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Even as it Dares to Dream, ISRO Needs Clear Metrics of Success

Narayan Prasad 10/02/2016

We are sitting on a host of possibilities for...

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Listen: Move Over, GPS! A Desi Navigation System is on Its Way

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 10/02/2016

ISRO recently launched the 5th of 7 satellites that...

The destructive meteor trace that fell on Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. Credit: Alex Alishevskikh/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Could a Meteorite Really Have Killed a Bus Driver in Vellore?

Monica Grady 10/02/2016

There is nothing more certain in life than...

Vellore. Credit: soham_pablo/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Strange Explosion in Vellore Thought the Work of a Fallen Meteorite

The Wire Staff 07/02/2016

One person was killed and three others were injured...

NASA's Space Launch System rocket will launch with Orion atop it from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's modernised spaceport at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Caption & credit: NASA

NASA’s Colossal SLS Rocket on Track for 2018 Test, with Tiny Hitchhikers

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/02/2016

A bigger variant will stand at 117 metres and...

The Challenger space shuttle explodes. Credit: dullhunk/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Thirty Years on: What the Challenger Disaster Meant for Our Race Into Space

Monica Grady 27/01/2016

With every successful launch that takes place, we can...

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NAVIC, India’s Very Own GPS-lite

Sandhya Ramesh 22/01/2016

As with all other satnav systems, the NAVIC will...