After a half-century hiatus, NASA's Artemis 1 mission will take a crucial step towards bringing humans back to the Moon. Launched on Monday, 29 August 2022, the mission will test NASA's Space Launch System and Orion Crew Capsule without a crew. In addition to traveling to the Moon, the spacecraft will deploy some small satellites, then settle into orbit around the planet. In order to ensure that the spacecraft and any occupants can return to Earth safely, NASA aims to practice operating the spacecraft and test the conditions crews will encounter on and around the Moon. A former member o
On Tuesday, India successfully test-fired Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, officials said. The flight test of VL-SRSAM was conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy. It was executed from an Indian naval ship against a fast-speed unmanned aerial target for indicating vertical launch capability, DRDO sources said. The missiles, furnished with indigenous radio frequency (RF) seeker, cut off the target with perfect accuracy. The VL-SRSAM syst
As Nasa releases new sounds emerging from the cosmic object, the black hole-the dark cauldron from which nothing emerges-has become more ghostly and ominous. A black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster was detected by the American space agency. Black holes are formed when a star dies with such a high gravitational field that matter gets squeezed into a small space underneath it, trapping its light. There is so much gravity because the matter is compressed into such a small space. Because black holes cannot let light out, they are invisible to the naked eye. It is impossible to
NASA is rolling out the Artemis 1 spacecraft to the Launchpad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of its launch. It was on 10 PM on August 16 (7.30 AM IST on August 17) that the "crawler-transporter" started the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft’s nearly six and a half kilometers journey to the launch pad. It is not before August 29 that the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are scheduled to launch from the complex. Five-segment boosters and four RS-25 engines will power the SLS rocket that will produce over 3.9 million kilograms of thrust. The spac
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday delivered to the Army extensive indigenous military equipment, including unmanned aerial systems and quick response fighting vehicles, to increase its combat potential in eastern Ladakh, given the continuous border disputes with China. The army received other vital equipment such as surveillance hardware, a new anti-personnel mine 'Nipun' patrolling boats, 'Future Infantry Soldier as a System', infantry-protected mobility vehicles, an upgraded sights system for tanks, a rugged and automatic communication system, and advanced thermal imagers. The
On Thursday, Adani Enterprises, the business incubation arm of the Adani Group, announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) for collaboration in technological innovation. Adani arms will have access to innovative technology solutions created by Israeli start-ups through the creation of a 'new innovation platform' that will support selected innovation projects. It is a government-funded agency that oversees Israel's innovation policy. To maintain technological and economic leadership and to improve productivity and competitiven
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant was handed over to the Navy by The Cochin Shipyard on Thursday The aircraft, named after India’s first aircraft carrier, the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vikrant, which played a significant role in the 1971 war, is 262-metre-long with a displacement of close to 45,000 tonnes. Vikrant is powered by four gas turbines and was built on a cost of close to Rs 20,000 crore. "Indian Navy has created maritime history today by taking delivery of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (AC) 'Vikrant from her builder Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), K
In a strategic partnership model with Indian MDL and L&T defense majors, Daewoo and Navantia have proven air-independent propulsion technologies that can be applied to long-endurance submarines. Navantia, a company that has proven AIP technology, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea have shown an interest in building the submarines under Project 75 (I) India of the Indian Navy. It is unclear whether Daewoo and Navantia will be interested in building long-endurance diesel submarines in India under the strategic partnership model, despite the Defence Ministr
A new eye drop has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for age-related near-sightedness. According to the researchers, these eye drop solutions will have better vision throughout the day and might rule out the erst to require reading glasses. The formulation of Vuity contains a drug known as pilocarpine. In order to facilitate rapid adaptation to tear film pH, researchers developed technology to allow eye drops to rapidly rebalance. By taking advantage of our eyes' ability to shrink pupil size, we are able to improve near and intermediate vision while retaining
The newly started space tech company, Agnikul Cosmos, today inaugurated India's first-ever 3D-printed rocket engine factory in Chennai. The facility, named Rocket Factory 1, was unveiled by the chairman of Tata Sons and Isro, N Chandrasekaran and S Somanath respectively, in the presence of Pawan Goenka, the chairman of IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre). The factory, located at IIT-Madras Research Park, is 10,000-square-foot and will have a 400mm x 400mm x 400mm metal 3D printer from EOS that will make it possible to manufacture a complete rocket engine und