Latest in Science/Tech 2024

Latest in Science/Tech 2024 

=>ISRO launches SpaDeX mission: The mission will see ISRO attempt to “dock” (unite) two satellites in space, a challenge only mastered by a few countries. For the project, ISRO is using an indigenous technology named the “Bharatiya Docking System.”

=>ISRO launched ESA's satellite Probe 3 successfully: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission.

• The Indian workhorse rocket lifted off at 4:04 PM IST
• This mission aims to enhance our understanding of the Sun's corona
• These twin satellites will operate in a precise formation

=>SpaceX launched India's satellite: Elon Musk's SpaceX launched GSAT-20 - ISRO's latest communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida on November 19th. The launch utilized Space X's Falcon 9 rocket. This is the first major commercial partnership between SpaceX and ISRO. The estimated cost for this collaboration is between $60-70 million.

=>India's 1st analog space mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started the country's first analog space mission at Leh in Ladakh, where space agency will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat. The move assumes significance as India is planning to send a human to the Moon in the near future. To simulate extra-terrestrial conditions on Mars and Moon kicks off 

=>‘Indian Railways to launch first Hydrogen train this year: Indian Railways will introduce its first hydrogen train this year. It will run from Jind to Panipat(Haryana).

=>Chabdrayaan 3 discovers: India's moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, has discovered a 160-km-wide moon crater near its landing site. The dust and rock from the new crater are crucial to understanding the moon's early geological evolution.

=>‘RHUMI-1'India’s first reusable hybrid rocket launched by TN-based start-up: A Tamil Nadu-based start-up successfully launched India’s first reusable hybrid rocket – “RHUMI 1” – on Saturday. The rocket was launched from a mobile platform in Thiruvidandhai, Chennai, to advance research on global warming and climate change.

=>Apophis Mission: is the space operation to be led by ISRO to study the asteroid Apophis, which isfound to hit the earth in 2019.

=>Reusable launch vehicle: ISRO successfully made the test launch of Pushpak, the reusable launch vehicle for the 3rd time.

=>China became the 1st nation: to send space-craft to dark pole of moon and come back with soil speciman.

=>Agnikul: a space startup by IIT Madras, Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos on Thursday successfully launched its first sub-orbital test vehicle powered by the world’s first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engine, after calling off its launch at least four times previously.

=>Chandrayan 4: Chandrayaan-4 is a planned lunar sample-return mission and the fourth mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The mission is currently under conceptualisation phase and is slated for launch no earlier than 2028. India joins hands with Japan for needed assistance.

Chandrayaan-4 will be a complex mission involving multiple launches and spacecraft modules. Isro plans to launch two separate rockets – the heavy-lift LVM-3 and the workhorse PSLV – to carry different payloads for the mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up for the next big mission to the Moon after the historic success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. The Chandrayaan-4 mission will bring rocks and soil from the lunar surface to be studied in India for the first time.

=>NexCar 19 cancer therapy:  India’s First Homegrown CAR T-Cell Therapy.   which treats a specific type of blood cancer. CAR-T therapy involves taking a patient's blood, isolating T cells, and genetically modifying them in a lab to express a receptor called a CAR on their surface. The CAR helps the immune cells find and kill cancer cells. The lab-modified cells are then infused into the patient to multiply and fight cancerous cells. the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India's drug regulator, approved the commercial use of NexCAR19, the first indigenously developed CAR-T cell therapy

=>ISRO's POEM-3 mission: ISRO said that its PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere without leaving any debris in orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere without leaving any debris in orbit.

=>ISRO launched Pushpak-the reusable launch vehicle: ISRO has successfully carried out the landing mission of its Reusable Launch Vehicle named 'Pushpak' The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) marked a critical milestone in the development of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology on Friday by successfully completing the second landing experiment, the RLV-LEX-02.

=>NASA's moon lander:  gtag.js) gtag.js) ...> ... On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, completed a seven-day journey to lunar orbit and softly landed near crater Malapert A in the South Pole region of the Moon at 6:24 p.m. EST. On Feb. 24, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the landing site at an altitude of about 56 miles (90 km) and photographed Odysseus.

=>ISRO crashed down the debris of its satellite:  

ISRO’s high-resolution imaging satellite Cartosat-2 has descended into Earth’s atmosphere on February 14, 2024.“Cartosat-2, ISRO’s high-resolution imaging satellite, bid adieu with a descent into Earth’s atmosphere on February 14, 2024, as predicted. ISRO had lowered its orbit from 635 km to 380 km by early 2020. This strategic move minimized space debris and underscores ISRO’s commitment to sustainable space exploration,” the space agency posted