New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while lauding the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace for successfully launching Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket, said on Monday that the feat was achieved by youngsters with an average age of 28 years and not by a “56-year-old youth”. He hailed the youth of the nation for achieving numerous milestones, stating that the potential and aspirations of the youth are as “boundless as space” itself.Speaking to the r…
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed hope that both the monsoon season and the Monsoon Session of Parliament are productive for the nation, while also hailing the youth of the nation for achieving numerous milestones, stating that the potential and aspirations of the youth are as “boundless as space” itself. Addressing the media at the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, PM Modi said, “Be it monsoon or Monsoon Session, both are very productive. When …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday congratulated NASA astronaut Anil Menon, whose roots are in Palakkad, on successfully entering the International Space Station (ISS) and said that the state salutes his dedication. Menon arrived safely at the ISS after launching aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, beginning his first spaceflight on an eight-month mission focused on scientific research and technology demonstrations. In a post on X, Satheesan …
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) after launching aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, beginning his first spaceflight on an eight-month mission focused on scientific research and technology demonstrations.Menon, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, reached the orbiting laboratory after the Soyuz spacecraft docked with the ISS’s Prichal module at 1:52 p.m. EDT, following a three-h…
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, beginning his first spaceflight on an eight-month mission focused on scientific research and technology demonstrations. The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time), carrying Menon alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina. The spacecraf…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) Kerala will have another moment of pride on Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m. IST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking the beginning of an eight-month mission that will conclude with the crew’s return to Earth in April next year.Dr Menon, the son of …
Ahmedabad, July 11 (IANS) Fresh from his historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut and Ashoka Chakra awardee Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is scheduled to visit Tanmay’s ‘Amazing Space Museum – Zero Digital Space Museum’ in Ahmedabad on Saturday.The visit is scheduled between 12 p.m. and 12.30 p.m., during which Shukla will tour several exhibits dedicated to space exploration, including a specially curated gallery bearing his name.Museum organisers said he will als…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has said the United States is in a renewed race with China to return astronauts to the Moon, warning that the competition is now measured “in months, not years” as both nations accelerate plans to establish a sustained human presence beyond Earth.Speaking in an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation as the United States marked the 250th anniversary of its independence, Isaacman said there should be no doubt that Beijing intends to land astr…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh hoped on Thursday that there would be many more astronauts than just one Shubhanshu Shukla in the coming years and complemented the IAF Group Captain for recounting his 20-day space experience in a book to inspire youngsters. At the book launch ceremony of “The Second Orbit”, written by IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the Air Chief Marshal Singh said, “I hope we have more and more Shubhanshus coming out, and very soon he will fade into …
Washington, June 21 (IANS) In a unique intersection of space science and sports engineering, the official match ball for the FIFA World Cup 2026, the ‘Trionda’, was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronauts aboard to study ball balance in microgravity. “The official FIFA World Cup ball went to space. Soccer balls need to move predictably, so sports engineers carefully measure and optimise their centre of mass and balance,” NASA said in an Instagram post. In partnership with t…