Kulasekharapattinam (Tamil Nadu): The construction of the country’s second launch complex here in Tuticorin district is expected to be over by December 2026, and there is a possibility of about 25 launches a year from the spaceport, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan has said. Speaking to reporters after participating in the Bhumi Puja for the launch…
New Delhi: Vitamin D has become a hot topic in recent years, largely because failure to get enough of it is associated with multiple diseases, and because much of the general population is deficient in this micronutrient. Since 1930, when its chemical structure was first identified, significant advances have been made in research into vitamin…
New Delhi: Excited after a successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday hoped someone would very soon travel to space “from our capsule, from our rocket, from our soil”. Addressing a press conference here, Group Captain Shukla said the first-hand experience from the ISS mission was invaluable and…
New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the ‘Agni 5’ intermediate range ballistic missile, in a demonstration of its strategic military capabilities. The defence ministry said the test-firing of the missile from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur validated all operational and technical parameters. “Intermediate range ballistic missile ‘Agni 5’ was successfully test-fired from…
New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that there is a lot of interest about India’s Gaganyaan mission around the world, and scientists were keen to be part of it. In an interaction with the prime minister on Monday evening, Shukla also shared his experiences about his space journey to the International…
London: Scientists from the UK have been able to recreate extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space and said the unstable behaviour of water revealed can help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity across celestial bodies in the solar system. In the near-zero pressure environment of space, water reacts very differently from how…
Chennai: The historic NISAR mission, a landmark collaboration between NASA and ISRO, has entered its crucial 90-day commissioning phase, during which scientists will carry out rigorous checks, calibrations, and orbital adjustments to prepare the satellite for full-scale earth observation. The critical phase follows the successful launch of the radar imaging satellite on July 30 aboard…
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Marking ISRO’s maiden collaboration with NASA, a GSLV rocket on Wednesday blasted off from this spaceport to place the NISAR earth observation satellite, jointly developed by the two space agencies, in an intended orbit. The 51.7 metre tall three stage GSLV F-16 rocket soared into the skies at the end of a…
Chennai: The unique Earth observation satellite, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) will be launched through the GSLV-S16 on July 30, said ISRO chairman V Narayanan. Weighing 2,392 kg, NISAR is a unique Earth observation satellite and the first to observe the Earth with a dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASA’s L-band and ISRO’s S-band), both using…
New Delhi: Miltenyi Biotec and the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) have partnered to launch India’s first hands-on training program in CAR-T cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Signed under the aegis of BIRAC, the initiative marks a major step toward building skilled manpower in the country’s cell and gene therapy (CGT) ecosystem. The…
