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The Indian Space Research Organization’s Pushpak reusable spaceplane autonomously landed on a runway.

India named four air force officers to become the founding members of the country’s Gaganyaan astronaut corps.

The Indian Space Research Organization says it has conducted an initial in-space test of a 100-watt-class polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

India kicked off the 2024 launch calendar with deployment of an X-ray astronomy satellite from the Satish Dhawann Space Center.

In 2024, India and Boeing aim for low Earth orbit, while NASA eyes an excursion around the Moon.

NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.

India’s space economy could reach $77 billion in value by 2030 from $15 billion in 2023, according to a recent report by the Indian media Inc42.

Aditya-L1 blasted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sept. 2 onboard the PSLV-C57 rocket, carrying seven domestically developed payloads.

India trumped a Russian effort to conduct the first in situ science experiments in a water-bearing region of the Moon.

India made history on Aug. 23 by becoming the first country to land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole.

India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft reached lunar orbit on Aug. 5, setting the stage for a landing attempt on the Moon's south pole later this month.

The Indian Space Research Organization’s landing on the Moon's south pole is slated to place around Aug. 23.

ISRO launched the third version of its robotic lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, on July 14, aiming for a soft landing on the Moon.

Russia is approaching the launch of its Luna-25 mission to the Moon—the country’s first lunar exploration effort in almost 50 years.

Voyager and IN-SPACe will also “seek additional collaboration opportunities with various stakeholders within the Indian space ecosystem.

Once deployed, the satellites will boost the OneWeb Gen-1 constellation well past the 588 spacecraft needed for global coverage.

Just six more satellites are needed for full global coverage.