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India makes breakthrough by test-firing new 3D-printed rocket engine (photo)
By Andrew Jones published
India recently performed a successful hot-fire test of a rocket engine that was built using 3D printing technology, a breakthrough that could boost the nation's spaceflight prospects.

Watch India's prototype space plane ace a landing test (video)
By Andrew Jones published
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out a landing test with its prototype space plane last week.

India launches powerful new weather satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on 'naughty boy' rocket (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
India successfully launched its powerful new INSAT-3DS weather and disaster-warning spacecraft to orbit on Saturday morning (Feb. 17).

India launches X-ray satellite to study black holes, supernovas and more (video)
By Andrew Jones published
India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year's Day to study black holes, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena.

India sets sights on a moon base by 2047
By Andrew Jones published
India is setting long-term goals that could see the country establish its own moon base before 2050.

India returns Chandrayaan-3 moon mission's propulsion module to Earth orbit
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The spacecraft that ferried India's Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo to the moon has returned home to Earth orbit.

After Chandrayaan-3 success, India gearing up for moon sample-return mission
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
India plans to bring moon samples back to Earth later in the 2020s with its Chandrayaan-4 mission.

India's Aditya-L1 sun probe spots 1st high-energy solar flare
By Rahul Rao published
India's newly launched Aditya-L1 sun-studying mission has already captured its first glimpse of a solar flare in high-energy X-rays.

India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander kicked up a 'halo' of dust visible from space
By Rahul Rao published
Photos taken from lunar orbit show India's Chandrayaan-3 moon landing produced "ejecta halo," a huge ring-shaped plume of moon dust that the Vikram lander's thrusters left in the lunar soil.
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