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By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Germany eyes slice of lucrative space market

Firms likely to benefit from any future spending rise in Germany include Airbus and Bremen-based OHB.

29 April 2019 10:09 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

SpaceX escape engines were test fired before mishap

Orange smoke was seen rising above SpaceX's facilities by a photographer working for local newspaper Florida Today.

26 April 2019 9:46 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.

21 April 2019 10:37 AM IST

Musks comment comes after Amazon hired a SpaceX executive, Rajeev Badyal, who was earlier fired by the SpaceX CEO. (Photo:AP)

Musk-Bezos feud? SpaceX CEO calls Amazon mogul copycat'

Mr Musk tagged the Amazon CEO calling him a copycat' by using a cat emoticon in his tweet.

12 April 2019 2:20 PM IST

Roughly three minutes after clearing the pad, Heavys two side boosters separated from the core rocket for a synchronised landing at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Photo: AFP)

Elon Musk's SpaceX sends world's most powerful rocket on first...

The 23-story-tall Heavy blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center carrying its first customer payload.

12 April 2019 11:26 AM IST

Blue Moon also features an on-board lidar system capable of mapping lunar terrain, in order to choose the right landing site. Jeffs big unveil comes as the government is making an aggressive push to kick start a return to space travel.

NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin, more to build next human lunar...

NASA has announced that it has selected 11 private companies to work with for building the next human landers for its...

19 May 2019 11:39 AM IST

Musk aims to make rockets as reusable as commercial aeroplanes, bringing down the cost of spaceflight and boosting efficiency. (Photo: SpaceX)

SpaceX postpones Starlink satellite launch for 'about a week'

The Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite cargo were originally set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

17 May 2019 9:26 AM 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 to launch first satellites for Musk's Starlink internet service

Musk said he expects launch services revenue to top out around $3 billion (Â£2.34 billion) per year.

16 May 2019 9:32 AM IST

The ultimate goal of SpaceX is to put nearly 11,000 Starlink satellites by mid-2020 to provide high-speed internet down on the Earth.

Elon Musk gives a peek into SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites

The photo shows the 60 satellites packed tight into a Falcon 9 rocket.

14 May 2019 11:35 AM IST

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the stations big robot arm also made in Canada to capture the Dragon approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the North Atlantic Ocean. An external cable that normally comes off during launch dangled from the capsule, but it did not interfere with the grappling. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX shipment reaches space station

The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments.

7 May 2019 9:35 AM IST

Images from the International Space Station posted on Twitter by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Tuesday showed Tramis enormous eye which he said was as if somebody pulled the planets gigantic plug. (Photo: Twitter | @Astro_Alex)

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.

5 May 2019 10:20 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)

Crew capsule destroyed in April test accident: SpaceX

SpaceX, continued to refer to the accident simply as an anomaly - science jargon for when something goes wrong.

3 May 2019 9:23 AM IST