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Topic: NASA

SpaceX, NASA launch mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore from ISS

Williams and Wilmore have been stranded on the International Space Station for 9 months. The Crew-10 mission also launched 4 crew members to the ISS.

Mars turned red long before we thought. Volcanoes, ancient water may hold key to its true colours

The study, led by Adomas Valantinas of Brown University and published in Nature Communications, has confirmed the real reason behind the red colour of Mars.

‘City-killer’ asteroid headed towards Earth with 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. India a possible target

Situation is significant enough to warrant global planetary defence community's attention. Astronomers plan to use James Webb Space Telescope to get precise estimate of asteroid's size.

14-year-old Noida boy discovers an asteroid, NASA lets him name it

Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project, Daksh Malik successfully discovered asteroid 2023 OG40 in the main asteroid belt of the solar system.

Rare ‘planetary parade’ to adorn night skies from January 21. Know significance & how to watch

The planetary parade, also known as a planetary alignment, will begin with only four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. It will last through early March.

US, India strengthen Space partnership

NASA and ISRO astronauts to train together for International Space Station mission.

US President-elect Donald Trump nominates tech company CEO Jared Issacman as NASA administrator

Taking to X, Issacman outlined his vision for the country's space exploration; emphasised on growth of space economy and the potential for people to live and work in space.

Indian astronauts selected for joint ISRO-NASA mission to ISS complete initial training

Bengaluru: Two Indian astronauts chosen for the upcoming Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) have completed the initial phase of training, the...

US C-130 en route to India with critical payload: NISAR’s radar antenna reflector

NISAR is Low Earth Orbit observatory being developed to map the globe in 12 days, and gather data that will provide insights into Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, sea level rise, etc.

Prada and Axiom Space unveil spacesuit design for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission

The Italian luxury brand and the Houston-based startup said in a joint statement that the suits were made to withstand extreme temperatures at the lunar south pole.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.