Chandrayaan-4 Mission Updates: India is poised to make another giant leap in its space exploration journey with Chandrayaan-4, an upcoming mission by ISRO that aims not just to land on the Moon, but to bring back lunar samples to Earth. This mission marks a bold step in India’s lunar ambitions, building on the success of…
NASA’s SunRISE Mission 2026: Scheduled for launch in mid-2026, NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission marks a groundbreaking advance in heliophysics. By deploying six CubeSats working as a distributed radio telescope, SunRISE will study solar radio bursts and map the Sun’s magnetic activity from the outer corona into interplanetary space. Its findings are…
Multipolar Space Race 2026: The year 2026 is shaping up as a landmark in the increasingly diverse global space race, spotlighting commercial ventures and ambitious lunar explorations. California-based Vast aims to launch Haven-1, the world’s first commercial space station, ushering in a new era of private sector presence in low Earth orbit. Simultaneously, China plans…
Gaganyaan’s 2026 Unmanned Flights: India’s ambitious Gaganyaan mission is gearing up for unmanned flights scheduled in 2026, marking a vital milestone before the historic human spaceflight planned for 2027. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed over 80,000 rigorous tests, developed advanced life-support, crew safety technologies, and established training and ground infrastructure to ensure…
Small-Sat Boom: According to BryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers 2024, 2,860 small satellites (≤1,200 kg) were launched in 2023, making up 97% of all spacecraft launched that year. Over 2014–2023, smallsats represented 93% of spacecraft by count and 41% of upmass. Market forecasts see the global small-satellite segment growing from about USD 6.0 billion in…
Gaganyaan G1 Launching: ISRO says the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission (G1) is on track for early December 2025, with ~90% of work complete and Vyommitra—the agency’s half-humanoid—flying to help validate crew-system performance. Over the past few months, teams have closed out “last-mile” tasks: a full-stack parachute deceleration demonstration (IADT-01), human-rating of the CE-20 cryogenic engine,…
ISRO’s Gaganyaan Mission: India’s human spaceflight ambitions just got one step closer to reality. On November 3, 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a crucial Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) for the ambitious Gaganyaan mission. Conducted at the Babina Field Firing Range in Jhansi, this test aimed to validate the deployment…
Gaganyaan in 2025: India’s Gaganyaan programme has moved from concept to final-phase execution in 2025. The government’s latest brief sets a crew mission target of the first quarter of 2027, preceded by an uncrewed orbital mission whose window opens in late 2025, with Vyommitra aboard as a test payload. Along the way, ISRO has ticked…
ISRO Offers Advanced Data Products: In a major boost to global lunar science efforts, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released advanced polarimetric radar data products generated from its Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which has been in lunar orbit since 2019. These new datasets provide unprecedented insight into the Moon’s polar regions, potentially identifying areas rich…
This is the story of how humans broke free from Earth’s gravity, turned science fiction into reality, and opened the cosmos to civilians. In 2025, space tourism has become a new frontier, offering breathtaking views, weightless adventures, and a glimpse of our planet from above. But to understand this leap, we need to start with…