Aerospace

Roscosmos's Proton rocket takes off with the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander on March 14, 2016, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA

First ExoMars Mission Takes Off to Join Search for Alien Life

Sandhya Ramesh 16/03/2016

The Russian-European mission will place an orbiter around Mars...

Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft being prepared for a prelaunch test at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

First Scientific Result from Mars Orbiter Mission Published

The Wire Staff 03/03/2016

It's from the instrument called MENCA, whose designs are...

A SpaceX Dragon capsule in orbit around Earth, as part of the CRS-5 mission. Credit: SpaceX

Before ISRO Can Go Onward and Upward, India Needs a Good Space Law

Ashok G.V. 26/02/2016

One hopes that the needs of the future and...

This image of the asteroid Vesta, calculated from a shape model, shows a tilted view of the topography of the south polar region. The image has a resolution of about 1,000 feet (300 meters) per pixel, and the vertical scale is 1.5 times that of the horizontal scale. Caption & credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

Alien Mountains Stand Tall on the Shoulders of Still Waters

Sandhya Ramesh 26/02/2016

Before the heights of mountains are measured, whether on...

GSAT-6 seen with two halves of the payload faring of GSLV-D6. Credit: ISRO

Why ISRO Deserves the Budget Hike it’s Been Recommended

Narayan Prasad 18/02/2016

The government aims to use space technologies for a...

A mosaic of Saturn's rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

No Majestic Lord of the Rings, Saturn is Really a Master of Deception

Sandhya Ramesh 16/02/2016

A large part of what we've discovered so far...

A GSLV Mk-II rocket at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launchpad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, ahead of the D6 flight in August 2015. Credit: ISRO

The Problems with Measuring ISRO’s Economic Impact

Kapil Subramanian 15/02/2016

There is a case to be made for spending...