SpaceX
SpaceX launches resupply vessel to ISS
16 Aug 2017
SpaceX launches second satellite in 14 days
16 May 2017
SpaceX to start flying rockets next week
03 Jan 2017
SpaceX plans internet launch from space
18 Nov 2016
Musk to outline Mars plans today
27 Sep 2016
SpaceX rocket explodes during test firing; Musk, Facebook hurt
02 Sep 2016
In what both SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admitted was a major setback, a Falcon 9 rocket exploded during a routine test firing, destroying its satellite cargo that was to be used by Facebook
NASA sends expandable habitat to Space Station
09 Apr 2016
The expandable habitat will allow investigators to use microgravity conditions to assess the impact of antibodies on crew and grow protein crystals that will aid the design of new drugs
The Falcon has landed! Musk’s rocket returns safely
22 Dec 2015
With the successful landing of the first stage of Falcon 9, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has stolen a march over fellow-billionaire and space pioneer Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in the race to create reusable rockets
NASA seeks support to Boeing, SpaceX to end reliance on Russia for commercial space flights
06 Aug 2015
Lack of adequate funding for NASA has forced America’s premier space agency to extend its existing contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation