Srinivas Hegde, who was the mission director of India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-1, passed away in Bengaluru.
Category: Science&Tech
Three craters on Mars named Lal, Mursan and Hilsa
The scientists of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad have discovered three new craters on Mars.
Nokia makes world’s first ‘immersive’ phone call
Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark made a phone call using a new technology called “immersive audio and video services” (IVAS).
ISRO-CNES TRISHNA Mission
ISRO, in a collaborative endeavour with the French national space agency CNES, is developing Thermal Infrared Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment (TRISHNA) mission.
ISRO develops PraVaHa portal
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Analysis (PraVaHa). It is a computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software.
China lands Chang’e 6 sample-return probe on far side of the moon
China landed its uncrewed spacecraft Chang’e-6 on the far side of the moon on June 2, a landmark mission aiming to retrieve the world’s first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere.
Agnikul launches world’s first rocket with fully 3D-printed engine
Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited launched the world’s first rocket with a single piece 3D-printed engine from Sriharikota on May 30, 2024. Agnikul Cosmos Semi cryogenic engine
Microcephaly and SASS6 gene
Recently, researchers from China have highlighted the role of SASS6 gene in Microcephaly condition. Microcephaly
Recombinant proteins
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have developed a novel method for the production of recombinant proteins. Key points
LignoSat: World’s first wooden artificial satellite
Japan’s Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry announced the completion of LignoSat, the world’s first wooden artificial satellite.
Clear-air turbulence
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 others were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on May 21.
High-Altitude Platforms (HAP)
India is on course to join a very select club of countries that have their own long-flight, High-Altitude Platforms (HAP). On May 7, the CSIR-NAL (National Aerospace Laboratories), test-flew a vehicle first to a height of about 3,000 feet.
Magellan Mission: Venus is more volcanically active than previously known
According to a new analysis of decades-old radar images, Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known.
India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager: Uses Semiconductor chips
Zero Debris Charter
Twelve nations have signed the Zero Debris Charter at the ESA/EU Space Council on May 23, 2024.