Aditya-L1 is designed to travel 1.5 million km over four months, far short of the sun, to a kind of parking lot in space where objects tend to stay put because of balancing gravitational forces

The Hyderabad firm, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, is also aiming to raise more money following Chandrayaan-3's landmark lunar landing

The Indian mission was accomplished with a budget of about 6.15 billion rupees ($75 million), less than the cost to produce the 2013 Hollywood space thriller "Gravity”

The country's lunar spacecraft made a soft landing on the lunar South Pole, days after a similar Russian lander, Luna-25, crashed

South Korea’s Star Group Industrial and China’s Baotou INST Magnetic will join companies in sectors such as electronics and autos in shifting assembly lines amid backdrop of increasing trade rivalry

Luna-25, the Russian spacecraft sent on the country's first mission in 47 years, spun out of control and crashed into the moon on Saturday, officials said

The Indian Space Research Agency plans to land a six-wheeled rover on the lunar surface to gather crucial data and images

US Navy destroyers were dispatched to Alaskan waters on Saturday after the "unprecedented" arrival of 11 Russian and Chinese warships "doing freedom of navigation" operations

Analysts say a review by Congress of stock holdings in BlackRock funds could lead to a wider crackdown on US investment in China funds

Sandwiched between Russia and China, Mongolia has cultivated allies – like the US – in a bid reinforce its independence, but its economy relies heavily on its giant neighbours

China’s space chiefs hope to launch their latest Shenzhou craft by 2027 and have set their sights on deep space missions too

Chinese diplomat Wang said China and the EU should enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation, and not encourage backpedalling, on 20th anniversary of their strategic partnership