Month: September 2019

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Chandrayaan 2 in Limbo as ISRO Loses Contact With Lander, History on Hold

The Wire Staff 07/09/2019

A brutal reminder that space is hard

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IAF Selects First Group of Astronauts For Gaganyaan Mission

The Wire Staff 06/09/2019

India will soon send a group of nine candidates...

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The Skull of Humanity’s Oldest Known Ancestor Is Changing Evolutionary Beliefs

Hester Hanegraef 06/09/2019

The hominin known as Lucy may not be the...

Chandrayaan 2, Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, NASA, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Earthrise, political identity, nationalism, research funding, casteism, Payal Tadvi, Plan S, climate injustice, climate change, Homo sapiens,

Can We All Live in Harmony Just Because Earth Is So Alone in Space?

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/09/2019

As Indians, we celebrate Apollo 11 for the opportunity...

Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan 2, K Sivan, Indian Space Research Organisation, permanently shadowed regions, water on the moon, NASA LCROSS, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Cassini spacecraft, lunar impact probe, DFSAR, neutron spectrometer, infrared spectrometer, regolith, Bullialdus crater, European Space Agency, NASA, hydroxyl ions, Mini-SAR, Moon Mineralogical Mapper, NASA Clementine, NASA Lunar Prospector, NASA Resource Prospector, Vikram lander, Pragyan rover,

ISRO and India Prepare for Historic Moon Landing After Midnight Tonight

The Wire Staff 06/09/2019

Sticking the landing is expected to bring great accolades...

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ISRO Braces for Chandrayaan 2’s ’15 Minutes of Terror’ Tonight

Jatan Mehta 06/09/2019

The complexity and cost of such a robotic mission...

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Ground Report: Healthcare Crisis in J&K Grows; Ayushman Bharat Suspended

Swagata Yadavar and Athar Parvaiz, IndiaSpend.com 06/09/2019

Many surgeons decided to not operate on “high-risk cases”...