Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour attached a $2 billion cosmic ray detector to the International Space Station on Thursday, and delighted scientists immediately began detecting
The intensity of solar storms is expected to peak in 2013 and may devastate critical infrastructure like satellite communications, navigation systems and electrical transmission equipment, a top scientist has warned. Kathryn Sullivan, assistant secretary of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said countries should prepare for
Everything scientists now know about the cosmos, from the Big Bang to black holes, has come from measurements of light rays. But Mother Nature speaks in particles too, and until now their instruments have been largely deaf to her second tongue. A device due to launch aboard the space shuttle …
Washington: A high-tech entrepreneur unveiled plans to launch the world's most powerful rocketsince man wentto the moon. Space Exploration Technology has already sent the first private rocket andcapsule into Earth's orbit as a commercial venture.Itis now planning a rocket that could lift twice as much cargo into orbit as the …
ISRO scientists here have discovered a giant underground cave on the moon that they say could be used as a base by astronauts on future manned missions to earth
Nasa has released the first-ever 360-degree panoramic images of the Sun. Two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) satellites, launched in 2006, have gradually been drifting apart
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch three satellites PSLV C-16, PSLV C-17 and Resourcesat-2 as well as a series of other communication satellites during the next year, said ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan. Speaking to Deccan Herald on the sidelines of IMTEX 2011, here on Thursday, he said the …
The students work- ing on the project said that they are in the final stage of testing and hope to get the satellite ready for launch within a month. MUMBA ratham -a satel lite made indigenously by over 300 students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai
Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS HEAR the word `satellite' and you would probably picture a huge hunk of hi-tech metal, wires and solar panels hurtling around in space. But the growing trend of fabricating and putting satellites into orbit by non-spacefaring countries, corporations and even universities has come thanks to the …
Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS We are tracking 30,000 pieces of debris that can cause heavy damage to satellites -- V Adimurthy, dean, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology SPACE debris could be among the biggest concerns in the planning and execution of manned space missions, Indian Institute of Space …
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch GSAT-5P, a communication satellite to replace aged INSAT-2E, on December 20 from Sriharikota using a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). According to ISRO director for publications and PR S Satish, this is the heaviest satellite ISRO is launching using …
Jalpaiguri, Dec. 5: A team of Indian Space Research Organisation scientists has arrived in north Bengal to conduct ground-based surveys of tea gardens before using remote sensing satellites to map the estates. The survey is part of a project expected to help tea growers in north Bengal improve the management …
JAIPUR: Eminent scientists who spoke on the theme of climate change on the opening day of the annual session of the National Academy of Sciences India(NASI) here on Thursday warned of a greater impact of the
Jaipur: Amid rising global concerns about climate change, nearly 1,500 scientists will participate at the threeday national symposium on climate change on Thursday in Jaipur. Issues related to climate change will be discussed during sessions at Maharana Pratap Auditorium and Jaipur National University campus. The national symposium will be held …
With the US still in the process of finalising export reforms on commercial satellites by restructuring the US Munitions List on spacecraft, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not expecting to see a much anticipated Commercial Satellites Launch Agreement (CSLA) inked during the visit of US President Barack Obama …
Tourism to the moon could well be a reality by the year 2025, provided space technology is upgraded to the level, desired for the purpose, former ISRO chairman G Madhvan Nair said here on Thursday. Nair added that for doing this, technological endevours are underway for developing spacecraft like rockets, …
Beijing: China said on Wednesday it would launch a space lab to be manned for long stretches within about 10 years, a move it believes would bring it closer to the United States and Russia as powers capable of reaching the moon. The official Xinhua news agency, quoting an unidentified …
