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LAB clears GSLV D5 launch; countdown from Jan 4

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 19:15

Decks were cleared for the January 5 launch of India`s rejuvenated indigenous cryogenic engine- fitted GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14 from the spaceport of Sriharikota with ISRO`s Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) giving its nod for the key mission today.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft to wake up from slumber in 100 days time

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 01:14

European Space Agency`s comet-chasing mission Rosetta is going to wake up in 100 days` time from deep-space slumber to reach the destination it has been cruising towards for a decade.

NASA and Japan`s space agency announce launch date for global precipitation satellite

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 09:39

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are planning to launch a new satellite at 1:07 pm to 3:07 pm EST, Feb. 27, from JAXA`s Tanegashima Space Center.

Russia bets on sweeping reform to revive ailing space industry

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 05:13

From rocket-shaped playground equipment to faded murals of cosmonauts, mementos of the heyday of Soviet space exploration are scattered around this sandswept town that launched Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961.

New UK space-weather centre to track arrival of solar super-storms

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 13:25

Britain is set to have its own space-weather centre for predicting the arrival of solar " super-storms" that can trigger electricity blackouts across whole cities and knock out GPS satellites by next year.

Solar activity weakest in a century

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:45

The Sun is at its weakest in 100 years despite being at the peak of its 11-year cycle, scientists have found.

Dutch rock is long-lost meteorite

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:43

A small brown-black rock that landed near a Dutch village in 1873 is actually a rare meteorite that may be as old as the solar system which formed roughly 4.6 billion years ago, scientists say.

NASA astronauts make second spacewalk; repair faulty ISS cooling system

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 10:36

Two US astronauts successfully fixed a faulty cooling system on Tuesday working outside the International Space Station (ISS).

Finding earth-Like planets, using waves

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:52

What if you are told that a wave can find earth-like planets, identify unknown substances for the medical fraternity and boost the capacity of existing telecom networks?

Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 15:57

The successful launch of India`s first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the sending up of India`s first navigation satellite midnight, the launch of the Indo-French satellite SARAL, and signing up a couple of satellite launch contracts – all these put Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2013 amongst the select group of space-faring nations on a couple of counts.