Year: 2017

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s PSLV C38, carrying earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 Series and 30 co-passenger satellites of various countries, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on June 23, 2017. Credit: PTI

India Made Rs 45 Crore on ISRO’s Launch of 29 Nanosatellites on C38 Mission

The Wire Staff 19/07/2017

Twenty-nine of the 30 nanosatellites on the PSLV C38...

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What Happens When the Goals of Scientific Innovation Are Defined by Profit

Sumit Bhaduri 19/07/2017

So long as private capital remains focused on profit,...

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Will India Continue to Saturate Orbits With Lots of Satellites?

According to a US space expert, India which recently...

The Lonar crater lake. Credit: Vivek Ganesan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Extraterrestrial Spell Of Maharashtra’s Lonar Crater

Purva Variyar 19/07/2017

The Lonar crater is the only known impact crater...

Volunteers try to check the water of river Nagabali during flash flood in Rayagada district, Odisha on Monday. Credit: PTI

Odisha Floods Death Toll Rises to Four

While two persons had perished in floods in Kalahandi...

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Indians Win Gold at 1st Global Robotics Competition in US

A group of seven Indian students has bagged two...

An undated supplied image from Geoscience Australia shows a computer generated three-dimensional view of the sea floor obtained from mapping data collected during the first phase of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Credit: Reuters/Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

MH370 Search Data Unveils Fishing Hotspots and Valuable Geological Data

Tom Westbrook and Jonathan Barrett 19/07/2017

The meticulous search of the missing plane in the...