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Self-taught rocket scientist plans to prove that earth is flat

Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who's spent the last few years building a steam-powered rocket out of salvage parts...

26 Nov 2017 9:35 AM IST

Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver whos spent the last few years building a steam-powered rocket out of salvage parts in his garage. (Photo: Pixabay)

Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch over ghost town

First things first this jump over a ghost town. He will be tinkering with his rocket right up to takeoff.

20 Nov 2017 2:18 PM IST

Last minute, a plane flew into the restricted airspace at Wallops Island. That prompted NASAs commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, to call off the lift off.

Supply run to space station delayed by stray plane

The Virginia-based company will try to launch its unmanned Antares rocket again with 7,400 pounds of cargo.

12 Nov 2017 8:50 AM IST

Zhuque-1 was carrying a satellite named Future built for state media China Central Television. (Photo: SpaceNews)

Chinese privately developed rocket fails to reach orbit

The three-stage rocket, Zhuque-1, was developed by Beijing-based Landspace.

29 Oct 2018 9:22 AM IST

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.

China's 1st private rocket fails after launch

The first attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed.

28 Oct 2018 11:06 AM IST

The first test launch of the Space Launch System rocket, which is supposed to send humans to the moon and ultimately allow deep space exploration, was most recently slated for mid-2020 with a crew launch to follow in 2022. (Representational image/ Photo: NASA)

Boeing rocket for NASA over budget, could further delay launch: audit

Boeing is building the largest rocket in NASA's history but the aerospace giant's poor performance has resulted in an...

11 Oct 2018 10:34 AM IST

In this photo provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a single stage rocket takes off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, November 28, 2018. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute via AP)

South Korea conducts successful rocket engine test

Yonhap News Agency, citing South Korean officials, reported that South Korea successfully tested its locally developed...

28 Nov 2018 5:24 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX's crew rocket set for January test flight

SpaceX and Boeing Co are the two main contractors selected under NASA's Commercial Crew Program

22 Nov 2018 10:17 AM IST

The supply ship is a 9-meter- (30-foot-) long cylinder that will be retrieved by the space stations robotic arm. (Photo: AP)

Russian Soyuz blasts off for ISS in first launch since accident

The rocket took off with a Progress MS-10 spacecraft at 18:14 GMT.

17 Nov 2018 9:07 AM IST

In this image from video made available by NASA, US astronaut Anne McClain speaks during an interview in Star City, Russia on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. She is set to blast off December 3 on her first spaceflight, with a Russian and Canadian. (NASA via AP)

Next US astronaut on Russian rocket confident after mishaps

Last month, astronauts had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan following a failed launch.

11 Nov 2018 11:52 AM IST

A Russian Soyuz-2 booster rocket takes off from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russian Soyuz rocket failure caused by faulty sensor

Russian news agencies citing an official confirmed the same.

1 Nov 2018 8:25 AM IST

Musk, who also runs the electric car company Tesla, sent his Roadster into a long solar orbit stretching out to Mars.

Spacex 'Starman' at wheel of sports car flying on new rocket

Musk's Starman will cruise around the sun for a billion years.

7 Feb 2018 10:09 AM IST