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Aided by Indian techie, NASA finds crashed Vikram lander on the Moon

NASA has acknowledged it was able to identify the impact site and debris of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander after a tip from Chennai-based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian.

Discovery of water on moon: What India’s first Chandrayaan mission achieved a decade ago

Inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008, Chandrayaan-1 was instrumental in discovering water on the moon, and had a brief tiff with NASA over this.

At least 28 pieces of debris from India’s A-SAT missile test still floating in space

NASA tracked at least 101 pieces of debris initially, 28 of them still remain in low Earth orbit, says astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

North India’s toxic air: NASA images show just how big the stubble burning problem is

Between 1 and 15 October, around 275 new large fires were observed every day, and the smoke from such fires can be seen hanging over Delhi, Kanpur and beyond.

Voyager 2, which entered interstellar space in 2018, sends a message for Earth

NASA’s Voyager 1 & Voyager 2 were launched in 1977, but reached interstellar space 6 years apart.

Ozone hole shrinks to smallest on record but NASA says it doesn’t mean layer is recovering

Satellite images find that ozone hole now is smallest since 1985 but scientists are attributing it to warmer weather that limits the ozone depletion process.

A historic all-women spacewalk outside International Space Station, finally

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

NASA unveils new spacesuits for astronauts for 2024 Moon mission

The new spacesuits are built on the existing design of the suits worn by astronauts at International Space Station and offer better resistance to lunar dust.

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ancient salt-rich lakes that could’ve supported life on Mars

The 150 km-wide Gale Crater on Mars has deposits of sulphate salts. This discovery could help understand how Mars became the dry and cold planet it is today.

NASA says Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram had a hard landing, releases images of site

The Vikram module had attempted a soft landing on the lunar south pole on 7 September. It lost communication with ISRO moments before India could achieve the feat.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.