The history of future

Will India's Mars mission succeed?

ISRO has a contingency plan to salvage the mission in case the LAM engine fails

Mars Mission: ISRO eyes November 2013 launch

Cabinet yet to approve the mission

Of canals and intelligent creatures

Mankind’s early tryst with Mars

COP28 UAE: Methane Alert and Response System alerted governments of 127 plumes spanning four continents

Methane is the second-biggest cause of global warming caused by anthropogenic activity after carbon dioxide and is 80 times more powerful

Space Race 2.0: Calendar of space launches in next 15 years

Here's a look at what governments and private firms plan to do in space

Mars’ orbiter’s main engine test-fired successfully

Stage set for final manoeuvre to insert Mangalyaan in Red Planet’s orbit

One small step for India may become a big step for humanity

India's Mars mission could play an important role in space exploration of the future

Comet Siding Spring flies past Mars; Mangalyaan safe

ISRO had repositioned Mangalyaan to avoid any collision with the comet

Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan spots satellite Phobos, sends pictures

Phobos along with the Mars' another natural satellite Deimos was discovered in 1877

NASA Curiosity rover finds nitrogen on Mars

Discovery lends credence to the theory that the Red Planet may once have supported life

Four volcanic hotspots in the Solar System

Venus is far from the only world beyond Earth to exhibit signs of volcanic activity

Mars orbiter enters sun's sphere of influence

ISRO plans four manoeuvres to ensure satellite stays on course

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

From Artemis 1 to Chandrayaan 3, here are some missions to keep an eye out for 

India set for mission Mars

Budget proposes Rs 125 crore for the ambitious project

How will science aid development in India in near future?

The theme of the 102nd session of the Indian Science Congress—Science and Technology for Human Development—happens to echo the …

Smooth launch for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

The rover was launched successfully July 30, 2020. Its mission is to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and dust samples …

UAE’s Hope orbiter is on way to the Red Planet

The aim of the mission is to understand weather on Mars through all seasons and study how atmospheric oxygen and hydrogen escape into space

In search of ancient life: NASA Perseverance lands on Mars

The rover will now begin its two-year-long investigation to assess the geology and past climate of the Red planet

Life beyond Earth? NASA’s Perseverance rover finds diverse organic matter on Mars

A high possibility for past habitability exists at the rover’s landing site in Jezero Crater

Artemis: How ever changing US space policy may push back the next Moon landing

A delay of any more than a year would move Artemis 3 beyond the end of President Biden’s first term in office

Scientists uncover sheets of ice buried at Mars’ north pole

Composition of these layers could further shed light on the history of Mars and if it ever had favourable conditions to support life

‘It will open up a new area of Mars exploration’

As NASA's Ingenuity touched down on Mars, Down To Earth spoke to Ingenuity’s chief engineer J (Bob) Balaram on the significance of the …

Meet Mars: NASA rover is on the Red Planet

The Perseverance Rover landed on the Jezero Crater February 18, 2021 to look for ancient microscopic life. Dozens of high-resolution images were …

ExoMars mission delayed, rover will now take off in 2022

European Space Agency cited software problems with the spacecraft as a reason for the delay