Space

Arecibo Message: Google Doodle Celebrates Anniversary Of Interstellar Message

India News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Friday November 16, 2018

Google doodle today celebrates the 44th anniversary of Arecibo message, an interstellar message sent to a star cluster in the space with anticipation that extraterrestrial intelligence may receive and decipher it.

"We Trust Our Rocket": Crew Ahead Of First Launch Since Rocket Failure

World News | Reuters | Thursday November 15, 2018

A U.S. astronaut said on Thursday she had full confidence in the safety of the Russian-made Soyuz rocket that will blast a three-person crew into space next month in the first such launch since a rocket failure.

"You're Next": As Baahubali Soared, A Picturesque Wink To The Moon

India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday November 15, 2018

When India's heaviest rocket -- nicknamed Baahubali -- soared into the sky from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota to place a sophisticated communications satellite in the Earth's orbit on Wednesday, it made for a pretty picture that captured the imagination of space enthusiasts the world over. Particularly telling was a photograph of the rocket alongsid...

ISRO Lines Up 10 Missions Before January 2019 After Satellite Launch

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 14, 2018

ISRO has chalked out hectic plans ahead of the new year with the space agency lining up 10 missions before January 2019, the space agency's chief K Sivan said Wednesday.

Now, Space Technology To Be Used For Better Planning Of Ganga Projects

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 14, 2018

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will use space technology for getting better data on the river and help in planning and monitoring projects, a top official said.

First Unmanned Mission Under Gaganyaan By December 2020, Says ISRO Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 14, 2018

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set a 'target' of achieving the country's ambitious manned mission to space by 2021, with the first unmanned programme of 'Gaganyaan' planned for December 2020, the space agency's chief K Sivan said today.

ISRO Launches Communication Satellite, Has 'Geo-Eye' To Monitor India

India News | Reported by Pallava Bagla, Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday November 14, 2018

India's heaviest rocket, referred to as "Baahubali", successfully placed the sophisticated communications satellite GSAT-29 in the orbit today. India space agency ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk-III-D2) - on its second developmental flight - lifted off from Sriharikota, India's rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on the c...

Google Celebrates Children's Day With Doodle On Space Exploration

India News | Edited By Ria Saini | Wednesday November 14, 2018

Google is celebrating Children's day with a doodle envisioned by a school student from Mumbai, winner of the 2018 Doodle 4 Google competition in India. The theme this year was "What inspires me". Pingla Rahul, the winner, showed her fascination with space exploration with the doodle, which shows a child looking at a star studded sky with a telescop...

ISRO's 'Geo-Eye' To Monitor India, Offer Web Access To Remote Locations

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Wednesday November 14, 2018

The countdown for the lift off of India's heaviest rocket, referred to as 'Bahubaali', has begun at Sriharikota, India's rocket port in Andhra Pradesh on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. And if cyclone Gaja does not play spoilsport, Indian space agency ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk-III) - on its second developmenta...

Infosys Science Foundation Awards Six Researchers With $100k Prize

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 13, 2018

Research on biosensors that can help India's space programme, and the role of carbon particles on climate change are among six works awarded the 2018 Infosys prize worth $100,000, the software major's science foundation said today. The Prize, given annually, celebrate the success of the recipients in science and research by recognising their achiev...

ISRO to Launch GSAT-29 Communications Satellite on Wednesday

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 13, 2018

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it will be the second developmental flight of GSLV-Mk III rocket.

#NewRestaurantAlert: Duty Free, Gurugram Is Our Newest Party Favourite, Here's Why

Sushmita Sengupta | Monday November 12, 2018

A cafe, bar, and a romantic deck space all rolled into one, 'Duty Free Bar', one of the newest entrants in the ever-bourgeoning food scene of Gurgaon, is helmed by some of the most seasoned bigwigs of the industry.

NASA To Send Tissue Chips To Space To Test Human Health, Genetic Changes

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday November 10, 2018

NASA is planning to send small devices containing human cells in a 3D matrix -- known as tissue chips or organs-on-chips -- to the International Space Station (ISS) to test how they respond to stress, drugs and genetic changes.

It's Hard To Stay Physically Fit When You're Floating In Space

Health | Fred Bowen, The Washington Post | Friday November 9, 2018

Being in a weightless environment can cause muscles to grow weak and bones to become more brittle. Weightlessness is also hard on the heart because with little gravity the heart does not have to work as hard to pump blood to all parts of the body.

Facebook to Quadruple Size of Dublin International Headquarters

Reuters | Thursday November 8, 2018

Facebook has taken on a long-term lease in Dublin which will quadruple the floor space at its international headquarters.