TEHRAN (ANA)- India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down softly near the moon's south pole, notching a huge milestone for the nation. India is now the fourth country to stick a lunar landing, after the United States, the former Soviet Union and China.

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international crew of four representing four countries, led by a female Iranian-American astronaut, is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A knowledge-based company active in the field of communication and information technology in Iran has succeeded in designing a tracking system for satellites launched in low orbit.

TEHRAN (ANA)- US private space company SpaceX launched 48 more Starlink satellites into orbit.

TEHRAN (ANA)- With climate change, the weaponization of energy and lower satellite launch costs, incentives to harness space-based solar power are on the horizon, says Geoffrey Ozin, a professor at the University of Toronto .

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of the Iranian Space Agency Hassan Salarieh announced that two home-made satellites named Pars 1 and Zafar 2 are ready to be launched later this year.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C55 mission, carrying two Singaporean satellites weighing around 757 kg.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Kenya marked a new milestone in space exploration by launching the first satellite dubbed "Taifa 1" into space after three botched attempts linked to bad weather.

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new technique combining underused satellite and radar data in weather models may improve thunderstorms predictions, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran plans to launch two home-made satellites into space in December 2023 in cooperation with Russia.