India has successfully launched its largest and heaviest rocket and an unmanned capsule which could send astronauts into space. On Thursday, December 17, a 630-ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (MK III) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The rocket's main...
India To Test Human Crew Module in Space
Just months after achieving the milestone of a successful mission to Mars, India is ready to launch a human crew module and then retrieve it from the sea upon re-entry. The crew module will be launched as a payload on the GSLV Mark III rocket. "The rocket can carry up...