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How Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 would look: Hit BBC show made series of prophecies 30 years ago - see how many it got right
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 would look: Hit BBC show made series of prophecies 30 years ago - see how many it got right

Daily Mail  

It was the hit BBC show that enthralled Brits for 50 years, showing off some of the top scientific tech of the day. In 1995, Tomorrow's World made a number of predictions about what 2025 would look like It said that by 2000, 'banking barons' would take over the internet and transform it into a 'supernet' with more restrictions and …

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Russian space programme confirms it will support NASA in destroying the ISS in 2030
3 months, 1 week ago

Russian space programme confirms it will support NASA in destroying the ISS in 2030

Firstpost  

The decision to decommission the ISS signals a turning point for space exploration. For NASA and Roscosmos, the collaboration reflects a pragmatic recognition of the station’s limitations and the need to prioritise next-generation projects. While the ISS’s retirement marks the end of an era, it paves the way for new opportunities, including private space ventures and the development of advanced …

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ISRO and Dept of Biotechnology Sign MoU for Space Biotechnology Research
5 months ago

ISRO and Dept of Biotechnology Sign MoU for Space Biotechnology Research

Hindustan Times  

Indian space agency ISRO and the Department of Biotechnology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in space biotechnology research. The MoU focuses on microgravity research, space bio-manufacturing, bioastronautics and space biology. The aim is to address challenges in space missions, including the availability of nutrients, preservation of food, microgravity and radiation, health hazards such as cancers, cataracts, …

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A new frontier for India’s space programme
1 year, 1 month ago

A new frontier for India’s space programme

Hindustan Times  

Four decades after Rakesh Sharma reached space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11, Gaganyaan, India’s maiden crewed space mission, is a step closer to lift-off. Often cited is Vikram Sarabhai’s statement in the 1960s that India doesn’t harbour “the fantasy” of competing with rich nations in space exploration, and that its space programme’s goals were fundamentally Earth-bound and utilitarian, focusing …

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The Indian Space Program
1 year, 6 months ago

The Indian Space Program

Live Law  

The space community has been at the forefront of groundbreaking ideas, and the discussions have become larger, better, and more rigorous with each iteration of the space dialogue. Two major operational systems have been established: The Indian National Satellite for telecommunications, television broadcasting, and meteorological services, and the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite for natural resource monitoring and management, as well …

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Vikram Sarabhai Birth Anniversary: Remembering The Father Of Indian Space Programme
1 year, 7 months ago

Vikram Sarabhai Birth Anniversary: Remembering The Father Of Indian Space Programme

Deccan Chronicle  

The birth anniversary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, who is the Father of the Indian Space Programme, is celebrated every year on August 12. Born in Ahmedabad on August 12, 1919 Dr Sarabhai initiated the Indian space research and helped develop nuclear power in the country. And with the support of Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha, known as the father of the …

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to carry first South Korean lunar orbiter
2 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to carry first South Korean lunar orbiter

The Hindu  

South Korea is set to launch its first lunar orbiter on Friday as it doubles down on its space programmes, aiming to land a probe on the moon by 2030. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, nicknamed Danuri, meaning "enjoy the Moon", will be launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral U.S. Space Force Station at 8:08 a.m. …

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ISRO holds hot test of liquid propellant Vikas engine for 'Gaganyaan'
3 years, 8 months ago

ISRO holds hot test of liquid propellant Vikas engine for 'Gaganyaan'

India TV News  

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme, the country's first manned mission to space. The test was done for the core L110 liquid stage of the human rated GSLV MkIII vehicle, as part of the engine qualification requirements for the Gaganyaan programme, the …

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Vikram Sarabhai's 49th Death Anniversary: Facts about the life of the 'Father of Indian Space Programme'
4 years, 2 months ago

Vikram Sarabhai's 49th Death Anniversary: Facts about the life of the 'Father of Indian Space Programme'

India Today  

Vikram Sarabhai was born on August 12, 1919, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Sarabhai played a major role in setting up India’s space research infrastructure. After the launch of the Sputnik satellite by Russia, Vikram Sarabhai successfully convinced the Government of India to set up the Indian Space Research Organization. Vikram Sarabhai also brought cable television to India. On the 49th death …

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NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting or littering, please
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting or littering, please

The Hindu  

NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting and littering. “It’s important not only to travel to the moon with our astronauts, but that we bring with us our values,” noted NASA’s acting chief for international and interagency relations, Mike Gold. The coalition can say, Look, you’re in this programme with the rest of us, but you’re not playing by the same …

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Story of father of Indian space programme in photos
5 years, 3 months ago

Story of father of Indian space programme in photos

The Hindu  

The story of the Indian space programme is closely entwined with the story of Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. A slim commemorative volume published by the Indian Space Research Organisation offers, through a clutch of black-and-white photographs, valuable glimpses into the life and times of the remarkable man and the evolution of the ISRO. Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai has been published to …

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Aiming for the stars… but can’t even make a chip!
5 years, 9 months ago

Aiming for the stars… but can’t even make a chip!

Deccan Chronicle  

India is reaching for the moon. This will mark a spectacular milestone in India’s space journey and showcase its amazing competencies in space technology acquired through decades of pioneering work. The success of India’s space technologists while lighting up the Indian firmament does at the same time cast into shadow another aspect of our national condition — the sheer inability …

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ISRO to give students practical experience of satellite building under ‘Young Scientist Programme’
6 years, 2 months ago

ISRO to give students practical experience of satellite building under ‘Young Scientist Programme’

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Space Research Organisation will select over 100 students from across India and give them a practical experience of how satellites are built under the new ‘Young Scientist Programme’, its chairman K Sivan announced Friday. The Indian Space Research Organisation will select over 100 students from across India and give them a practical experience of how satellites are built. …

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India's first manned space mission 'Gaganyaan' to be completed before 2022, to carry three astronauts for seven days
6 years, 7 months ago

India's first manned space mission 'Gaganyaan' to be completed before 2022, to carry three astronauts for seven days

India TV News  

India's first manned space flight-'Gaganyaan' is likely to send three persons in to the space for a period of seven days. Elaborating on the details of the programme at a press conference in New Delhi, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that SLV Mk III, the three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle, will be used to …

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Head of China's space programme says Hollywood film The Martian shows Americans want joint project
8 years, 11 months ago

Head of China's space programme says Hollywood film The Martian shows Americans want joint project

The Independent  

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Dr M Annadurai takes over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre|India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Dr M Annadurai takes over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre|India TV News

India TV News  

Bengaluru:Dr M Annadurai, who made major contributions in India's Mars and Moon missions, has assumed the office of Director, ISRO Satellite Centre here. Annadurai, Outstanding Scientist and Programme Director, Indian Remote Sensing Satellites and Small Satellite Systems of ISAC, succeeds S K Shivakumar, who superannuated on March 31, Indian Space Research Organisation said. During the period 1992-2005, he was the …

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India reaches Red Planet, but at home red tape binds space firms
10 years, 6 months ago

India reaches Red Planet, but at home red tape binds space firms

Firstpost  

As India celebrated becoming the first Asian nation to reach Mars, SM Vaidya, head of business at conglomerate Godrej’s aerospace division that made the spacecraft’s engine and thruster components, sounded surprisingly downbeat. “How many Mars missions are you going to have?” India’s successful mission, completed on a shoestring budget of $74 million, has boosted its prestige in the global space …

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Laying out space goals
10 years, 8 months ago

Laying out space goals

The Hindu  

For the Indian Space Research Organisation, Monday was another red-letter day. In a forceful speech immediately afterwards, the Prime Minister lauded the space programme and held it up as an example of what the country could achieve, observing that “our space scientists have made us global leaders in one of the most complex areas of modern technology.” India must, he …

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Space programme will be given more impetus: Modi
10 years, 8 months ago

Space programme will be given more impetus: Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Sriharikota to witness the launch of ISRO’s PSLV C-23 rocket, on Sunday said his government is committed to give impetus to the country’s space programme. Looking forward.” In another tweet few minutes later, he said, “Our Government is committed to give further impetus to our Space Programme.” A senior ISRO …

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Finding the time and the money for space
11 years, 4 months ago

Finding the time and the money for space

The Hindu  

On November 21, 1963, a small foreign rocket took off from Thumba, an obscure fishing hamlet near Trivandrum. This marked the birth of the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station and of the Indian space programme. For Bhabha and Sarabhai, TERLS was the first step in acquiring rocket technology: first sounding rockets and then bigger and more complex rockets, known as …

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IRNSS-1A launch important milestone in space programme: PM
11 years, 8 months ago

IRNSS-1A launch important milestone in space programme: PM

The Hindu  

Hailing the successful launch of IRNSS-1A satellite, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday described it as an “important milestone in the development of India’s space programme”. “India’s space programme is playing an increasingly important role in socio-economic development of the country,” the Prime Minister said in a statement. Joining a select group of nations, India entered a new era in …

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