Skyroot Aerospace will launch India's 1st private rocket between 12 & 16 November. AgniKul’s 3D-printed engine, tested on 4 November, is expected to make test flight by year-end.
To ensure a safe journey to the final frontier, space organisations like NASA must address both technical and human factors associated with working in space.
China is investing heavily in space. But taking control of strategic areas requires long-term planning, and no country can do it without everyone noticing.
While a moratorium on further testing of DA-ASAT weapons may take time, there is no reason why countries cannot start exchanging data on debris in outer space.
The week from 4-11 October was designated annual World Space Week by United Nations in 1999. It involves events and outreach activities globally on subjects related to space.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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