9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (890+ words) The Airline Pilots' Association of India (Alpa India) has written to civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), seeking immediate suspension of commercial flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until authorities…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago   (495+ words) New Delhi: Skyroot Aerospace founder Pawan Kumar Chandana is finally getting some sleep. After weeks of surviving on just three to four hours of rest a night as his team prepared for the historic Vikram-1 mission, Chandana says he's a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (700+ words) Bengaluru and Mumbai: Seven years after the project first took shape in an IIT Madras laboratory, India now has its own electric air-taxi prototype. Backed by $20 million in funding, the venture is among the half-dozen-odd companies globally at the forefront…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (902+ words) New Delhi: Skyroot Aerospace, India's sole space unicorn, says its maiden successful commercial rocket launch has vindicated the cautious approach that saw its mission timeline delayed by about two years. In an interview with Mint, co-founder and chief executive Pawan…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (439+ words) SpaceX's blockbuster IPO may have made headlines, but the stock's sharp decline since its listing has made the short sellers the biggest winners in the game. And, currently, they are sitting on about $5 billion in paper profits, according to S3 Partners,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (512+ words) Vikram-1, India's first privately developed orbital rocket, successfully deployed several technology demonstration payloads into low Earth orbit on Saturday, along with postcards, including one from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Spearheaded by Skyroot Aerospace, the mission, dubbed "Mission Aagaman", marked the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (368+ words) Vikram-1, India's first privately-developed orbital-class rocket, is scheduled for launch on 18 July. It is set to lift off from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The original launch time was initially scheduled for 11:30 AM. However, the launch was temporarily put on…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (864+ words) India’s first private orbital rocket is set to launch at 11:30 am on Saturday (July 18) from the historic First Launch Pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It will be the first test flight of the Vikram-1 rocket, built by Hyderabad-based Skyroot…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (902+ words) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh reacted to reports about mass resignation at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and said there was “no controversy” surrounding the matter. He said on Thursday, according…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (500+ words) The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in our Milky Way galaxy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said. Beta…...