Space & Astronomy

NEW DELHI - India's space agency is planning the nation's first manned space flight for 2016, if it gets government approval of the project budget, an official said Thursday.

NEW YORK - An astronaut is donating an American flag that travelled aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis to New York City in honour of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has set an early February launch date for space shuttle Endeavour.

HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - World powers must find ways to reduce the amount of debris in orbit, as the collision risk it poses to spacecraft is increasing, the head of the U.S. Strategic Command said on Wednesday.

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - India will launch its first manned space mission in 2016 in a bid to match space pioneers such as Russia and the United States, a top official said Wednesday.