Space Technology  

India is set to achieve a remarkable milestone in space exploration with the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) launch of the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) mission. Scheduled for 30 December at 9:58 PM, this groundbreaking mission will lift off from Sriharikota aboard the PSLV-C60 rocket. It marks India's first step toward developing advanced docking technologies—crucial for building a dedicated Indian space station and enabling future interplanetary missions.
 

Learn how three friends, Anirudh Sharma, Rahul Rawat, and Tanveer Ahmed, turned their college fees into a $70 million Indian space tech startup, Digantara.

Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based space technology startup, is at the forefront of India’s burgeoning private space industry. Founded in 2018 by Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka, former scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), Skyroot aims to revolutionize space travel by making it more affordable, efficient, and accessible to both governmental and commercial clients.
 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹1,000 crore fund in Budget 2024 to boost India’s space technology post-Chandrayaan-3. This aims to support startups and expand satellite capabilities nationwide.
 

ISRO has inaugurated 3 space technology incubation centres to give encourage to budding space entrepreneurs 

NASA's program will open some parts of the International Space Station for recreational purposes, commercial ventures as well as marketing activities.

The space agency will select students and organise training camps for 25 to 30 days and the students will be allowed to visit laboratory and make their small satellite.