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An Ariane 5ES lifts off, June 2013. Credit: dlr_de/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Apples and Oranges: Why ISRO Rockets Aren’t Comparable to Falcons or Arianes

Vasudevan Mukunth 18/02/2017

ISRO is a state-backed, not market-driven, organisation, while its...

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Watch: All You Need To Know About ISRO’s PSLV C37 Mission – 1 Launch, 104 Satellites

The Wire Staff 14/02/2017

The PSLV C37 mission, scheduled for February 15, will...

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How 2016 Heralded a New Kind of Race Into the Final Frontier

Narayan Prasad 31/12/2016

This time, it’s not one country against another as...

Mars. Credit: SpaceX

Elon Musk Unveils Concept of How SpaceX Will Take Humans to Mars

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2016

Musk estimated that between 20 and 50 trips to...

A Falcon 9 rocket goes up in flames at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, on September 1, 2016. Source: YouTube

SpaceX Didn’t Lose Just a Falcon 9 Rocket in Cape Canaveral Explosion

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/09/2016

The Falcon 9 has seven other missions this year,...

ANI images showing the solid-fuel booster lofting the RLV technology demonstrator before the descent begins. Source: ANI_news/Twitter

After Successful Test of Reusable Vehicle, ISRO Has Further Plans for Slashing Launch Costs

Gopal N. Raj 23/05/2016

ISRO's immediate priorities are to make its own launch...

A Falcon 9 takes off. Credit: SpaceX

How to Launch a Rocket Into Space … and Then Land it on a Ship at Sea

Hugh Hunt 14/04/2016

The SpaceX philosophy is that the majority of the...