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Bengaluru: ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Chandigarh have jointly developed 32-bit Microprocessors -- Vikram 3201 and Kalpana 3201-- for space applications, the space agency has said. Vikram 3201 is the first fully Indian-made 32-bit microprocessor qualified for use in the harsh...

New York: SpaceX's Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, bringing hope for the return of two NASA astronauts -- Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore -- who have been stuck in orbit for months. The space capsule, launched Friday from Texas,...

New Delhi: Apple is planning to start production of airpods for exports at the Foxconn plant in Hyderabad from April, sources said. Airpods will be the second product category that Apple will start producing in India after iPhones. "Production of Airpods is going to start...

Cape Canaveral: Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers — representing the US, Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days...

New Delhi: SpaceX’s Starship and heavy booster -- the world's biggest and most powerful rocket system -- will launch for Mars by 2026, and human landings on the Red Planet will likely begin in 2031, said billionaire Elon Musk Saturday. In a post shared on...

Cape Canaveral (US): The replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts --Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams -- launched to the International Space Station Friday night, paving the way for the pair's return after nine long months. Wilmore and Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team...

Beijing: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support for precise astronomical observation, and for studies in the areas of astrochemistry and galactic evolution, Xinhua...

New Delhi: ISRO Thursday that it has accomplished de-docking of the SpaDeX satellites, clearing the way for future missions such as exploring the moon, human spaceflight, and building its own space station. Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced the successful de-docking of satellites in a post...

New Delhi: SpaceX has postponed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, which was scheduled to carry a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and return the "stranded" NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. The launch, originally planned for today...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways, Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Wednesday welcomed Elon Musk’s affordable satellite internet service Starlink to India. India’s leading telecom giants, Airtel and Jio Platforms, have partnered with SpaceX to bring Starlink Internet services to the country. “Starlink, welcome to...