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NASA Picks Boeing for Composite Cryogenic
Propellant Tank Tests for Future Space Missions |
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September 2011
Washington. NASA has
selected The Boeing Company of Huntington
Beach, Calif., for the Composite Cryotank
Technologies Demonstration effort.
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European Space Agency and European Defence
Agency sign a cooperation pact |
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August 2011
Paris. The European
Space Agency (ESA) and European Defence
Agency (EDA) signed an administrative agreement
to improve cooperation.
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Russian spacecraft crashes |
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August 2011
Moscow. A Russian freighter
spacecraft on way to the International Space
Station (ISS)crashed Aug 24.
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US Shuttle Program Flames Out |
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July 2011
It was hard not to feel
a tinge of sadness seeing Shuttle Atlantis'
spectacular closing act above the Kennedy
Space Center in Florida this month.
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India notches another space success |
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July 2011
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh).
India notched another milestone in its space
programme July 15 when it successfully launched
a heavy-duty rocket that placed a major
communications satellite in space.
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Indian space agency's commercial arm gets
new head |
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July 2011
Bangalore. Antrix Corporation,
the Indian space agency's commercial arm,
has got a new head, V.S. Hegde, an expert
in remote sensing applications as part of
the plan to aggressively tap business opportunities
in space exploration.
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Atlantis: The Final Shuttle |
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July 2011
Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA launched its final space shuttle mission
July 8, sending Atlantis from the Kennedy
Space Center here roaring towards the International
Space Station (ISS) on a 12-day mission.
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NASA'S Hubble Makes One Millionth Science
Observation |
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July 2011
Washington. NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope crossed another milestone
in its space odyssey of exploration and
discovery.
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Indian mega satellite GSAT-8 in geo transfer
orbit |
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May 2011
Bangalore. India's mega
geostationary satellite GSAT-8 was spinning
in an elliptical geo-synchronous transfer
orbit early May 21 after an Ariane-V rocket
successfully lifted it off the Kourou spaceport
in French Guiana, said a top official of
the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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UAE Yahsat sends first command to Y1A |
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May 2011
Abu Dhabi. UAE Yahsat's
Y1A satellite was successfully launched
from the European Space Center in Kourou,
French Guiana Apr 23 by an EADS Ariane 5
rocket.
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UAE Yahsat's first satellite successfully
launched |
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April 2011
Abu Dhabi. UAE Yahsat's
Y1A satellite was successfully launched
from the European Space Center in Kourou,
French Guiana Apr 23 by an EADS Ariane 5
rocket.
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Weak Russian component downed Indian rocket:
Ex-ISRO chief |
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April 2011
Chennai. The destruction
of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV) in mid air in 2010 was due
to an inherent weakness in a component in
the Russian supplied cryogenic engine.
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India launches three satellites |
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April 2011
New Delhi. The Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched
three satellites Apr 20.
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ISRO tests rocket motor, delays satellite
launch |
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February 2011
Chennai. After 16 successful
launches of its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the last 17 years,
the Indian space agency is now testing a
key component to re-qualify its on-flight
performance parameters to avoid any unpleasant
surprises.
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Space Shuttle Discovery: Another Flight, Another
Dream |
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February 2011
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida. Space Shuttle Discovery roared
into space Feb 24 on its 11-day mission
that is also the last and 39th of this beautiful
spacecraft which first flew in 1984.
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Discovery at the Pad |
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February 2011
Dawn broke over the Atlantic
Ocean near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center in Florida to reveal space
shuttle Discovery newly arrived for its
upcoming launch in this image taken on Feb.
1, 2011.
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Boeing offers India significant space cooperation |
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February 2011
New Delhi. Boeing has
offered to partner with India on manned
space missions, including on the very significant
“composite cryogenic tanks” for launch and
propulsion control.
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Discovery launch preps for shuttle and crew
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February 2011
Kennedy Space Center.
At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad
39A, teams have begun preparations for next
week's launch attempt. Liftoff for space
shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the
International Space Station is targeted
for Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m. EST.
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Boeing-built LightSquared Space-Based Network
Ready to Begin Service |
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December 2010
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing
has announced that it has completed the
post-launch testing and on-orbit handover
of the first LightSquared satellite and
Space-Based Network (SBN).
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US Space program Gets a Boost |
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December 2010
Kennedy Space Centre.
As the US Space Shuttle Program winds down
in the shadow of the ascending Indian and
Chinese space programs, discouraged NASA
enthusiasts were handed a “Back-To-The-Future”
moment this month.
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US may outsource lightweight satellite launches
to India |
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October 2010
New Delhi. The United
States could outsource lightweight satellite
launches to India.
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India's second moon mission to carry five
instruments |
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September 2010
Bangalore. India's second
moon mission in 2013 will carry five scientific
instruments on board the spacecraft Chandrayaan-2
that will also have a lander and a rover
to ride on the lunar surface, according
to the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO).
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India launches five satellites |
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July 2010
New Delhi. India successfully
placed five satellites in space July 12,
including an advanced high resolution cartography
satellite Cartosat-2B.
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Sunita Williams headed for the stars again
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July 2010
Washington. Indian American
astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the
record of the longest spaceflight (195 days)
for female space travellers, will head for
the stars once again in June 2012.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis: An Awesome Flight
into History |
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June 2010
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral,
USA. It was a boy’s dream come
true for me as I watched the big and awesome
Space Shuttle Atlantis lift off on June
14, leaving behind trails of massive orange
flames and grey and while smoke on its last
journey for the mankind.
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'Indian rockets to use atmospheric oxygen
as fuel by year-end' |
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June 2010
Chennai. In an attempt
to make its rockets lighter and carry heavier
satellites, the Indian space agency is planning
to flight test by the end of this year its
own air-breathing engine that will use atmospheric
oxygen as fuel.
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Weaponisation of Space |
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May 2010
New Delhi. The militarisation
of outer space – the so-called ‘last frontier’
and ‘ultimate high ground’ – happened many
decades ago when military satellites began
to be deployed for surveillance, communications
and navigation. Will the weaponisation of
space be an inevitable consequence?
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UAE students to get training for space mission |
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May 2010
Abu Dhabi. Three engineering
students of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
will be trained for space missions by the
US space agency NASA.
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India’s experimental Cryogenic Rocket test
fails |
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April 2010
New Delhi. India’s maiden
attempt to launch heavy satellites through
cryogenic rockets failed April 15 with programme
director saying another attempt would be
made next year after analyzing mission flaws.
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Indian
Navy eyes ‘Gagan’ to achieve network centricity |
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March 2010
New Delhi. Keeping in
league with the maritime powers of the world
having topline navigation system, the Indian
Navy eyes to get a network of seven satellites,
collectively termed Gagan, by 2012.
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India
to test world's third largest solid rocket
booster |
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December 2009
Chennai. The Indian space
agency is expected to take a major step
in January towards realising its next generation
rocket by ground-firing the world's third
largest - in terms of fuel mass and length
- solid rocket booster developed in-house.
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Russia
to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft for
Mars mission |
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November 2009
Moscow. The Presidential
Commission for Modernization and Technological
Development of Russia's Economy has called
for developing a transport-energy module
with a megawatt-class nuclear propulsion
unit for space.
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India’s
Moon Mission and its early termination |
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September 2009
Bangalore. The abrupt
termination of the Rs 3860-million maiden
Indian probe to moon Chandrayaan-1 was not
an unexpected development.
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Informationising’
War: China Unleashes the Space Domain |
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September 2009
New Delhi. As we delve
into witnessing warfare in the age of globalisation,
there is a perceptible tapering of existent
boundaries between soldiers and non-soldiers
and the chasm between warfare and non-warfare
means being rapidly filled up.
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India’s
Space Programme |
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August 2009
Bangalore. In what has
been perceived to be a setback to the Indian
space programme, the country's maiden lunar
probe Chandrayan-1 has been hit by a snag
following the failure of its vital star
sensor on April 26.
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Is
Russia ready for Star Wars? |
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August 2009
Moscow. Russia is planning
to build a fundamentally new force of Air
and Space Defense (ASD) by 2020 to counter
development of new generation air and space
attack weapons.
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US
to strengthen Spy Satellite network |
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July 2009
Washington. The US has
decided to build and deploy a new generation
of spy satellites, likely within the first
half of the next decade.
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China
Space exploration gains pace |
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January 2009
Moscow. China is going
to play a major role in the global space
exploration program. Soon, a new center
for space research may emerge in the Eastern
hemisphere and push the current players
aside..
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ISRO
looks beyond Chandrayan-1 |
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December 2008
Bangalore. With India’s
maiden lunar probe Chandrayaan-1 firmly
in its pre-determined orbit of 100-km above
the lunar surface, India has convincingly
demonstrated its prowess in orbiting and
navigating a deep space probe with a high
degree of precision.
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India
is on the Moon |
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November 2008
Bangalore. India’s space
scientists celebrated the birthday of the
country’s first Prime Minister on November
14 in style by landing the Indian national
flag on the moon in a climax to a 22-day
mission that galvanized the whole nation.
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Space
assets are key to Russia’s Nuclear Forces |
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August 2008
Moscow. If the Defense
Ministry sticks to its plans to devote three-fourths
of this year’s booster rocket launches to
placing new satellites in orbit, there is
hope that Russia’s future strategic nuclear
missile forces will be not only the sword,
but also a strong shield for the country.?
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India’s
space odyssey: From bullock cart to Moon Rocket |
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May 2008
Bangalore. Why does India,
a poor country, want to explore the moon
instead of using that money to alleviate
poverty?
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International
Space Security Conference |
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November 2007
New Delhi. Space is a
realm currently used for scientific, commercial,
and military purposes. Satellites make weather
reporting possible, allow people to call
and transmit data overseas instantaneously,
and facilitate the fl ights of precision-guided
munitions (of the type used in the Gulf
War and in Afghanistan) to their targets
with great accuracy.
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International
Space Station, its Future |
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November 2007
Moscow. In all probability,
the headline should be rephrased and run
like this: who will man the International
Space Station (ISS) next?
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Space
Programme - Adding to India's Brand Image |
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July 2007
International prestige in science and technology
is critical. This is Soft Power.
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