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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s PSLV-C60 / SPADEX Mission successfully lifts off from the Second launch-pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, December 30. 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) on Tuesday (December 31, 2024) said that it facilitated the…
Cooking is often called an art, and just like art can be incomprehensible at times, so can exotic cooking be inedible. But that just says more about the audience (or the designated eater) than the painter (or the cook). At least, this is what I told myself when, a few years ago, I had invited…
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Google recently unveiled its latest quantum processor, named ‘Willow’. The research team that built it also tested it and the results were published in Nature. They created a great level of buzz about the realisability of quantum computers that could tackle many practical problems. The results also kicked up intriguing debates about explaining the power…
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Google recently unveiled its latest quantum processor, named ‘Willow’. The research team that built it also tested it and the results were published in Nature. They created a great level of buzz about the realisability of quantum computers that could tackle many practical problems. The results also kicked up intriguing debates about explaining the power…
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ISRO chief S. Somanath expressed hope that many more Space Docking Experiments would be taken up by the scientists in the coming days. File | Photo Credit: PTI ISRO is gearing up to achieve a significant milestone with a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle mission scheduled in January set to become the 100th launch from the Sriharikota spaceport,…
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As people age, they accrue richer experiences and their wisdom deepens. So do animals. From elephant matriarchs to shark grandmothers, the elders of the animal kingdom carry a treasure trove of knowledge, having guided, and still guiding, their families through the uncertainties of life in the wild. The earth’s life forms are very diverse and…
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ISRO successfully launches Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV-C60) with two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDEX) satellites SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target) and 24 other innovative payloads from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota on December 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI/ISRO ISRO’s PSLV-C60 rocket carrying two spacecraft that would aid in demonstration of space…
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A 2018 artist’s concept shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere on a mission to help scientists learn more about the star. | Photo Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA’s pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history on December 24 when it flew closer to the sun than any other spacecraft,…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) hopes to end 2024 on a high with an exciting mission on the launch pad to test technologies that will one day be used for interplanetary and human spaceflight. It also hopes to kickstart preparations for human spaceflight missions that have already been delayed for years. Mission updates PSLV-C59:…
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ISRO’s SpaDeX mission, launching with PSLV-C60, will demonstrate in-space docking using two small spacecraft. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its final mission for 2024 on December 30 with the PSLV C60/SPADEX Mission. The launch is scheduled at 9.58 p.m. from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The…
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