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"Anyone who goes to space tried to look at his own country first, but soon it appears that there is no boundary between the countries and the entire world is one family where our destinies are integrated".

- Rakesh Sharma

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Space travel will be like every other business. There will be competitors. . . . Thirty months from now, I'm confident we'll be flying people into space.
- Richard Branson

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Rocket Lab launches first satellites for NASA in 'perfect' third mission this year

Rocket lab launches first satellites for NASA in 'perfect' third mission ..........
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cnbc.com Rocket Lab is set to launch its third rocket this year, the company's first mission for NASA.

China's New Space Race: IoT Startup Commsat Launc - SpaceWatch.Global

China's New Space Race: loT startup commsat Launches seven cubesats .....

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spacewatch.global Chinese New Space Internet of Things (IoT) satellite communications company Commsat had seven small satellites launched as a rideshare on board a Lon

China launches lunar rover in historic mission to the dark side of the moon

China launches lunar Rover in historic mission to the dark side of the moon .....
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cnbc.com China launches the Chang'e 4 spacecraft atop a Long March 3B rocket in a milestone mission to land a rover on the far side of the moon.

Today we have successfully conducted a FREE Workshop on Model Rocketry, Rocket propulsion & Space science. At Jamia millia Islamia Central university. New Delhi... 👽🚀🚀

India Readies Baby Rockets to Tap Small Satellites’ Market

India Readies Baby Rockets to Tap small satellites' Market ........

The ISRO is developing a small Rocket...

sputniknews.com The ISRO is developing a small rocket of not more than 100 tons that can send a 500 kg satellite into a 500 km orbit. The ISRO, which is earning around $40 million annually through launching small satellites of foreign customers, aims to increase its revenue manifold by using the baby rocket.

Tesla Model X will carry first astronauts flying in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to launch pad

Tesla Model X will carry first astronauts flying in Spacex's Dragon.......

electrek.co SpaceX is preparing to make its first demo launches for NASA’s commercial crew mission program, which aims to bring back the capability for U.S. spacecraft to fly astronauts to space. The roc…

Ice confirmed at the moon's poles

Ice confirmed at the moon's poles...

sciencedaily.com Using data from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument, scientists have identified three specific signatures that definitively prove there is water ice at the surface of the Moon.

Elon Musk Is Broken, and We Have Broken Him

Elon Musk is Broken, and we Have Broken Him.....

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wired.com The CEO's increasingly erratic behavior is putting Tesla at risk. And there's blame to go around.

China completes first tests of space station’s propulsion system | SpaceTech Asia

China completes first test of Space station's propulsion system ......

spacetechasia.com On 14 August, China’s space agency, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), announced it has completed the first round of tests for the propulsion system of its space station, expected to become operational in 2022. The propulsion system is being developed by Shanghai Institute of Space Pr...

PM vows to put an Indian in space by 2022

PM vows to put an Indian in Space by 2022......

deccanherald.com 'An Indian astronaut, be it a man or a woman, will go on a space odyssey'

Here is the good news for the Start-Ups who want to excel in the space & allied business. ISRO-Indian Space Research Organization is planning to set up incubators in six cities. These incubating centers will groom start ups that have interests in newer solutions in rocketry, communication satellites and applications from remote sensing data that could be exploited commercially and create a strong local commercial space ecosystem in the country.
Till now ANTRIX has engaged with startups including Bellatrix Aerospace, Aniara Communications and Exseed Space. ESA - European Space Agencybusiness incubator centre or ESA Space Solutions has incubated over 600 startups in the last 20 years.

BSX'18 has a special session for Start ups during the three day event, be a part of it to launch your start up. Bengaluru Space Expo 2018, 6 -8 September 2018, BIEC, Bengaluru.
For more details, please visit: www.bsxindia.com

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JPL's Open Source Build-It-Yourself Rover

JPL's open source Build - It - yourself Rover......

opensourcerover.jpl.nasa.gov Learn to build robots: Build your very own Mars rover at home!

In first major contract, Isro lets industry make 27 satellites - Times of India

In first major contract, ISRO lets industry make 27 satellites.....

timesofindia.indiatimes.com India News: BENGALURU: In the first big contract since its inception, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has allowed three industries—two private and o.

Jeff Bezos said they’d test the heck out of New Shepard—he wasn’t kidding

Jeff Bezos said they'd test the heck out of New Shepard - he wasn't .........
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arstechnica.com "If you want to get good at spaceflight, you have to practice."

ISRO Prepares For Several Rocket Launches Towards The End of 2018 – Indian Defence Research Wing

ISRO prepares for several Rocket Launches Towards the End of 2018........

idrw.org ISRO Prepares For Several Rocket Launches Towards The End of 2018 Published July 17, 2018 | By admin SOURCE: IANS The Indian space agency will have a busy year-end with several rocket launches planned from its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top official. The GSAT-11 satellite,....

SpaceX Mars rocket test site receives first huge rocket propellant storage tank

SpaceX Mars Rocket test site receives first huge Rocket propellant storage.....
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teslarati.com SpaceX has delivered one of the first undeniably rocketry-related pieces of hardware to its prospective Boca Chica test and launch facility in South Texas, this time in the form of a massive 100,000-gallon liquid oxygen tank now stationed adjacent to the company’s ~600 kW Tesla solar and battery a...

Israeli spacecraft to land on Moon in 2019

Israeli spacecraft to land on Moon in 2019.

bbc.co.uk It will be the first privately-funded unmanned spacecraft to land on the lunar surface.

Manned mission, Isro’s dream, still a long way away - Times of India

Manned mission, Isro's dream, still a long way away .........

timesofindia.indiatimes.com India News: India’s proposed human spaceflight programme (HSP), something that has been on the table since 2004, is still a long way away despite advancements in

Isro conducts test of crew escape module for proposed manned spaceflight programme - Times of India

ISRO Conducts test of crew escape module for proposed manned......

timesofindia.indiatimes.com India News: The system is being developed as part of the proposed human spaceflight programme. The space agency tested the crew escape system for its crew capsule

Isro’s Astrosat captures image of galaxy cluster 800 million light years away - Times of India

Isro's Astrosat captures image of galaxy cluster 800 million light years......

timesofindia.indiatimes.com Science News: Named Abell 2256, the galaxy cluster is made of three separate clusters of galaxies that are all merging with one another to eventually form a single

‘Given a national mandate, India could target the first human flight in space within next 6-7 years’

'Given a national mandate, India could target the first human flight in space....

blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com Indian Space Research Organisation will turn 50 next year. K Radhakrishnan, Isro’s former head who oversaw the Mars Orbiter Mission (popularly called ‘Mangalyaan’) – which established India as the first country to have a successful mission to Mars in its maiden...

Japan's Rocket Was Supposed to Fly 62 Miles High. It ... Didn't

Japan's Rocket was Supposed to Fly
62 Miles High . It ....... Didn't

newser.com Japan's MOMO-2 rocket launch gets marked as a fail

10 Things: Mars Helicopter

10 Things: Mars Helicopter ....
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nasa.tumblr.com When our next Mars rover lands on the Red Planet in 2021, it will deliver a groundbreaking technology demonstration: the first helicopter to ever fly on a planetary body other than Earth. This Mars...

Blue Origin plans to start selling suborbital spaceflight tickets next year - SpaceNews.com

Blue origin plans to start selling suborbital spaceflight tickets next.........
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spacenews.com Blue Origin expects to start flying people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle “soon” and start selling tickets for commercial flights next year.

ISRO clears GSAT-11 for launch

ISRO clears GSAT-11 for launch.....

indianexpress.com This also led to the ISRO recalling GSAT-11 for conducting thorough checks. “After a thorough check and additional tests, it was found fit for launch,” an official said.

Boeing expands aerospace engineering footprint in Bengaluru

Boeing expands aerospace engineering footprint in bengaluru .......

moneycontrol.com The facility will also drive strategic initiatives like Digital Transformation,

NASA's Opportunity Rover "Falls Asleep" After Martian Dust Storm, Will "Wait It Out"

NASA's Opportunity Rover "Falls Asleep" After Martian Dust Storm......

ndtv.com A massive dust storm raging across Mars has overcome NASA's aging Opportunity rover, putting the unmanned, solar-powered vehicle into sleep mode and raising concerns about its survival, the US space agency said Wednesday.

NASA's Curiosity rover finds organic matter on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover finds organic matter on Mars.........

cnn.com Organic matter has been found on Mars in soil samples taken from 3 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater by the Curiosity rover, NASA announced Thursday. The rover has also detected methane in the Martian atmosphere.