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After nearly a year without commercial space tourism flights in America, Virgin Galactic just unveiled Apeiron, the first spacecraft designed to take hundreds of people to space each year. The company plans to start flying paying customers within 18 months.
A college engineering student turned a NASA grant into a thriving drone company after learning that business skills matter just as much as technical know-how. Today, AG3 Labs builds thousands of military training drones monthly.
Virgin Galactic is revealing its first Delta-class spaceship this week, designed to carry more passengers to space more often than ever before. The new spacecraft brings space tourism closer to reality for hundreds of ticketholders who've been waiting years for their chance to see Earth from above.
Sixty-three years ago today, NASA launched its first Saturn rocket, setting in motion the technology that would land humans on the moon just eight years later. The nearly flawless test flight proved America could build rockets powerful enough to reach beyond Earth's orbit.
A Bengaluru rocket propulsion startup has grown from university incubator to major defence contractor in just one year. SpaceFields now employs 60 people and secured 121 acres for large-scale manufacturing.
NASA just released a massive call for private companies to build the next generation of space stations, ensuring astronauts never leave low-Earth orbit. The competition could be worth billions and marks a historic shift toward commercial space exploration.
Business leaders from Korea and Saudi Arabia are transforming a 50-year relationship from simple contracting into joint ventures in cutting-edge technology. Over 280 executives gathered to build partnerships in sovereign AI, aerospace, and digital innovation.
DG Propulsion just powered India's first fully homegrown military drone flight, ending the country's dependence on foreign jet engines. The Delhi startup cracked one of aerospace's hardest problems in just seven years.
A new Bengaluru company has created a parachute system that automatically deploys in under two seconds when a drone fails, making city flights safer. The technology could unlock drone deliveries over populated areas by solving aviation's biggest safety concern.
An IIT Delhi spinoff is solving one of AI's biggest problems: making it work where there's no internet, no server, and barely any power. Their brain-inspired chips are already catching the eye of defense giants and France's Safran.
A spacecraft that lost control after launch has slowed its dangerous spin from 9 degrees per second to under 2, keeping alive a mission to rescue a NASA telescope from falling to Earth. Engineers used just 100 grams of fuel to regain partial control and are preparing for the next phase.
A Bengaluru startup is building spacecraft that can dock with dying satellites and give them five more years of life. The technology could save satellite operators hundreds of millions of dollars in replacement costs.