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More than half a million years ago, one of humans’ ancestors took a bold step and ventured beyond Africa, the cradle of humankind, in search of greener pastures. Since then humans have explored every habitable corner of the globe, often driven by the need to find new sources of food and to escape diseases and…
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S. Venkata Mohan, Chief Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, has been appointed as Director of CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur. Chief Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) in Hyderabad, S. Venkata Mohan has been appointed as the Director of CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur. Chief…
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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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…
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…
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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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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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…
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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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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