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The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)

Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week

The unmanned Cygnus cargo craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.

13 Nov 2018 3:01 AM GMT

Virgin Galactic has not indicated whether the program is ready to move on to rocket-powered test flights.

Seventh glide test of spacecraft conducted by Virgin Atlantic

The company develops commercial spacecrafts to provide spaceflights to space tourists and suborbital launches for space...

13 Jan 2018 4:12 AM GMT

The experiment was held near the isolated Israeli township of Mitzpe Ramon, whose surroundings resemble the Martian environment in its geology, aridity, appearance and desolation, the ministry said.

Israeli scientists complete mock Mars mission in Negev desert

A four-day Mars habitat experiment was held, where scientists simulated living conditions on the Red Planet.

20 Feb 2018 10:13 AM GMT

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all.

SpaceX's Falcon can deliver heavy payloads to asteroids

The Falcon Heavy has enough power to help humans mine for precious minerals on asteroids.

20 Feb 2018 7:53 AM GMT

The experiment was held near the isolated Israeli township of Mitzpe Ramon, whose surroundings resemble the Martian environment in its geology, aridity, appearance and desolation. (Photo: D-MARS Twitter)

Israeli scientists perform mock Martian missions in desert

The participants were investigating various fields relevant to a future Mars mission.

19 Feb 2018 2:57 AM GMT

The project, with a $1.5 billion price tag, is the first major mission under NASAs Living With a Star program. (Photo: NASA)

NASA to fly Parker probe into Sun's scorching atmosphere

The Parker probe is set to fly into the Sun's corona within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface.

21 July 2018 9:13 AM GMT

The 10-meter (33-foot) pencil rocket lifted only slightly from its launch pad before dropping to the ground, disappearing in a fireball. (AP Photo)

Rocket developed by Japan startup in flames after liftoff

The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was supposed to reach as high as 100 kilometres into space.

1 July 2018 2:48 AM GMT

More than 15,000 scientists and industry representatives from 105 countries, including India, are attending the four-day mega event beginning May 6 in Washington DC. (Photo:AP)

US VP Mike Pence confident American women will land on moon

The United States is planning another space mission to the moon, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday.

7 May 2019 3:56 AM GMT

ISRO chief K Sivan. (PTI Photo)

Private sector can now build rockets, provide launch services: ISRO...

Terming this a "major reform", Sivan said the private sector can also be part of the inter-planetary missions of the...

25 Jun 2020 4:56 AM GMT

Virgin Galactic says that brings the company closer to its goal of being able to fly its spacecraft more frequently than has been typical for human spaceflight. (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

2nd powered test flight for Virgin Galactic spaceship

VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed to an altitude of 114,500 feet.

30 May 2018 2:37 AM GMT

Arianespace has drawn up an action plan following the incident that includes a fix for the problem experienced during the Ariane 5 launch.

European satellite launches to go ahead after Ariane 5 failure

An independent investigation found that the cause of the error was that the rocket was fed with incorrect data.

3 March 2018 6:04 AM GMT

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blast-off between April 16 and June on a two-year, $337-million mission. (Photo: NASA)

NASA resuming search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

NASA expects TESS to detect thousands more previously unknown worlds no larger than twice as big as our home planet.

29 March 2018 2:24 AM GMT