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Skyroot Aerospace, which launched India's first private rocket in 2022, aims to double its planned launches starting next year on a likely boost to the country's fledgling private space sector from the success of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission. The Hyderabad-based company, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, is also aiming to raise more money by the end of next year, co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana told Reuters in an interview. "From 2024 and later, we're...

The Crew-7 astronauts represent the most internationally diverse SpaceX crew to date.

North Korea's second attempt to launch a spy satellite this year ended in failure, after the rocket carrying the satellite encountered a stage-separation issue on Aug. 23.

Plans for the start of the Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan, were unaffected Thursday after a North Korean rocket launch prompted an alert ordering some residents to evacuate. Press conferences and practices for the eight teams that are beginning World Cup play in Okinawa went on as scheduled Thursday. The tournament begins Friday, also in the Philippines and Indonesia.

The North Korean government has announced it will attempt to launch a satellite between Aug. 24 and Aug. 31. Its previous attempt in May 2023 failed and landed in the Yellow Sea.

NASA and SpaceX are about to send four astronauts to the International Space Station, but they need decent weather to launch.

“Smooth sailing is continuing. The Mission Operations Complex is buzzed with energy & excitement!” ISRO said. In case of any problem in the last minutes, Plan B will kick in.

The announcement followed a statement by South Korea's military that North Korea had launched a long-range rocket. The North's space agency said it used the new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 to put the reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 into orbit.

Space travel companies are looking to adopt different fuels for their rockets in order to cut emissions.

Crews at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are gearing up for an upcoming crewed rocket launch to the International Space Station this week.