Spacecraft

September 19, 2021

SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down safely off Florida

The Inspiration4 team blasted off on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral atop one of SpaceX's two-stage reusable Falcon 9 rockets.

July 20, 2021
Jeff Bezos makes 11-minute space journey on his company's first passenger flight

The mission was part of a fiercely competitive battle between Bezos' Blue Origin and fellow billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to tap a potentially lucrative space tourism market.
July 11, 2021
Meet Sirisha Bandla. Third Indian-origin woman to fly into space

Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight test on Sunday.
April 20, 2021
NASA scores Wright Brothers moment with first helicopter flight on Mars

NASA hailed it as an achievement that would help pave the way for a new mode of aerial exploration on Mars and other destinations in the solar system, such as Venus and Saturn's moon Titan.
February 19, 2021
Touchdown! NASA's rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing

Moments after touchdown, Perseverance beamed back its first black-and-white images from the Martian surface.
February 18, 2021
NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet

Once down, the six-wheeled Perseverance should be the best driver Mars has ever seen, with more autonomy and range than Curiosity.
April 17, 2020
ISRO was flooded with requests from Indians wanting to become astronauts

From emails to letters to phone calls, the ISRO HQ received non-stop queries from Indians who were keen to join the Gaganyaan mission.

August 29, 2019
Russia's humanoid robot checks in at International Space Station

The lifesize robot named Fedor -- short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research -- copies human movements, a key skill that allows it to help carry out tasks remotely.