Space News

Indian Teen Wins YouTube Space Lab Science Competition For APAC Region

India’s Sachin Kukke has been selected as the Asia-Pacific regional winner of the YouTube Space Lab science competition, said the U.S.-based company on Wednesday.

February 23, 2012

China’s Manned Shenzhou-9 Spacecraft To Dock With Tiangong-1 Station

It is a mission which will have a wide ranging geopolitical significance – the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and its docking with the Tiangong-1 orbiting module later this year.

February 22, 2012

Indian Scientists Design Wireless Sensor Network To Find Water & Ice On Moon

Scientists of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, an ISRO affiliate, are designing a new method of finding water and ice on the moon.

February 20, 2012

ISRO Announces Preliminary Study On Indian Mission To Venus

The Indian Space Research Organization has commissioned a study to assess the feasibility of launching a scientific mission to Venus.

February 17, 2012

India Can Go To Mars, Says PRL Director J. N. Goswami

At a four-day space meet in Tirupati, top space scientists from the ISRO and PRL discussed India’s mission to Mars.

February 15, 2012

Vega’s Lift-Off A Milestone For Arianespace, ASEAN Director Says

Asian Scientist Magazine chats with Arianespace’s ASEAN Director about Vega’s maiden launch, potential competition from U.S. start-up SpaceX, and the company’s plans for the Asian market.

February 13, 2012

India’s First Man In Space, Rakesh Sharma, Chats With Asian Scientist Magazine

India’s first spaceman chats with Asian Scientist Magazine in Pune, where he received the Suryadatta National Lifetime Achievement award for his historic 1984 Indo-Soviet space flight.

February 9, 2012

SpaceX To Launch AsiaSat 6 And AsiaSat 8 In 2014

SpaceX and AsiaSat today announced an agreement to launch two AsiaSat communications satellites using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in 2014.

February 8, 2012

China’s Chang’e-2 Takes High Resolution Moon Images

China today published a set of images that offer full coverage of the moon surface at a resolution of seven meters, reported China’s official news agency, Xinhua News.

February 6, 2012

India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission Likely Delayed After Russian Probe Failure

India’s second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, which was slated for launch in 2013 is expected to be rescheduled to 2016 because of problems with its Russian lander.

February 6, 2012