Iran successfully launched its biggest space payload on Friday, consisting of a satellite and a space tug, using a domestically made satellite carrier, according to official media. The cargo weighed 300 kilogrammes (660 pounds) and included the Fakhr-1 telecommunications satellite and the Saman-1 space tug, according to state TV. The Saman-1 is a “orbital transmission … Read more
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has introduced a model curriculum for an undergraduate minor in space technology in response to the growing demand for workers in the space sector and the success of the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan 3 program. The curriculum, which was created in partnership with the Indian … Read more
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian in space for forty years, is about to create history. The ground-breaking ISRO-NASA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has Shukla as its “prime” astronaut. Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is still the only Indian to have flown into space; he did so in 1984 as part of … Read more
World to witness 1st Indian in Space and other Indian in Deep Sea by 2025, says Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on the stage of Bharat 24 News network during his address here today. Speaking on India’ s progress in Space and Marine sector, Dr. Jitendra Singh shared that four astronauts-three Group Captains and one … Read more
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, Steve Stich has said that the US space agency is considering extending the duration of Starliner’s mission from 45 days to 90 days, … Read more
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, may be able to step in to save Sunita Williams and her coworker Butch Wilmore, who were left stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) following concerning helium leaks on their Boeing Starliner. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched on the Starliner on June 5, expecting a nine-day mission … Read more
“There has been around 200 times increase in Space Startup’s in just about two years,” said Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, here at New Delhi. … Read more
A state-of-the-art Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (SPACE) was inaugurated by Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D) and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat at Underwater Acoustic Research Facility, Kulamavu in Idukki, Kerala on April 17, 2024. The SPACE, set up by the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory of DRDO, has been designed as … Read more
Woman Robot Astronaut “Vyommitra” will go into space ahead of ISRO’s ambitious “Gaganyaan” project, which will be India’s first human-manned space flight with Indian astronauts. During an interaction with the media in New Delhi, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra … Read more
The Government has initiated steps to increase the nuclear power capacity from 7480 MW to 22480 MW by 2031-32, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said yesterday. The annual electricity generation from nuclear power plants has increased from 35334 Million Units (including infirm) in 2013-14 to 46982 Million Units (including infirm) in 2022-23. The installed nuclear … Read more
India has witnessed investment of over Rs.1,000 crore in Space Startups in last nine months of the current financial year from April to December 2023, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has said. Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State, stated that India’s Space sector’s opening for private players, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bold decision, … Read more