China, which has been pursuing a secretive project to send men into space since 1992, announced Sunday that it has sent an unmanned space vehicle into orbit for 21 hours and has successfully

India has entered into an agreement with Ariane, the European space agency, to launch mini and macro satellites for other countries on the Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch

India wants to emerge as a major player in the highly but lucrative international market for space applications. The Second Ministerial Conference of Space Applications for Sustainable Development in

Scientists said they have created a molecule-sized device that may one day make cheap, superfast computers available, without relying on

Scientists said they have created a molecule-sized device that may one day make cheap, superfast computers available.The team, at Rice University in Houston and yale University in Connecticut, is the

The aluminium Association of India has called for more usage of aluminium castings in automobiles. At a seminar on 'Aluminium auto castings', as well as at a press conference held here, the

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday deplored the "technology denials and such other negative practices" as "anathema to space research " and offered India's "robust and versatile space

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be using the advanced Ariane-5 vehicle to launch Insat-3b. The launch would take place in February and would be the first launch of the Insat-3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has constituted a task force on pharmaceuticals and knowledge based industries. The task force will be headed by the Minister for Human Resources

A Japanese rocket carrying a satellite failed to reach orbit and was deliberately destroyed Monday, a spokesman for the National Space Development Agency of Japan