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ISRO’s heaviest rocket lifts off with 36 satellites
India’s space agency ISRO launched 36 satellites using its heaviest rocket just after midnight, at 12.07 am, on Sunday, cementing its place in the global market for launching commercial satellites.
“Indian-Americans are taking over the country… you guys are incredible,” says Biden at NASA interaction
In under 50 days of presidency, Biden has appointed as many as 55 Indian-Americans to key posts in his administration, nearly half of whom are women.
Swati Mohan: The NASA scientist with a bindi!
Dr Mohan was behind the guidance, navigation and control operations of NASA’s Perseverance rover’s Mars landing.
Indian-American Bhavya Lal appointed as Acting Chief of Staff for NASA
Lal has extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defence Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020.
NASA images show snow-covered Himalayas as seen from space
The image, posted a day ago on Instagram, has since received over 1.2 lakh ‘likes’.
Honouring Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, US company names spacecraft after her
United States’ aerospace, defence, and security company Northrop Grumman has named its NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft after NASA Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
UAE’s Hope Probe goes further from Earth as it heads to Mars
UAE has successfully launched the Hope probe to Mars, the first in the Arab world to do so, after a memorable and historic Arabic countdown.
Chandrayaan 2: Crucial day as NASA orbiter to take pictures of Indian moon lander Vikram
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will share images of the lander with ISRO.
Chandrayaan 2: NASA attempting to make contact with India’s moon lander Vikram
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is reportedly sending radio signals to Vikram in an attempt to get it to communicate.
