Space technology
IIT Madras and ISRO Launch Research Centre for Spacecraft Thermal Management
IIT Madras is partnering with ISRO to create a Centre of Excellence in Fluid and Thermal Sciences. This collaboration aims to enhance research in thermal management for spacecraft and launch vehicles. ISRO has allocated Rs 1.84 Crore as seed funding ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2024
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
NISAR: A New Era in Earth Observation
NASA and ISRO are collaborating on the NISAR satellite. This mission aims to enhance Earth observation and disaster preparedness. NISAR will track changes on Earth’s surface with remarkable precision. It will monitor ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, and vegetation. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2024
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
What is SuperBIT?
SuperBIT is a state-of-the-art scientific instrument designed to measure precise weak gravitational lensing of galaxy clusters. As the joint project of Durham University, the University of Toronto, Princeton University, and NASA, SuperBIT aims to detect the presence and quantity of ..
Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
What is GRX-810?
NASA researchers have developed a new high-strength, high-temperature-resistant alloy called GRX-810 that could revolutionize the aerospace industry. Development of GRX-810 GRX-810 is a nickel-cobalt-chromium-based alloy developed by materials scientists at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. The alloy was developed using a ..
Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
DRACO: Nuclear Fission powered Spacecraft of NASA
DARPA of the USA is working on nuclear fission-powered spacecraft along with NASA called the DRACO. DARPA is Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency. And DARPA is the research and development wing of the US military. Just like the DRDO of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
India Space Congress 2022
India Space Congress 2022 (ISC 2022) was organized from October 26 to 28 this year in New Delhi. What is ISC 2022? India Space Congress is an international congress that brings together government, industrial experts, policymakers, thought leaders, legal professionals ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
ISRO to assist Development Projects in Northeast
According to Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will assist development projects in Northeast through Space Technology. Key points ISRO will offering optimum utilization of Satellite Imaging and other Space Technology applications. These applications will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
ISRO sets up Space Technology Cells in premier institutions
The Indian Space Research Organization will set up five Space Technology Cells at the premier institutes in order to carry out research activities. It includes IISc, IITs in Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras and Kanpur. Space Technology cell The Technology cells will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
IIT Delhi, ISRO to set up Space Technology Cell
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi will set up a Space Technology Cell in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the space agency of country at the IIT campus. With the move, IIT Delhi have joined the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
MEV-1: 1st Satellite Servicing Spacecraft launched
The robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) was successfully launched atop of Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is first of its kind commercial satellite-servicing spacecraft. It is designed to dock with aging spacecraft more than 22,000 miles ..