India's first lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-1 (meaning 'moon craft' in Sanskrit), reached its destined lunar orbit on Wednesday. The satellite's on-board engine was fired for 58 seconds.

Astronomers for the first time have taken snapshots of a multi-planet solar system, much like ours, orbiting another star.

After two weeks of journey India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 entered the lunar orbit on Saturday (Nov. 08, 2008) evening. It started at 16:50 hrs IST and within 14 minutes, it the entered lunar orbit. It is now 504 km from Moon. ISRO says the most critical operation is successful. With this development, India's moon mission has been declared successful.

As India readies to launch its first unmanned lunar mission on 22nd October, space authorities are awaiting the green signal from the government for the country's maiden human space flight planned around 2015.

Students of the Apeejay School have brought laurels to the city by jointly winning a prestigious contest at the NASA's Johnson Space Center with two US schools.

Space Station Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet only three times more massive than our own, the smallest yet observed orbiting a normal star. The star itself is not large, perhaps as little as one twentieth the mass of our Solar System Sun, suggesting to the research team that relatively common low-mass stars may present good candidates for hosting Earth-like planets.

At 12:05 p.m. EDT, the Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off the launch pad, out of smoke and clouds and into a beautiful Florida sky headed for space. NASA GLAST launch took off successfully.

A Dutch satellite has been successfully launched from India. Students from Delft's Technical University developed the mini satellite in only three years, which helped to make it cheaper than a full-size one.

The good citizens of Phoenix spotted strange red lights over the city on Monday evening. Arizona Republic reporter Anne Ryman, who lives in Deer Valley, reported seeing four lights in a square shape that eventually became a triangular shape. The lights were moving to the east and they disappeared one by one. She said the lights were visible for about 13 minutes at about 8 p.m..

The capsule returning from the space carrying International Space Station crew landed 420 km (260 miles) away from the target site in northern Kazakhstan, but the crew are safe, Russian Mission Control said Saturday.

Virgin Galactic Heralds "The Year Of The Spaceship" with the unveiling of the designs of Spaceship Two and White Knight Two. Virgin Galactic can carry six passengers with two pilots into space, starting later this year.