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On April 10, 2026, NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialist Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, splashed down in the Pacific, successfully concluding their journey to the moon and back. It was the first time in over 50 years that humans had been in the…
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The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The NASA spacecraft that carried four astronauts around the Moon splashed down as planned Friday (April 10, 2026) into the Pacific…
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Sweet clover | Photo Credit: Ivar Leidus (CC BY-SA) Published – April 10, 2026 11:25 am IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
A file photo of ISRO conducting the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) for the Gaganyaan mission. | Photo Credit: File photo The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on April 10 completed the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Union Minister of State for Science and Technology…
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The NASA Artemis II crew, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover, pose for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home following a flyby of the far side of the Moon. Photo: NASA/Handout via REUTERS The Artemis II astronauts conducted a historic lunar…
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Catalysts are required to speed up important processes in industrial chemistry, including drug manufacturing. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Mina Rad/Unsplash For more than a century, aluminium has been chemistry’s workhorse — useful, abundant, cheap, albeit limited in its abilities as a catalyst. New work reported in Nature may change that. Transition metals such as…
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Mukta Dhond at her residence in Khar, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Mukta Dhond has a new monthly ritual. “I have to take my 20 pairs of jeans to the tailor for size alterations,” says the 49-year-old Mumbai-based television producer. A single mother who has been battling obesity for a large part of her…
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The Sundarbans is already home to saltwater crocodiles and snake species such as cobras, Russell’s vipers and kraits. | Photo Credit: SHAILENDRA YASHWANT/KSL The Border Security Force (BSF) has come up with a curious idea to prevent infiltration from Bangladesh: releasing reptiles into the rivers that run along the border, The Hindu reported on April…
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In 2025, eight Indian satellites were launched and four rocket bodies placed in orbit. | Photo Credit: -file photo In 2025 there were 315 successful space launches with about 4,651 objects placed in orbit. According to the Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2025 released on Wednesday, a maximum number of payloads were deployed…
In 2025, eight Indian satellites were launched and four rocket bodies placed in orbit. | Photo Credit: -file photo In 2025 there were 315 successful space launches with about 4,651 objects placed in orbit. According to the Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2025 released on Wednesday, a maximum number of payloads were deployed…