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Space Exploration Day| Meet the parts that make space exploration possible
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (309+ words) Updated - July 20, 2026 11:29 am IST A launch vehicle, commonly known as a rocket, is the powerful vehicle that carries a spacecraft from Earth into space. Its primary job is to generate enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity and place the mission…...
How are astronauts trained?
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (144+ words) Aside from physical training, medical tests, etc. much of these processes involve simulating conditions that an astronaut would encounter in their trip to space. Before the Apollo mission, the astronauts came to Hawaii to train on the Big Island’s lunar…...
Space Exploration Day: Life at the International Space Station
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (115+ words) Updated - July 20, 2026 11:02 am IST The ISS is mainly used for scientific research as it provides something quite difficult to find on Earth — the lack of gravity. It enables us to study how living in space affects the human body, how…...
Spreading wings: On the Vikram-1 launch
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (312+ words) The Hindu The launch of the Vikram-1 rocket built by Skyroot Aerospace from Sriharikota marked the Indian private sectorâs first orbital flight Vikram-1 is a four-stage launcher designed to provide what Skyroot has called a âcab serviceâ for…...
What makes Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch unique? | Explained
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (594+ words) Skyroot’s Vikram-1 has made India only the third country where a private company has independently placed payloads in orbit. Here’s what makes the mission significant The story so far: The Vikram-1 rocket, built by the Hyderabad firm Skyroot, shot through…...
Space payload built by VIT-AP students launched aboard Vikram-1 rocket
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (18+ words) VIT-AP students celebrate the successful launch of their space payload, VISWA-M, aboard the Vikram-1 rocket....
Why Kerala’s two private airline projects have hit an air pocket
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (293+ words) Published - July 18, 2026 12:34 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Speaking to The Hindu, a senior official associated with Air Kerala said although the airline had gone ahead with plans to launch services from Kerala, with the Cochin international airport as the hub of its…...
All you need to know about Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (478+ words) Updated - July 18, 2026 10:55 am IST Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, is set to lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday (July 18, 2026) at 11.30 a.m. The launch is expected to mark the entry of Indian…...
Oceansat-3A likely to be launched by year-end, says NRSC Director
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (247+ words) Updated - July 18, 2026 12:42 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM The Oceansat-3A satellite is likely to be launched before the end of this year, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) Director Prakash Chauhan said in Visakhapatnam on Friday. He was speaking after inaugurating the NICES-Coastal Observation…...