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Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulates ISRO on its 100th launch

January 29, 2025 admin

Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy addressing the media conference at Camp office Tadepalli on Tuesday. Photo Handout | Photo Credit: HANDOUT YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO on the phenomenal achievement of its 100th…

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Trump asks Musk to bring back stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore home

January 29, 2025 admin

Donald Trump has tasked Space X CEO Elon Musk to bring back stranded astronauts home from ISS. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) said that he has tasked Elon Musk and SpaceX to bring back stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore home from the International…

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ISRO successfully launches NVS-02 satellite; creates history with the 100th launch from Sriharikota

January 29, 2025 admin

Watch: ISRO hits a ton in style: GSLV-F15 launched successfully from Sriharikota The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) morning launched its historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 with the NVS-02 satellite lifted off from the spaceport’s second launch pad at 6.23 a.m. and…

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ISRO 100th mission LIVE: Countdown for ISRO’s satellite launch begins at Sriharikota

January 28, 2025 admin

In this image released by @isro via X on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, ISRO’s GSLV-F15 all set to launch the NVS-02 satellite on Jan. 29, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This will mark ISRO’s 100th launch from the space centre. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will…

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ISRO set for a historic 100th launch from Sriharikota

January 28, 2025 admin

With the GSLV-F15 mission, ISRO will oversee the historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in the early hours of January 29, 2025. Photo: X/@isro The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the early hours of Wednesday (January 29, 2025) will oversee the historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan…

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The Hindu Quiz on Space Shuttle disaster

January 28, 2025 admin

Daily Quiz | Challenger Space Shuttle disaster Barbara R. Morgan was part of the backup crew for the ill-fated mission. She later became the first teacher to go into space. START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | How many crew members made up the ill-fated trip flight and what was the primary goal of shuttle…

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SpaceX’s Starbase rocket testing facility is changing the landscape of south Texas

January 28, 2025 admin

If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company’s Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. NASA contracts awarded to SpaceX through 2030 alone are worth nearly US$5 billion and include research and development for the Artemis mission to return astronauts to…

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Earlier California fire shows how Los Angeles could rebuild

January 28, 2025 admin

Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision, a suburban enclave similar to Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fire destroyed about 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa and the surrounding area in…

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Scientist bottles smell of bones to help solve cold cases

January 28, 2025 admin

Belgian research scientist Clement Martin, who works with Belgium’s federal police to create a “perfume” that mimics the smell of dried human bones to help sniffer dogs find long lost remains, looks at human bones in his laboratory in Gembloux, Belgium January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Belgian research scientist is working with…

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In Odisha, coal dust is clogging leaves and blocking carbon uptake

January 28, 2025 admin

The Bengal Nagpur Railway had been tasked by the British Indian government with developing rail networks in eastern and central India. In 1900, when its workers were digging in Jharsuguda, now a district in Odisha, they stumbled upon large coal deposits. Nine years later, Jharsuguda’s first coal mine was established and a century later the…

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