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Nasa sounding rocket finds helium structures in Sun's atmosphere

The HERSCHEL sounding rocket investigation adds to a body of work seeking to understand the origin of the slow component of the solar wind

Isro's IN-SPACe to be set up as single-window nodal agency for pvt sector

IN-SPACe will monitor building of launch vehicles and satellites and providing space-based services, sharing of space infra and premises under Isro's control, among other things

Getting closer to the neighbour

Perseverance remains crucial in exploring the mysteries around Mars

Boeing receives $916 mn deal to support NASA with ISS ops for next 4 years

Under the terms of the contract, Boeing will provide engineering support services, resources and personnel for activities aboard the ISS and manage many of the station's systems, the release said

Covid-19: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to work with minimum essential staff

With triple lockdown imposed in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation area from 6 am today amid Covid-19, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre will function with the required minimum essential staff

Opening up of the space sector: India set for breaking new horizons

The initiative of bringing in a 'new space regime' lays a solid foundation for India to multiply its capabilities in space by several folds

Indian envoy meets National Space Council, discusses India-US collaboration

Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday (local time) said that he had held several meetings with Kelvin Droegmeier, Director, Office of Science and Tech Policy, and Scott Pace, Executive Secretary, National Space Council this week to discuss India-US collaboration in science and space."Engrossing conversations this week w/ Kelvin Droegmeier, Director, Office of Science & Tech Policy, & Scott Pace, Executive Secretary, Natl Space Council on collaborations btw India & US in science & space. The knowledge partnership between our democracies will define our future," Sandhu tweeted.Earlier today, US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun and Sandhu inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi statue at a park in Washington DC, which was vandalised on June 3 during the George Floyd protests.

Estimate space sector's share in GDP before allowing pvt sector: Experts

The Indian government should first gather data as to the share of space sector in the country's GDP and resolve conflict of interest issue before framing policies, said industry experts.

Private firms can offer end-to-end space services: Isro chief K Sivan

Govt approves formation of a new organisation, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), seeking to open up space infrastructure to the private sector

How private firm SpaceX is in charge of sending NASA astronauts in orbit

A successful launch on Wednesday could forever change how the world thinks about getting people to space

FM gives reforms pill for ailing economy with privatisation, policy tweaks

In the latest announcement, the government's focus was on structural reform in sectors such as coal, minerals, aviation, defence, aerospace, power, and social infrastructure

Launch pad: Centre opens up space sector for private players to grow

Private players would be allowed to use the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) facilities to improve their competencies

Tom Cruise plots movie to shoot in outer space with Elon Musk's SpaceX

Cruise performed daring stunts like hanging off the side of a jet plane and scaling skyscrapers, in past 'Mission: Impossible' instalments.

Awaiting lift-off: What keeps India's share of global space biz grounded

India's share in the estimated $360 billion global space industry is less than two per cent

In a big year for science, we learnt a lot more about the universe

Enough for us to hope that 2020 will bring more in the way of advances in our understanding of the universe around us

The rebus of the skies

The fascination for the skies and what lies beyond has fathered an expansive stockpile of astronomical myths and legends and in India, also an elaborate astrological system

Kerala to set up India's first space tech park in Thiruvananthapuram

A space museum named after former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will also be a part of the infrastructure

Understanding time dilation: A year in space makes you older or younger?

How space travel and long-duration missions might change the human body, and whether those changes are permanent or reversible once astronauts return to Earth, is largely unknown

Inspired by Origami, scientists design materials for reusable spacecraft

Researchers from the University of Washington in the US have developed a novel solution to help reduce impact forces

Universe's first molecule, formed 14 billion years ago, detected in space

Helium combined first with free electrons to form the first ever neutral atom, according to the study published in Nature