Space Flight
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Here’s how Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent two astronauts into space
The development is a landmark moment in human exploration of space.
Gareth Dorrian, The Conversation
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Russia launches first manned voyage to International Space Station since October failure
The will take six hours to reach the space station and will stay in orbit for 194 days.
Scroll Staff
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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for NASA’s new private space flight programme
This will be the first space shuttle launches from the US since 2011.
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Trending
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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Andhra couple allegedly murder two daughters in suspected occult ritual, arrested
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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China says defunct space station Tiangong-1 plummets to Earth, burns up over South Pacific
The China Manned Space Engineering Office said there is no reason for people to worry.
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Where is ISRO’s latest GSAT? Space agency confirms losing link with communications satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed this after almost three days of no updates about its whereabouts.
Scroll Staff
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket holding test satellites for global broadband internet service
The US firm hopes to use broadband to diversify its revenue stream beyond launch operations.
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Video
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Watch: Large crowd joins Republic Day protest against farm laws in Bengaluru
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‘Strong shouldn’t bully the weak’: Chinese president Xi Jinping at virtual Davos summit
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Republic Day: Animal Planet’s version of ‘Saare Jahaan Se Accha’ is sung with sounds of wildlife
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Protesting farmers gather at Delhi’s Red Fort. Watch scenes from Republic Day tractor rally
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Watch: ITBP soldiers celebrate Republic Day in freezing temperatures of Ladakh
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful, soars into orbit
The company’s founder Elon Musk is hoping that a rocket like this will help NASA in its future interplanetary explorations.
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India calls off its first commercial moon mission due to shortage of funds: Reports
Bengaluru-based startup TeamIndus could not arrange for the Rs 200 crore required to launch a PSLV flight.
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Elon Musk shares his plan to make humans a multi-planetary species
The SpaceX chief ruled out moving the moon because it is too small, and Venus too, as it was ‘not at all like the goddess’.
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The Reel
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‘Love Scandal & Doctors’ trailer: In AltBalaji web series, drugs, crime and murder at a hospital
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‘Aelay’ trailer: Tamil drama about an ice candy seller stars Samuthirakani, Manikandan
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Republic Day: Reading between the lyrics of five patriotic Hindi film songs
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Watch: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ set for March 26 release
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Book excerpt: When NT Rama Rao became the first Indian chief minister to act in a movie
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Nasa is going to send a spacecraft into the sun’s atmosphere next summer
An announcement detailing the Solar Probe Plus project is expected later in the day.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Is this the rocket that can put humans on Mars?
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket could land on Mars by 2020.
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Watch: Elon Musk’s post featuring a glorious SpaceX landing is worth multiple viewings
‘Close-up of rocket stage separation, fast flip, boostback burn in a ring of fire and then landing burn.’
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The Field
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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Baba Aparajith’s fifty helps Tamil Nadu seal semi-final spot
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ISL: Federico Gallego’s stunning strike helps NorthEast United to shock win over ATK Mohun Bagan
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Amid pandemic and packed calendar, coach Chris Silverwood defends England’s rotation policy
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India vs England: Disappointed that Bairstow isn’t a part of visitors’ Test squad, says Jayawardene
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First Test: Kagiso Rabada’s late burst on day one puts South Africa in control against Pakistan