Space Craft

Russia launched a fourth military communication satellite aboard a Proton-M rocket yesterday

The satellite weighs 3,227 kgs and has a mission life of 15 years. It's designed for geostationary orbit.

China launches manned mission to experimental space station

On Sunday China moved a step closer to establish its permanent space station by 2022 as it launched a spacecraft carrying two astronauts, in its longest-ever manned space mission, who would later join its second experimental space lab orbiting the Earth.

Only 27 days left for Mars Orbiter to reach the red planet

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed 90 percent of its journey to the red planet while scientists are gearing up to meet the challenge of restarting the onboard liquid fuel engine