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ISRO Chairman S Somanath. | Photo Credit: PTI India will collaborate with China on space research if it sees the need to do so, but at present, there is no need for such engagement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath told The Hindu on Friday (August 23, 2024), seconded by Jitendra Singh,…
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‘Space on Wheels’, a mobile vehicle showcased the aspects of India’s space missions, was displayed at the two day National Space Day celebrations held at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI). The celebrations concluded in Hyderabad on Thursday (August 22, 2024) ‘Space on Wheels’ a mobile vehicle from the…
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Questions: 1. Name the transport project that marked its 30th anniversary this year, building on a 200-year-old idea to connect mainland Europe with Great Britain. It goes up to 115 metres below sea level and has the world’s longest underwater portion of projects of its kind. 2. For the project in Q1, workers had to…
File picture of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Lander resting on the moon’s surface | Photo Credit: ANI India celebrate its first National Space Day on Friday (August 23, 2024) with the theme, “Touching lives while touching the Moon: India’s space saga”. August 23 is celebrated as the National Space Day after India achieved a historic milestone…
Updated – August 24, 2024 12:56 pm IST Published – August 23, 2024 05:42 am IST – WASHINGTON: NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo en route to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on the…
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After a busy 2023, things have been quiet at Sriharikota, India’s spaceport. But silence at the spaceport does not imply that India’s space programme itself has been dormant. A lot has been happening since the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully landed the lander of its Chandrayaan 3 mission, Vikram, on the surface of the…
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Come with me to a busy outpatient clinic at a public hospital in rural Andhra Pradesh. There is a sea of waiting patients. Some are on chairs, most on the floor, waiting to be called in by the doctor. People on the floor talk, eat, and some even nap as they wait. Oppressive heat, along…
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The solar atmosphere is composed of various layers interconnected through magnetic fields. The magnetic field acts as a conduit to transfer energy and mass from the inner layers to the outer layers, commonly known as the coronal heating problem and is also the prime driver of solar wind. | Photo Credit: file photo Astronomers at…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Antoine Lavoisier 1 / 5 | What is Antoine Lavoisier best known for in the field of chemistry? Discovering the periodic table Developing the theory of phlogiston Establishing the law of conservation of mass Inventing the Bunsen burner Antoine Lavoisier established the law of conservation of mass. Next…
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An undated handout photo supplied on August 22, 2024 by SEA LIFE Sydney shows gentoo penguin Sphen at the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. One half of a famous same-sex penguin couple, Sphen, has died aged 11 at the aquarium. The gentoo penguin was known for adopting and raising two chicks with his partner Magic since…
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