Space Launch System

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.

Samsung released new watch faces for its Galaxy Watch devices on March 31 which will tell users the current time on the different planets of the solar system. Dubbed Galaxy Time, the South Korean tech giant revealed that these watch faces were developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). There are eight watch faces in total wher...

The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.

The government has announced that it will allow 100 percent foreign direct investment in the manufacture of satellite systems without official approval, while also easing rules for launch vehicles. Foreign companies can invest in the manufacture of components and systems or sub-systems for satellites up to 100 percent without approval, according to...

After Apple announced pre-order details and US launch date for its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, Sony said it was developing an immersive spatial content creation system with an XR (extended reality) head-mounted display and a pair of controllers. Aimed at creators in the 3D content space, Sony’s headset will run on Snapdragon XR2+ G...

ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its final destination orbit at around 4pm on Saturday, the space agency has announced. The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, according to ISRO.

NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s PC system requirements are out now. Running the game on Ultra settings does not require the latest Nvidia 40 or AMD’s 7000 series cards, which is surprisingly odd for PC games of this generation. The port also comes with support for wide and multi-screen displays, an in-game benchmark, and more. Intel seems to be the...

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft adjusted its orbit on Friday as it prepared to attempt the first landing near the south pole of the moon, space agency Roscosmos said. It said the adjustment went smoothly and the spacecraft's onboard systems and communications were all functioning normally.

The crew will train for about 18 months and receive detailed lessons on the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will take them to the Moon.

Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea's military said North Korea had launched what it called a "space launch vehicle".

The Indian Space Research Organisation has sucessfully commenced testing of its semi-cryogenic engines that would power future launch vehicles.

China is set to build a constellation of relay satellites by the end of the decade, aimed at giving the Asian country a communications bridge between Moon missions and ground operations on Earth, according to Chinese state media reports. The Magpie Bridge-2 satellite constellation is named after a bridge of magpies in a Chinese myth and the first r...

SpaceX on Monday scrubbed the planned test flight of its Starship rocket and rescheduled the liftoff to April 20. The most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, will now have a 62-minute launch window on Thursday, according to the private space company.

Elon Musk's SpaceX made final preparations early on Monday to launch its powerful new Starship rocket system to space for the first time, on a brief but highly anticipated uncrewed test flight from the Gulf Coast of Texas.

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.

Samsung released new watch faces for its Galaxy Watch devices on March 31 which will tell users the current time on the different planets of the solar system. Dubbed Galaxy Time, the South Korean tech giant revealed that these watch faces were developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). There are eight watch faces in total wher...

The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.

The government has announced that it will allow 100 percent foreign direct investment in the manufacture of satellite systems without official approval, while also easing rules for launch vehicles. Foreign companies can invest in the manufacture of components and systems or sub-systems for satellites up to 100 percent without approval, according to...

After Apple announced pre-order details and US launch date for its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, Sony said it was developing an immersive spatial content creation system with an XR (extended reality) head-mounted display and a pair of controllers. Aimed at creators in the 3D content space, Sony’s headset will run on Snapdragon XR2+ G...

ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its final destination orbit at around 4pm on Saturday, the space agency has announced. The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, according to ISRO.

NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and a body thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s PC system requirements are out now. Running the game on Ultra settings does not require the latest Nvidia 40 or AMD’s 7000 series cards, which is surprisingly odd for PC games of this generation. The port also comes with support for wide and multi-screen displays, an in-game benchmark, and more. Intel seems to be the...

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft adjusted its orbit on Friday as it prepared to attempt the first landing near the south pole of the moon, space agency Roscosmos said. It said the adjustment went smoothly and the spacecraft's onboard systems and communications were all functioning normally.

The crew will train for about 18 months and receive detailed lessons on the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will take them to the Moon.

Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea's military said North Korea had launched what it called a "space launch vehicle".

The Indian Space Research Organisation has sucessfully commenced testing of its semi-cryogenic engines that would power future launch vehicles.

China is set to build a constellation of relay satellites by the end of the decade, aimed at giving the Asian country a communications bridge between Moon missions and ground operations on Earth, according to Chinese state media reports. The Magpie Bridge-2 satellite constellation is named after a bridge of magpies in a Chinese myth and the first r...

SpaceX on Monday scrubbed the planned test flight of its Starship rocket and rescheduled the liftoff to April 20. The most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond, will now have a 62-minute launch window on Thursday, according to the private space company.

Elon Musk's SpaceX made final preparations early on Monday to launch its powerful new Starship rocket system to space for the first time, on a brief but highly anticipated uncrewed test flight from the Gulf Coast of Texas.