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The satellites, coded 30th and 31st in the BDS, entered the orbit more than three hours after the launch.

Twin navigation satellites launched in China

The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.

3 April 2018 6:59 PM IST

This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of Chinas Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office...

3 April 2018 3:32 PM IST

The effort is part of SpaceXs mission to lower the cost of space flight by re-using costly, multimillion-dollar components that typically have been discarded into the ocean after each launch. (Photo: Space X Twitter)

Reused Falcon 9 delivers cargo to ISS

Monday's trip marked SpaceX's 14th resupply mission for NASA under a $1.6 billion contract.

3 April 2018 3:09 PM IST

Because its light has taken so long to reach Earth, looking at this star is like peering back in time to when the universe was less than a third of its current age. (Photo: NASA)

Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe

The star spotted in this study is formally named MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star-1.

3 April 2018 8:35 AM IST

The shape of Chinas falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. (Photo: AP)

China's 'space dream': A long walk to the moon

The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station.

2 April 2018 12:44 PM IST

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday: China

Beijing said on March 30 that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.

1 April 2018 2:10 PM IST

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar...

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force...

1 April 2018 1:54 PM IST

Musk aims to make rockets as reusable as commercial aeroplanes, bringing down the cost of spaceflight and boosting efficiency. (Photo: SpaceX)

Elon Musk's Falcon 9 deploys 10 satellites, but loses its nose

The nose was said to impact water at high speed, with Elon Musk not confirming successful recovery.

31 March 2018 2:06 PM IST

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)

China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at some time from this week

31 March 2018 9:54 AM IST

US astronaut Richard Arnold shown here before heading to the International Space Station is one of two Americans undertaking a space walk. (Photo: AFP)

US astronauts make a spacewalk to perform ISS repairs

The walk, which lasted six hours and 10 minutes by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got off to a delayed...

30 March 2018 7:22 PM IST

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)

Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a...

30 March 2018 1:03 PM IST

This photo shows researchers testing Chinas first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Chinas Gansu Province prior to its launch on September 29, 2011. (Photo: AP)

China's defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry

China's defunct and believed out-of-control space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime in the...

29 March 2018 4:51 PM IST