Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

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What the First Labour Strike in Space Taught NASA About Human Spaceflight

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/07/2019

On one day in 1973, three American astronauts on...

ISRO chief K. Sivan during an event to mark Vikram Sarabhai's birth centenary. Credit: PTI

Why ‘Poverty First, Moon Next’ Is an Absurd Argument

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2019

Claiming money spent on X is wrong because it...

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Under Stress to Pull Off Grand Moon Mission, ISRO Treads Slow After Launch Scrub

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2019

The launch call-off is likely to precipitate further delays...

A model of the Chandrayaan 2 rover being tested at ISRO's simulated lunar soil facility. Image: ISRO

A Pre-Launch Review of Chandrayaan 2

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/07/2019

This is India's most complex robotic mission to date.

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Don’t Let the Excitement Over Chandrayaan 2 Distract From the Bigger Picture

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/07/2019

It is understandable that nobody wants to be left...

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Posters for Ekta Kapoor’s Mangalyaan Series Don’t Show ISRO Rockets – Why it Matters

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/06/2019

One poster shows the show’s protagonists flanking a Russian Soyuz...

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Under Enormous Pressure, a New Superconductor Star Is Born

Vasudevan Mukunth 25/05/2019

When subject to a force of 1.6 million atmospheres,...