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First LVM3 launch vehicle equipped with semi-cryogenic stage slated to fly in 2027

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First LVM3 launch vehicle equipped with semi-cryogenic stage slated to fly in 2027

ISRO Chairman V Narayanan in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming for a 2027 launch for its first LVM3 launch vehicle equipped with a semi-cryogenic propulsion stage. “Right now we are on track. The power head tests (on the engine) are progressing with great success. Five…

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SpaceX delivers four astronauts to International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

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SpaceX delivers four astronauts to International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows from right in blue, Japan’s Kimiya Yui, NASA’s Zena Cardman, NASA’s Mike Fincke and Russia’s Oleg Platonov, with colleagues up there since March at the International Space Station during a welcome ceremony, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP SpaceX delivered a fresh…

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Scientists use AI-designed proteins to generate immune cells 

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Scientists use AI-designed proteins to generate immune cells 

A colourised scanning electron micrograph of a T cell. | Photo Credit: NIAID A team of Harvard scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI), in the form of AI-designed proteins, to generate large numbers of immune cells and enhance immunity against diseases ranging from cancer to viral infections, a new research paper published in Cell said….

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SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in NASA’s Crew-11 mission

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SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in NASA’s Crew-11 mission

The SpaceX logo is displayed on a building, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday (August 1, 2025) aboard a SpaceX rocket, beating gloomy weather to embark on a routine NASA mission that…

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ISRO gearing up for next U.S. collaboration with BlueBird communications satellite launch after NISAR

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ISRO gearing up for next U.S. collaboration with BlueBird communications satellite launch after NISAR

ISRO’s launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifts off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is hoping to launch the Block 2 BlueBird communications satellite, developed by the U.S.-based AST…

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ISRO chief V. Narayanan says PSLV-C61/EOS-09 failure analysis completed, report to be sent to PM soon

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ISRO chief V. Narayanan says PSLV-C61/EOS-09 failure analysis completed, report to be sent to PM soon

ISRO chairman V. Narayanan (file) | Photo Credit: NASA via PTI Photo The failure analysis committee has pinpointed the problem that caused the failure of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C61/Earth Observation Satellite-09 (PSLV-C61/EOS-09) mission in May 2025, V. Narayanan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said on Friday (August 1, 2025). The analysis is over…

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NISAR mission enters critical 90-day commissioning phase

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NISAR mission enters critical 90-day commissioning phase

ISRO’s launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifts off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota. | Photo Credit: PTI The historic NISAR mission, a landmark collaboration between NASA and ISRO, has entered its crucial 90-day commissioning phase, during which scientists will carry out rigorous checks, calibrations…

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Malaria’s new frontlines: vaccines, innovation, and the Indian endgame

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Malaria’s new frontlines: vaccines, innovation, and the Indian endgame

In 2023, malaria infected nearly 294 million people and killed close to 6,00,000. Despite early victories in the fight against malaria, global progress has stalled in recent years. The parasites are adapting, becoming resistant to treatments, while mosquitoes are surviving insecticides. It’s a shape-shifting enemy—and the old tools are slipping. India has reduced its malaria…

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‘Anything that moves, NASA-ISRO satellite will see with unprecedented fidelity’

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‘Anything that moves, NASA-ISRO satellite will see with unprecedented fidelity’

On July 30, the India-US space collaboration crossed a historic milestone with the successful launch of NISAR, or the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite, a flagship earth observation mission jointly developed by the two nations’ space programmes. It is the first satellite to use radars of two frequencies — the L-band radar by NASA and…

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