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A prototype of the MATSYA 6000, a submersible made by Chennai’s National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). | Photo Credit: Ravindran R. A crucial set of tests on the Samudrayaan, India’s first manned-submersible dive into the ocean, is likely only mid-next year following a delay in the procurement of syntactic foam cladding from France. The…
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Union Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI India will launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back samples of moon rocks to the Earth in 2027, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said. Chandrayaan-4 will involve at least two separate launches of the heavylift LVM-3…
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Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said India’s deep-ocean submersible Matsya6000 was “well on course” and could be tested by the “end of this year”. File | Photo Credit: PTI India should be able to send its scientists to study the deep ocean 6 km under the sea surface in its own Samudrayaan by the end…
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