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Friday, November 21, 2025
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Topic: Space X

Why Artemis III mission is causing tensions between NASA and SpaceX

With a major US election every two years, Nasa’s direction hasn’t been stable enough to manage long-term planning. It's hard to see problems easing with the US Artemis lunar programme.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX pitches for accelerated moon landing plan after NASA pressure

The company’s decision to offer a new plan comes after NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy said he was opening up SpaceX’s lunar contract to rivals.

‘We are over the moon’: Shubhanshu Shukla’s sister as India celebrates Space-X spacecraft reaching ISS

As the Dragon spacecraft docked the orbital laboratory Thursday, Shubhanshu Shukla, on board, marked India's return to human spaceflight after 41 years.

Axiom-4 Mission set for Wednesday launch with chances of weather playing spoilsport again low

After Axiom-4 Mission launch was delayed to 11 June due to bad weather, team says if Wednesday attempt fails, it'll be scheduled for Thursday & that there are launch windows until 30 June.

‘Absurd’: Elon Musk bats for India’s permanent UNSC seat, slams ‘those with excess power’ not giving up

China has been blocking reforms to allow new members in an expanded Security Council. For long, New Delhi is calling for inclusion of new members to reflect new world order.

Japan’s new rocket fails debut flight after second-hand engine issue, in blow to space ambitions

The 57-metre tall H3 rocket lifted off without a hitch but upon reaching space, its second-stage engine failed to ignite, forcing mission officials to manually destroy vehicle.

SpaceX launches 4-person space station crew to orbit International Space Station for NASA

The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This UK study calculated the risk of being killed by space junk—and chances are increasing

The study estimated that rocket bodies are three times more likely to land at the latitudes of Indonesia and Bangladesh than in the US, China, or Russia.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.