The spacecraft structure for the mission has arrived at the ISRO satellite centre from Hindustan Aeronauticals Limited and integration work has begun, S Krishnamurthy, director, Publications and Public Relations, told PTI from Bangalore.
After witnessing IT boom, Karnataka is keen on developing aerospace industry in a big way through a special economic zone.
The country's top defence and nuclear scientists and major defence installatiions were Thursday given heightened security cover including deployment of Quick Reaction teams in the wake of Wednesday's suspected terror attack on IISc.
National Aerospace Laboratories in Bangalore is close to signing a research and development cooperation agreement with Boeing
The Indian spacecraft may carry a UK component as one of the payload, British High Commissioner Michael Arthur said.
18 students of Budha Dal Public School and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology have earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian team ever to qualify for the Space Settlement Design Competition at NASA.
A United States Congresswoman was 'gravely wounded' after she was shot in the head by a gunman, who went on a shooting rampage at a public event in Tucson in Arizona, killing at least six people, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and injuring 12 others. Democratic lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, 40, a House Representative, was in a critical condition following a surgery late on Saturday night for a single gunshot wound to the head.
The OrcaPod is a prototype of what comes after boats, cars, trains and planes. It's India's foray into what Tesla founder Elon Musk calls the 'fifth form of transportation' and India's only entry at the ongoing Hyperloop competition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Raja Chari is in training to go to space in 2019. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel presents the story of his journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to NASA. A Rediff.com Exclusive!
The DRDO has clearly decided that developing technologies is at least as important as developing weapons systems. V K Aatre, DRDO chief from 2000-04, had said, "Weapons programmes and technologies have to maintain equal pace." Only now is the DRDO heeding his advice.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international career for you.
The Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science unveiled its new Krishan and Vicky Joshi Research Centre.
ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar talks of what's on and what lies ahead for the Indian space agency.
Dr P K Menon, Chief Scientist and CEO, Optimal Synthesis Inc, who worked with Dr A P J Abdul Kalam early on in his career, recalls what it was like working for his first boss.
The facts remain cloaked in mystery, but the legend goes that Talpade had created a flying machine powered by mercury and solar energy, and based on ideas outlined in Vedic texts.
I would like to renew our commitment to advancing the frontiers of science in drug discovery, says the chairman of Dr Reddy's Labs.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
It's time that we, as a nation, stopped fearing failure and waiting for instant success in our space ventures. Let us instead applaud the journey, even if it comes at a certain cost to the taxpayer.
Text of the President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2007.
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