June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...is often painted. Two countries with hitherto ‘peaceful purposes’ programmes have developed military dimensions (Japan and India). Two axis-of-evil countries (Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) developed rockets sufficiently powerful...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...on space situational awareness. The recent anti-satellite test by India, on 27 March 2019, confirms an extremely worrying trend ... that an anti-satellite weapon capability was within reach, India conducted the first test of the weapon system, under the...
02 December 2014
India reaches Mars at first attempt
...as the equivalent to the price of a bus-ride for every person in India. This success marks the first time a nation has orbited Mars at the ... the first Martian probe from an Asian country and enables India to be only the fourth nation to ever fly to ...
07 September 2019
Chandrayaan-2 lander fails to touchdown successfully
...the Moon. A soft landing on another planetary body would have made India the fourth nation to achieve such a feat - an endeavour that ...of more than $100 billion on its Apollo missions, India spent approximately $140 million. Indeed, even the budget ...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... its lunar ambitions. There are also more players today: India is on the verge of launching its first astronauts and Europe... of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangaluru, India, argues that China’s military space programme emphasises an ...
May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
...robotic, not only from the US but from China, India and other nations. But how will they set their ... intention to send its first manned mission to the Moon by 2030, and India announced similar plans by 2040. With the increase in missions to the Moon ...
