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Four test pilots from the Indian Air Force have been selected as Astronaut-Designates for the mission.

India has many destinations with clear and dark skies that are highly popular for stargazing as well as astrophotography.

Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, is nearing its final phase, and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath.

This research marks a significant stride in the battle against mosquito-borne diseases, offering hope for more effective vector control measures.

Titan is a major target in NASA’s quest to assess habitability and search for potential signs of life beyond Earth on worlds across the solar system.  

In a study published in the journal ‘Geochemical Perspectives Letters’, researchers used crystals to help pinpoint the time of the Moon’s formation. Their discovery pushes back the age of the Moon by 40 million years, to at least 4.46 billion years old.

The researchers used an AI model to create a “proteomic clock” from this data that can predict a healthy person’s age based on their protein profile.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched its maiden Test Vehicle for Gaganyaan, India's human space flight mission, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

About five seconds before India’s first rocket part of its human space mission/Gaganyaan-Test Vehicle-D1 (TV-D1) was supposed to lift off from the first launch pad on Saturday, the computer systems put on hold the blast off.

The Indian space agency has rescheduled the first test flight to check the crucial crew escape system of its rocket that would carry the country’s astronauts into space sometime in 2025.

ISRO Chairman S Somanath had recently said similar kinds of abort missions would be conducted much before the human space flight programme.

The mass of metal in the stratosphere -- the second layer of the atmosphere of Earth -- is changing atmospheric chemistry in ways that may impact the Earth's atmosphere and ozone layer, they revealed in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

The transfer of technology agreement was signed by Kuppuswamy, Vice President, Data Patterns and Rajeev Jyoti, Technical Director, IN-SPACe and A.Arunachalam, Director, NewSpace India Ltd.

The project, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, uses portable steam cylinders charged by renewable energy-based stations (like solar energy) that are placed strategically in rural areas for power generation, steam generation and other uses.

The teams are from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Goa Campus; Candor International School, Bengaluru; Kanakia International School, Mumbai; KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR; Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh; Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai; and Young Mind Research and Development, Faridabad.