Month: August 2024

Two veteran Nasa astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, who together have more than 500 days of spaceflight experience, became the first crew to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner space capsule on a test flight from Florida on June 5. Initially scheduled to return to Earth after about eight days, their mission has now … Read more

Year Mission name Mission description 1975 Aryabhata India’s first satellite. 1980 Rohini Satellite Series (RS-1) India’s first satellite launched by its launch vehicle, the SLV-3. 1983 INSAT-1B Part of the Indian National Satellite System for telecommunications, broadcasting, and meteorology. 1987 SROSS Series (SROSS-1) Series of satellites for scientific research and observation. 1993 IRS-1E Part of … Read more

RAIPUR: IIT Mumbai professor Chetan Singh Solanki has stressed the urgent need for energy conservation and a global shift to renewable energy to tackle climate change. Highlighting the lack of climate awareness among the youth, Solanki advocated for the “Avoid, Minimize, Generate” strategy as key to mitigating the crisis. The IIT professor was speaking at … Read more

Nasa‘s Hubble telescope has captured an image of a dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879, also known as the VV124. The galaxy is located just beyond the Local Group, about four million light-years from Earth.UGC 4879 is an isolated dwarf galaxy. Because of its isolation, it is an interesting subject for astronomers who are investigating whether … Read more

Monkeypox virus : एमपॉक्स (मंकी पॉक्स) ने दुनियाभर को फिर से चिंता में डाल दिया है. यह कोरोना जैसा साबित होगा या नहीं इसको लेकर भी बहस छिड़ी हुई है. इसी चिंता को देखते हुए विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (WHO) ने इसे ग्लोबल हेल्थ इमरजेंसी घोषित किया है. क्या यह कोरोना जितना घातक होगा, इसको लेकर … Read more