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ISRO congratulates NASA and SpaceX for their manned mission, calls it ‘historic’

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carried two NASA astronauts into orbit Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center, marking the dawn of a new age in commercial space travel.

3 Indian companies get licence from NASA to manufacture its Covid-19 ventilators

Besides the three Indian companies — Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bharat Forge Ltd, Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd — 18 others have been selected to manufacture the breathing devices.

SpaceX’s historic NASA flight reset for Saturday on bad weather

The mission, the first of such in a commercially developed spacecraft, is the final major test of SpaceX’s human flight system before it can be certified to fly crews into space.

NASA needs to be wary of viruses from outer space

There's no telling when and where the next pandemic will emerge. But with a little care, NASA and its partners can try to ensure it won’t be extraterrestrial.

Mamata’s inspiring, Trump’s furious & NASA discovers an alternate universe — or maybe not

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

NASA unveils document to guide behaviour on the moon and in space

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Alabama school student names NASA’s first Mars helicopter, a 2-kg, solar-powered craft

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

NASA offers podcasts, DIY projects and videos to keep boredom at bay

As part of its #NASAatHome initiative, the US space agency replugged several of its podcasts, videos and DIY projects.

How to survive isolation — NASA astronauts share pro tips amid coronavirus outbreak

With most countries practising social distancing to flatten the coronavirus curve, astronauts are coming out to share tips on isolation. 

Marsquakes and strange magnetic pulses — what NASA’s Mars mission has unveiled so far

The results of NASA's InSight lander mission have shown that Mars is seismically active and has regular marsquakes.

On Camera

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.