PROPULSION SYSTEM

NASA stated on Thursday that it will continue assessing the performance of Starliner’s propulsion system in collaboration with Boeing before the shuttle’s return from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA and Boeing have not provided a new ret...

Bulk deal data from the BSE reveals that Rashmi Chowdhary sold more than 26.93 lakh shares at Rs 1,618 each, netting approximately Rs 436 crore from the transaction. Chowdhary, a promoter of the railway sector company, owned over 1.28 crore shares, ...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, facing technical challenges, prepares to bring astronauts Wilmore and Williams back from the ISS. Delays have plagued the return, with no set date yet. Issues with the propulsion system, including overheating thrusters...

The Indian Navy is set to conduct trials in Spain for critical equipment under Project 75 India, aiming to acquire six advanced submarines with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems. Spanish shipyard Navantia's Chairman, Ricardo Dominguez Garcia-...

They say that tough times bring the best out of some. In case of India Inc, there are many examples where the economic slowdown post 2008 global financial crisis, made companies deal with all kinds of troubles and after various permutations and comb...

While it became clear on the day of the election result only that the same government is going to continue. Some doubts were raised as to whether there would be a shift in policy focus. A part of the answer has come in the form of portfolio allocati...

Kolkata-based Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd inaugurated an engineering centre in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The centre focuses on innovation and design for TCMS and advanced propulsion systems.

NASA has alerted the public about an asteroid, 2024 JY1, approaching Earth. Although large and fast, it poses no threat due to its distant trajectory. Part of the Apollo asteroids, 2024 JY1 provides a valuable opportunity for scientific study and pu...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, developed to ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), has been delayed years and is more than $1.5 billion over budget. Persistent Starliner development challenges have illustrated Boeing's strug...

NASA has postponed Boeing's Starliner capsule's first crewed flight to May 25 to address a helium leak in the propulsion system. The launch was originally scheduled for May 25, but the next date is still under discussion. The helium leak was discove...

​​The new engine, now a single piece, saves 97 per cent of raw materials and reduces production time by 60 per cent, ISRO said. ISRO achieved the major milestone with the successful hot testing of a liquid rocket engine manufactured through AM techn...

ISRO develops a 2,000 kN semi-cryogenic engine using LOX Kerosene propellant at IPRC, Mahendragiri. LPSC leads with ISRO support, achieving pre-burner ignition test at SIET and PRLD. Triethyle Alumnide is used for ignition.

China's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, has embarked on its maiden trials, signaling the country's naval expansion to challenge the US. With a focus on testing propulsion and electrical systems, the trials are expected to last two years before the c...

VSSC in Thiruvananthapuram achieves a rocket engine breakthrough with a Carbon-Carbon (C-C) nozzle, enhancing payload capacity and rocket engine parameters. This innovation promises significant improvements for ISRO's launcher, the Polar Satellite L...

ISRO said that after the RLV-LEX-01 mission, which was accomplished last year, the RLV-LEX-02 demonstrated the autonomous landing capability of RLV off-nominal initial conditions at the release from a Chinook helicopter. The RLV was made to undertak...

ISRO achieves a milestone in reusable launch vehicle technology with the successful landing experiment of RLV LEX-02. The mission simulated high-speed landing conditions of an RLV returning from space, demonstrating autonomous landing capability. IS...

Spain's submarine, in contention for a Rs 43,000 crore procurement order by the Indian Navy, has been declared technically compliant. The joint bid by L&T and Navantia (Spain) will soon move to the trials stage, with trials of the Air Independent Pr...

The fresh capital will be used towards development and testing of critical hardware and various subsystems, research and development in energetic materials and to expand the company’s team, founder and CEO Masook told ET.

An indigenously-developed 'green' propulsion system, developed under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme, has successfully demonstrated in-orbit functionality on a payload launched by the PSLV C-58 mission. The technology has resulted in a ...