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India launches its 1st reusable hybrid rocket ‘RHUMI-1’

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India launches its 1st reusable hybrid rocket ‘RHUMI-1’

India launched its first reusable hybrid rocket ‘RHUMI- 1’, developed by the Tamil Nadu-based start-up Space Zone India with Martin Group, from Thiruvidandhai in Chennai on Saturday (August 24, 2024). The rocket, carrying 3 Cube Satellites and 50 PICO Satellites, was launched into a suborbital trajectory using a mobile launcher. These satellites will be collecting…

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Musk’s SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk

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Musk’s SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk

(L-R) Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis, crew members of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, attend a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida, August 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Joe Skipper/Reuters SpaceX’s attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be…

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‘Space sector contributed ₹20,000 crore to India’s GDP over the last decade’

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‘Space sector contributed ₹20,000 crore to India’s GDP over the last decade’

President Droupadi Murmu visits the space exhibition with Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh and ISRO Chairman S Somanath during the first National Space Day celebrations to commemorate the successful landing of the ‘Vikram’ Lander on the surface of the Moon, in New Delhi on August 23, 2024. | Photo Credit:…

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No immediate need to collaborate with China on space, says ISRO

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No immediate need to collaborate with China on space, says ISRO

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’ vehicle showcased India’s space missions

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‘Space on Wheels’ vehicle showcased India’s space missions

‘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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India celebrates first National Space Day

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India celebrates first National Space Day

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…

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NASA says decision on Boeing Starliner crew’s path home coming Saturday

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NASA says decision on Boeing Starliner crew’s path home coming Saturday

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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Since Chandrayaan-3, what has India’s space programme been up to? | Explained

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Since Chandrayaan-3, what has India’s space programme been up to? | Explained

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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Sweltering public hospitals turn into ‘death traps’ for poor communities

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Sweltering public hospitals turn into ‘death traps’ for poor communities

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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