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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicSpaceX Falcon 9

Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9

Axiom-4 crew, including Shubhanshu Shukla, set to undock from ISS Monday, splashdown Tuesday

Undocking will begin at around 4:15 pm IST with splashdown off the coast of California at around 3 pm IST Tuesday. The whole process will be telecast by NASA.

Lucknow boy in space: Shubhanshu Shukla’s school hosts ‘Vyomotsav’ to celebrate Axiom-4 launch

Lucknow: A wave of pride, emotion, and national celebration in Lucknow as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla—an alumnus of the City Montessori School (CMS)—lifted off...

What is a LOx leak—snag that has delayed Axiom-4 mission once again

The mission is carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to ISS. Initially set for 29 May, the launch was 1st rescheduled for 8 June & 10 June. 'Bad weather' pushed it to 11 June.

Axiom-4 mission delayed again, SpaceX detects leak in Falcon-9 rocket

The mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla & 3 others to ISS has been postponed for 2nd time. A new launch date is yet to be announced.

SpaceX launches private astronauts in novel polar-orbiting mission

Maltese investor Chun Wang, a Chinese-born magnate who founded a bitcoin mining company, is the bankroller & commander of the SpaceX mission, named Fram2.

SpaceX, NASA launch mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore from ISS

Williams and Wilmore have been stranded on the International Space Station for 9 months. The Crew-10 mission also launched 4 crew members to the ISS.

ISRO satellite GSAT-N2 rides Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 to orbit, SpaceX’s 1st launch for India

The communications satellite aims to enhance broadband internet & in-flight connectivity across Indian subcontinent. ISRO's commercial payload arm tied up with SpaceX this January.

India to use SpaceX rocket for the first time to launch communications satellite

Musk, who is the chief executive of SpaceX, wants to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India and is also discussing an investment proposal for a Tesla factory for electric vehicles.

First private landing on moon fails as Israel’s Beresheet lander crashes

Beresheet crashed at 1925 GMT Thursday, when the craft’s main engine shut off during the braking procedure before touching down.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.