European Russian Mission

Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on ExoMars mission to put a rover on Mars. Russia's space chief has furiously responded by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using ERA.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday appealed to the Centre to arrange special flights like the Vande Bharath Mission to immediately evacuate Tamil Nadu students stranded in Ukraine, following the Russian offensive against the Eastern European country.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying a European, a Russian and an American astronaut for a four-month mission at the orbiting outpost.

India, which scripted history with its successful maiden Mars orbiter mission, has the potential to be a big player in the global space program and could even see its private sector develop its own SpaceX, award-winning author Stephen Petranek says.

The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, on Monday orbited Earth for the 100,000th time, Russian mission control said.

In a bid to begin a new era of Mars exploration for Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are set to send a robotic probe to Mars today to find if the planet has traces of alien life.

Under an ambitious plan with the European Space Agency (ESA), Russian scientists have new hope of again sending missions to the Moon and to Mars.

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe are set to begin arriving from today in southern Russia on their mission to monitor two border crossings with rebel-held Ukraine, the OSCE said.

Warning shots were fired to prevent an unarmed international military observer mission from entering Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday, as new confrontations between Russian and Ukrainian troops raised tension ever higher.

Japan's space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its "Moon Sniper" lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a research satellite developed with NASA and the European Space Agency.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on ExoMars mission to put a rover on Mars. Russia's space chief has furiously responded by banning cosmonauts on the ISS from using ERA.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday appealed to the Centre to arrange special flights like the Vande Bharath Mission to immediately evacuate Tamil Nadu students stranded in Ukraine, following the Russian offensive against the Eastern European country.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying a European, a Russian and an American astronaut for a four-month mission at the orbiting outpost.

India, which scripted history with its successful maiden Mars orbiter mission, has the potential to be a big player in the global space program and could even see its private sector develop its own SpaceX, award-winning author Stephen Petranek says.

The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, on Monday orbited Earth for the 100,000th time, Russian mission control said.

In a bid to begin a new era of Mars exploration for Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are set to send a robotic probe to Mars today to find if the planet has traces of alien life.

Under an ambitious plan with the European Space Agency (ESA), Russian scientists have new hope of again sending missions to the Moon and to Mars.

Observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe are set to begin arriving from today in southern Russia on their mission to monitor two border crossings with rebel-held Ukraine, the OSCE said.

Warning shots were fired to prevent an unarmed international military observer mission from entering Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday, as new confrontations between Russian and Ukrainian troops raised tension ever higher.