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August 13, 2026
ISRO’s new booster gives SSLV extra muscle
India's smallest rocket, the SSLV, has received a significant upgrade with the successful ground test of its improved solid booster stage, SS1. This enhancement aims to increase the rocket's payload capacity by approximately 100kg to Low Earth Orbit
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August 12, 2026
Global race for lunar base heats up with NASA-ISRO joint programme
The Moon Base programme aims to create an outpost near the lunar South Pole, utilising local resources like water ice for sustenance and fuel, thereby enabling longer stays and serving as a crucial stepping stone for future Mars missions
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July 18, 2026
Vikram-1 launch successful: Skyroot’s first step towards a 'cab service' for satellites
India's first private rocket has reached orbit
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June 19, 2026
Unlocking the secrets of Mars with the Aeolus mission
Will NASA’s first reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Relativity Space work for its Aeolus mission to Mars?
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June 12, 2026
OPINION | SpaceX and the looming space-debris crisis
Space debris, the growing risk of space junk in Earth's orbit, is becoming an increasingly significant problem as the space race intensifies following SpaceX's record-breaking IPO
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May 19, 2026
Shukrayaan: India and Sweden join hands for the Venus mission
The collaboration involves using shared expertise to study the intricacies of Venus's atmosphere and surface
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May 07, 2026
Skyroot Aerospace becomes India’s first space tech unicorn
Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace is now valued at $1.1 billion
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May 06, 2026
Pathfinder: When satellites get their own brain
India's Pixxel and Sarvam are creating Pathfinder, the first orbital data centre satellite powered by AI
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April 25, 2026
Pakistan's astronauts to fly on China's celestial path
China has selected two Pakistani astronauts to train for its Tiangong space station, marking the first time foreign astronauts will fly on a Chinese mission
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April 20, 2026
Bezos-led Blue Origin rocket lands perfectly; it’s cargo, not so much
Blue Origin nails key reusability milestone on Sunday, but the satellite it carried is headed for a fiery end
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April 14, 2026
Artemis II ushers in a new era of lunar exploration
Christina Korp, a US-based astronaut manager with connections to Edwin Aldrin and the Artemis II crew members like Reed Wiseman and Victor Glover, shares her insights into the historic Artemis II mission
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April 10, 2026
EXPLAINED: The extreme physics of Artemis II astronauts' journey home
The most critical and dangerous phase is the spacecraft's re-entry into earth's atmosphere, where the Orion capsule will face extreme temperatures of around 2,760 degrees Celsius and speeds nearing 38,500 km/h
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April 02, 2026
NASA’s Artemis II faces its first in-flight challenge: A faulty toilet!
Artemis II mission takes off with four astronauts on a historic lunar flyby, but will a faulty space toilet present a real human challenge in zero gravity?
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March 18, 2026
Beyond earthly soil: The science of China’s space tomatoes
The race to master space gardening intensifies as Tiangong Space Station grows cherry tomatoes
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March 02, 2026
The brain behind India's space dreams: On ISRO’s 4-year mission for home-grown semiconductor chips
Buying semiconductor chips from outside meant delays, high costs, and one more reason to depend on foreign nations, but ISRO's plans intend to change that
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February 26, 2026
ISRO reveals the tiny glitch that doomed the NVS-02
India's space agency's subsequent investigation pinpointed the pyro valve issue and implemented a fix
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February 25, 2026
The silent saboteur: Helium delays historic Artemis II moon mission
Artemis II mission delay has been announced by NASA after an unexpected helium supply issue was discovered in the rocket's upper stage
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February 13, 2026
NeevCloud partners with Agnikul Cosmos to launch India’s first indigenous AI data centre in space: Why it matters
This groundbreaking initiative will use an orbital platform in Low Earth Orbit to deliver secure, low-latency AI intelligence and bridge the global AI access gap
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February 12, 2026
ISRO’s lunar gold rush: Explaining India’s move to MM-4 at the Moon's south pole
The Chandrayaan-4 mission is India's first lunar sample-return endeavour, set to land at the strategically chosen MM-4 site
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February 06, 2026
ISRO gears up for GISAT-1A Launch; why is it significant?
The GISAT-1A advanced earth observation satellite is set to aid India in disaster management, agriculture, and strategic monitoring
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January 19, 2026
Back to the Moon with NASA's Artemis II: Four humans, ten days, and history in the making
As 4 astronauts gear up to circle the Moon for the first time in five decades, NASA's Artemis II mission signals a new era for global space exploration
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January 12, 2026
PSLV’s double trouble: When India’s ‘workhorse’ rocket stumbled
A second consecutive PSLV failure has shaken the Indian space community, with the rocket's third stage failing again
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January 07, 2026
One rocket, multiple payloads: ISRO’s first launch of 2026 on ‘India’s space bus’
On its 64th launch, the PSLV is set to carry one big and 18 smaller satellites
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December 31, 2025
Crewed lunar flights, AI satellites, and Space stations: What’s in store for the Space sector in 2026?
Building on 2025's successes, 2026 is poised to be a transformative year for the space sector, focusing on operational deployment and reliability
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December 18, 2025
Space dept celebrates India’s milestones in 2025 year-end review
From NISAR mission to successful ISRO launches, Indian space sector saw an eventful year
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