India's historic moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, got off to a great start today.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which included an orbiter, lander, and rover, took off from the Sriharikota space center at 14:35 on Friday (9:05 GMT), carrying all of its components.

The lander is scheduled to touch down on the moon sometime between August 23 and 24.

If all goe...

Hanwha Aerospace invests in the American battery startup 'Forge Nano'

Hanwha Aerospace announced on May 30 that it had invested in a U.S. startup with advanced nano-coating technology that extends the life of secondary batteries.

As part of Forge Nano's series C funding round, the investment was made in partnership with American investment firms OIC, ...

Africa is prepared to launch its space program.

The space industry is one of the most rapidly expanding industries in the globe. Africa has been considered a latecomer for quite some time, but a new space agency and space port are on the horizon for the continent.

Rorisang Moyo, a South African market analyst, notes that "the li...

As the delisting deadline approaches, Astra investigates "potential illegal short selling." Looms

Astra, a manufacturer of spacecraft engines and small rockets, disclosed on Friday that it is investigating "potential illegal short selling."

The company stated that it engaged the financial software firm ShareIntel to assist with its investigation of "suspicious, abnorm...

Leiji Matsumoto, the author of 'Space Battleship Yamato,' has died at the age of 85.

Leiji Matsumoto, the author of the iconic anime "Space Battleship Yamato" and other works in a fantastical style with antiwar themes, has died at the age of 85.

In the 1970s, his manga works "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Pirate Captain Herlock" were adapt...

After filing the necessary paperwork, SpaceX will launch Star link in South Korea.

Yonhap said on Friday that sources confirmed that Elon Musk's SpaceX had submitted the necessary paperwork to the South Korean government in order to legally offer its satellite-based internet service Star link within the country. The proposal was reportedly filed with South Korea's Minis...

Danuri's on-board camera catches a glimpse of the lunar region that remains in perpetual darkness.

On Thursday, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that images were taken by the Korean-built Danuri lunar orbiter of an area of the moon that never receives sunlight. A snapshot of the Shadow Cam gadget installed in the Danuri was posted to the website of Arizona State Universi...

Japanese businessman Maezawa has chosen K-pop sensation TOP and DJ Steve Aoki to accompany SpaceX's lunar mission

Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, disclosed on Friday that K-pop sensation TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he hopes to take on a journey around the moon as early as next year, aboard one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets.

Maezawa purchased every ticket o...

Global Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market by Range, Application, End Use Industries and Region

The world saw massive growth in almost every sector post evolution of telecommunication. Telecommunication now is a key part of this world. It is being used in various things like networking. Free space optical communication happens to be making use of light propagating in empty or free space in ...

Will the frigid moons of Jupiter have life, as this ESA spacecraft hopes

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is more than 11 times larger than Earth but is mostly formed of gas. Astronomers have long been intrigued by Jupiter's icy moons and are eager to learn whether any of them could support life.

Currently, a spaceship is almost ready to ...

Storm smashes Japan's space center; 130,000 Kyushu homes are still without electricity

Two people were killed and more than 100 were injured when a tropical storm that dumped torrential rain as it crossed Japan made its way into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The storm also paralyzed transportation and left thousands of houses without power.

Typhoon Nanmadol struck souther...

NASA prepares for the planned Saturday moon rocket launch.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: With favourable weather forecasts and the resolution of the technical concerns that caused the launch to be postponed earlier this week, everything appears to be in place for Nasa's Moon rocket to launch on Saturday.

At 2:17 p.m., it will lift off from the Kenn...

Debris from SpaceX found in an Australian sheep pasture

The mysterious-looking debris was discovered last week in Dalgety, a remote region close to Australia's Snowy Mountains, around five hours' drive southwest of Sydney. It is thought to have fallen to Earth on July 9.

Astrophysicist Brad Tucker, who visited the site last month aft...

EU Commission awards Dawn Aerospace €1.4M for hydrazine-replacement programme

The European Commission has given Dawn Aerospace a grant of €1.4 million to aid in the development of its game-changing "green" in-space propulsion system.

The money will aid Dawn's ongoing efforts to develop hydrazine substitute technology. The propulsion technology ...

The United Arab Emirates has been chosen to lead the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

The United Arab Emirates has been appointed to chair a UN committee tasked with promoting the peaceful use of space.

Omran Sharaf, the Emirati engineer who managed the country's successful Mars mission, will serve as the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space's directo...

NASA Doctor ‘Holoported’ to Space by Technology

NASA’s doctors paid a virtual visit to the International Space Station using holoporting technology.

Dr. Josef Schmid along with several other people took a virtual trip to the ISS last October. NASA has finally announced the results of this technology experiment.

Accord...

JINPAO purchases Quintus HIP to boost Thailand's aerospace sector

Quintus Technologies' 1400 bar (20,000 psi) Flexform press has been installed at the JINPAO Precision Industry manufacturing plant in Samut Prakan, Thailand (Courtesy Quintus Technologies)

JINPAO Precision Industry, a systemic sheet metal and moulded parts manufacturer headquartered...

Onboard the International Space Station, artwork by a Singapore-based Indian artist circle the Earth

Two artworks created in Singapore by an Indian-origin artist are presently circling Earth onboard the Worldwide Space Station (ISS) as part of a 64-piece Moon Gallery collection of small works by international artists.

Lakshmi Mohanbabu, a naturalised Singaporean who relocated from Delh...

Texas filed a lawsuit against Facebook over facial recognition, and Macron wants a more aggressive space policy

Texas has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, and Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to increase its space efforts.

On Monday, the Texas attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against Meta's Facebook, saying that the social media giant violated state privacy laws by using facial-reco...

Singapore Government Plans on Investing 150 million Dollars in Space Technology

The Singaporean government has plans to invest 150 million dollars in the research and development of space capabilities that can be applied to the key industrial sectors of the country and daily life. 

The National Research Foundation and the Office for Space Technology and Indust...