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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 to build Mars spaceship in Texas, not Los Angeles

Test versions of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket will be assembled at its Texas launch facility in a move to...

17 Jan 2019 12:03 PM IST

Scientists had not discovered Ultima Thule when the probe was launched. (Photo: SpaceNews)

NASA says faraway world Ultima Thule shaped like 'snowman'

Ultima Thule's surface reflects light about as much as "garden variety dirt.

3 Jan 2019 8:27 AM IST

During a 2015 fly-by, the probe found Pluto to be slightly larger than previously thought. In March, it revealed methane-rich dunes on the icy dwarf planets surface.

NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's...

The spacecraft will ping back more detailed images and data from Thule in the coming days.

2 Jan 2019 9:28 AM IST

$Cheers erupted at Johns Hopkins Universitys Applied Physics Laboratory, home to Mission Control, as mission operations manager Alice Bowman declared: \We have a healthy spacecraft.\$ Science

NASA spacecraft opens new year 4 billion miles from Earth

Word of success came 10 hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter.

2 Jan 2019 8:15 AM IST

$Cheers erupted at Johns Hopkins Universitys Applied Physics Laboratory, home to Mission Control, as mission operations manager Alice Bowman declared: \We have a healthy spacecraft.\$ Science

NASA spacecraft survives risky encounter with faraway world

Word of success came 10 hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter.

2 Jan 2019 8:14 AM IST

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)

Virgin Galactic sends three humans to space

The spacecraft spent a few minutes in microgravity, proving the safety, comfort and feasibility of the spaceflight for...

27 Feb 2019 11:05 AM IST

The successful launch of a rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to micro-satellites.

High-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to micro-satellites

The test launch of the rockoon in December was a success.

23 Feb 2019 11:40 AM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

Japanese space probe touches down on asteroid to collect samples

It is the second Japanese spacecraft to land on an asteroid after Hayabusa touched down on Itokawa in 2005.

22 Feb 2019 9:37 AM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Space crew unfazed ahead of first launch since rocket failure

Together with NASA astronaut Christina Koch they are due to blast off for the International Space Station.

22 Feb 2019 9:36 AM IST

Few satellites operate at the altitude of 300 km, from which experts say the collision debris will fall back to earth, burning up in the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, instead of posing a threat to other satellites. (Representational Photo: AP)

India says space debris from anti-satellite test to -"vanish-" in 45...

Critics say such technology raises the prospect of an arms race in outer space.

29 March 2019 10:31 AM IST

Indias foreign ministry played down any risk of debris, noting the test was in low-earth orbit, and said the remnants would decay and fall back on to the earth within weeks. (Photo: @PIB_India)

Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test

The United States performed the first anti-satellite tests in 1959, when satellites themselves were rare and new.

28 March 2019 9:54 AM IST

The missile system was guided to high-altitude to simulate aircraft release conditions and subsequently nozzle-less-booster was ignited. (Photo:Twitter)

Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite

Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space.

28 March 2019 9:53 AM IST