Fear of asteroids is expensive

Unmanned space missions can be as helpful in garnering knowledge of outer space

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …

Disoriented

Lack of mapping policy is a sign of information backwardness in the digital era

Restrictions are redundant

For the rich

Map monopoly

The Union ministry of defence is paranoid

Can Cassini do it?

The technical wizardry that has gone into programming the probe will be put to the test in the most crucial post-launch event -- placing Cassini …

A star spender with clipped wings

The ambitious Indian space programme, despite occasional setbacks, has had its share of success. A backgrounder to the programme which is very …

Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

Its cold on Mars

Although freezing temperatures have led to a loss of contact with the Mars Pathfinder, data collected by the mission is invaluable in improving …

Edusat will educate

But how?

Planet X

Incorrect data spurred on the discovery of Pluto

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

It's called outreach

Indian science is in Space, but not its villages

Reboot: moon

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the moon was a focus of much interest in the US and the erstwhile USSR. But that politico-scientific Cold War …

The war of the footprints

As satellites proliferate over the Indian sky and competitors wrangle a bigger share of the market, Doordarshan gears up to....

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Married in space

The recent Atlantis-Mir docking in space, only the 2nd of its kind, is the first tentative step towards Mars

Tapping into the source

These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Tapping into the source

These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …

Why can't Indians access maps for 43 per cent of their country?

How is it that you can buy a map of India in Paris with details as fine as the location of all tyre puncture shops in Delhi (updated every six …

Do space laws need to be modified?

Laws on outer space should ensure that

India's Chandrayaan programme is "ambitious"

A moon rush is hotting up, with India, China and Japan devising substantial space exploration programmes to compete with the big players -- the …