tourists

The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research lab.

08 Jun 2019 10:44 AM

The set of tissue chips modelling kidneys, bone and cartilage, blood-brain barrier, and lungs is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) in the next few days.

SpaceX to send organs on a chip to the International Space Station

The organs on a chip replicate human physiological function at the cellular level.

05 May 2019 10:20 AM

In this image taken from video on Thursday, April 4, 2019, and distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, Russian cargo ship Souz FG with the Progress MS-11 takes off from the launch pad at Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The cargo ship is carrying fuel, food, water, oxygen and other supplies for the space station, which currently has three Americans, two Russians and one Canadian aboard. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)

Russian supply ship reaches space station in record time

The Progress freighter blasted off Thursday from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

08 Apr 2019 10:34 AM

As a result of the Indian test, the risk of collision with the ISS has increased by 44 per cent over 10 days, Bridenstine said. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris: NASA

The satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 300 kilometres, well below the ISS and most satellites in orbit.

02 Apr 2019 8:10 AM

American astronaut Anne McClain at work at the International Space Station on March 22, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

NASA scraps all-women space walk

The historic walk has been cancelled for the lack of a well-fitting suit for the second woman astronaut.

26 Mar 2019 3:05 PM

The puncture has since been sealed, halting the oxygen leak.

Russian cosmonauts take samples on 6th hour of spacewalk to crack mystery

Roscosmos has ruled out a manufacturing defect causing the 2 mm-wide hole found in August.

14 Dec 2018 1:38 PM

The SpaceX capsule is a beefed-up, human-rated version of the Dragon capsule already used to deliver cargo; Boeing’s craft is named Starliner. (Photo: AP)

NASA needs backup plan as US crew launches slip: Report

NASA has been paying Russia up to $82 million a seat to ferry US astronauts to and from the ISS.

12 Jul 2018 8:14 AM

The faster manoeuvre became possible thanks to a new version of the Soyuz booster rocket, noting that it puts the ship into orbit with higher precision. (Photo: AP)

Russian cargo ship makes fastest-ever trip to space station

The unmanned spacecraft loaded with nearly three tons of supplies docked at the station in the automatic mode less than four hours.

11 Jul 2018 9:15 AM

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