Indian manned space flight delayed further
September 18th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, S Sep 17 (IANS) India's first human space flight would be delayed further for want of requisite technologies and capabilities, a top space official admitted Monday."The launch programme of ... Read more...
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Russia starts building moon spaceship
July 20th, 2012 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 20 (IANS) Aiming to create the first base on the surface of the moon, Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned lunar missions with the first test ... Read more...
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Russia to send man to moon by 2030
April 28th, 2012 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is planning to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.According to the Russian space strategy published on ... Read more...
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Meagre increase in India’s space budget
March 16th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) India's space budget saw a minuscule increase of over one percent this year compared to the last year with a decrease in allocations in the ... Read more...
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Iran to launch new generation of satellites
February 6th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 6 (IANS) Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic republic's establishment, Defence Minister Brigadier General ... Read more...
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Iran to set up space launch base
February 4th, 2012 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 4 (IANS) Iran plans to establish a national satellite launch base in the southeast of the country, adjacent to the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Press ... Read more...
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Russia to launch four spacecraft
September 14th, 2011 - 2:48 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 14 (IANS) Russia plans to launch four spacecraft before February next year, including two manned mission to the International Space Station, Xinhua reported Tuesday.Two cargo spaceships will be ... Read more...
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Moon may have as much water as Earth has
May 27th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 27 (IANS) Water may be as plentiful within the moon as on the Earth, reveals a study of lunar rocks brought by the Apollo mission.
Trapped water was ... Read more...
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Budgetary boost to space research, atomic energy (Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's atomic energy and space programmes received handsome increases in their annual allocation of around 31 percent and 43 percent, respectively, over the previous year in ... Read more...
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Man to ‘fly around Moon for the first time’
October 12th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 12 (ANI): Russian, European and US space agencies are considering the possibility of flying a manned mission around the Moon using the space station as a launching point.The agencies want ... Read more...
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Voyage to Mars Would Dangerously Weaken Astronauts Muscles
August 20th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New research has shown that a trip to Mars may not be all it is cracked up to be, since the long trip in zero gravity will ... Read more...
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China tests 1st space station module to launch into orbit in 2011
August 18th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Aug 18 (ANI): China has claimed that it has completed construction of the first module, Tiangong-1, for a planned space station, and is testing its electronics and other systems before launching ... Read more...
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ISRO to launch more satellites this year
July 12th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 12 (IANS) After successfully placing five satellites in orbit Monday, India's space agency ISRO said it will launch more satellites this year and efforts were ... Read more...
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Obama’s Plan For NASA Involves Unhurried Road To Mars
April 16th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): President Obama assured a jump into the future for NASA yesterday in a communication intended to quash a mounting argument over his plan ... Read more...
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Budget for Indian space agency up by 58 percent (Lead)
February 26th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian space programme got a booster dose Friday with its plan allocation for fiscal 2010-11 rocketing up by 58 percent over that of previous year in the ... Read more...
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Budgetary boost to India’s manned mission to space
February 26th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The budgetary allocation for Department of Space increased by over Rs.1,600 crore to Rs.5,778 crore with a five-fold hike in funds for the human space flight programme. ... Read more...
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India to send two astronauts into space in 2016
January 27th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 27 (IANS) India will launch its first manned mission in 2016 with two astronauts for a week-long odyssey in space, a top Indian space agency official said Wednesday.
"We are ... Read more...
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Piece of first spacecraft to land on moon up for grabs
November 8th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to 1,200 pounds at an auction on November 14 in Devizes, Wiltshire.The ... Read more...
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And now, India plans mission to Mars after 2015 (Lead)
August 31st, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 31 (IANS) India will embark on an unmanned mission to Mars after 2015 to explore the red planet in quest of its space ambitions, a senior space official said ... Read more...
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India’s manned space mission will have IAF men
May 27th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) When India's first manned mission to space takes off, possibly in 2017, it will have Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel on board.
"Let me promise you one ... Read more...
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Indian scientists told to create a curry fit for orbit!
March 27th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): A team of Indian military boffins has been tasked with a particularly tricky mission: to develop a curry to be consumed by astronauts in space.Last month India had ... Read more...
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China’s first lunar satellite lands on moon
March 1st, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 1 (Xinhua) China's first lunar probe, the Chang'eI, ended its 16-month mission with a controlled crash-landing on the surface of the moon early Sunday, officials said.
According to sources with the ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan II design ready
December 24th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): India''s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said that the design for the country''s second moon mission Chandrayaan II is ready.
Talking to the mediapersons here on the ... Read more...
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ISRO, Russian Space Agency join hands for Indian Man Mission
December 13th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
By K G Vasuki
Bangalore, Dec 13 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Russian Space Agency have joined hands to share critical equipments for the Indian Man Mission ... Read more...
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‘India’s manned moon mission by 2020′
December 6th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 6 (IANS) India would be able to send a manned mission to the moon by 2020, while the second unmanned spacecraft would be ready by 2012, said a top space ... Read more...
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India now aims for manned space mission
November 23rd, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 23 (IANS) India is aiming to send a manned mission into the space after the success of its first unmanned mission to the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRo) chairmain ... Read more...
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India’’s manned mission not before 2012, says G. Madhavan Nair
October 24th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
By K G Vasuki
Bangalore, Oct 24 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair has said that India''s manned mission would take atleast another three years.
India''s space programme ... Read more...
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India plans to send two men to space by 2015
October 22nd, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian space agency that started the country's maiden unmanned moon mission Wednesday is planning to send two Indians into space by 2015, said a top ... Read more...
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Chinas report of astronauts first night in space a fake
September 26th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 26 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, Chinas state news agency had published a dispatch from the countrys three latest astronauts describing their first night in space in ... Read more...
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ISRO to send man into space in seven years
April 28th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 28 (IANS) India will be in a position to carry out a manned space mission within seven years from now, said a top official of the Indian space ... Read more...
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India exploring commercial satellite launches
April 16th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) India is exploring commercial opportunities by providing facility of satellite launch to other countries at viable rates, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. "Our space programme's commercial ... Read more...
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ISRO readies for manned mission by 2014
April 4th, 2008 - 8:29 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, April 4 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has finalised its project report for a manned mission by 2014-15, a top space official said here Friday. "The report is being ... Read more...
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China to conduct its first space walk in October
March 6th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar. 6 (ANI): China is planning to conduct its first space walk in October from a Shenzhou VII spacecraft.
There will be three taikonauts, as China's astronauts are known, aboard the ... Read more...
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Chandrayaan I to remain as a remote sensing mission
December 16th, 2007 - 11:37 am ICT by admin
Byalalu (Karnataka), Dec 16 (ANI): India's first unmanned mission to the moon will be a remote sensing mission with an objective to do the chemical and mineral mapping.
"Chandrayaan-1 is basically a ... Read more...
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