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NASA Scientists Want ISRO Jobs Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 27, 2008
Several NASA scientists - of Indian origin as well as foreigners - are knocking the door of Indian Space Research Organisation looking for opportunities to work in future 'desi' space missions following the success of Chandrayaan-I launch, a senior ISRO official said on Saturday. Project Director of Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar mission, Mayilsamy Annadurai says he definitely ... read more
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Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 24, 2008A day after its flawless launch, India's Chandrayaan-1 steadily made its journey to the moon after the first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the lunar spacecraft was today successfully performed by scientists. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the satellite's health was normal and it was on the right track. In the first of the five orbit raising manoeuvres, today's operation ... more India probing radioactive lift button exports
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008India's atomic safety body said Thursday that radioactive scrap metal which found its way into buttons installed into lifts in France had been traced back to a western Indian foundry. At least four Indian firms were involved in the manufacture of the components, an official said, but it was still unclear where the contaminated scrap originated. "We are tracking back the whole chain," ... more India launches first moon mission
Sriharikota, India (AFP) Oct 22, 2008India successfully launched its first lunar mission Wednesday, marking a major boost for the country's space programme and a new step in the fast-developing Asian space race. Cheers rang out at mission control as the unmanned lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was launched with an Indian-built rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the southeastern coast. ... more Chandrayaan-2 Likely Next Year End Or 2010
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 23, 2008After the successful launch of India's first unmanned mission to moon, Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to send its second lunar odyssey, Chandrayaan-2, an Indo-Russian joint venture, likely by the end of next year or early 2010. The work on this project would be taken up after Chandrayaan-1 starts its task of researching the moon, ISRO Chairman ... more Chandrayan-I Is Beginning Of A New Frontier Of Cooperation
Washington DC (PTI) Oct 23, 2008The successful launch of the India's maiden mission to moon Chandrayan-I is "just the beginning" of the opening up of a new frontier of cooperation between the US and India on a wide range of sectors, the United States India Business Council (USIBC) said. "It is an extraordinary moment in history. We have an India of 1.3bn people looking to the heavens and now exploring the frontiers of ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008India's first moon mission not only makes it a serious player in space exploration but also holds the prospect of a bigger slice of the lucrative satellite launch market, analysts say. The country staged a flawless launch Wednesday of its first unmanned lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 - the Sanskrit word for Moon Craft - with an Indian-built rocket from its southeastern coast. ... more Russia To Build Second Missile Frigate For Indian Navy By March
Kaliningrad, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 23, 2008A Russian shipyard said on Thursday it would complete the construction of the second of three missile frigates for the Indian Navy by March 2009. The Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad said the second Project 11356 frigate was more than 50% complete. India and Russia signed a $1.6 billion contract for the construction of an additional three Project 11356 Krivak ... more EESTECH And Aryan Clean Coal Technologies Establish Joint Venture
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 23, 2008EESTECH and Aryan Clean Coal Technologies have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture company to introduce three 10 mega watt HCGT (Hybrid Coalmine Gas Technology) power plants to the underground coal mines of India over the next five years. The total cost for the three HCGT power plants will exceed $US65 million and will potentially generate revenues for the joint venture ... more Going down! French engineers hunt radioactive elevator buttons
Paris, France (AFP) Oct 22, 2008A French lift-maker scrambled Wednesday to remove buttons from hundreds of elevators after the nuclear safety authority said Indian-imported materials used in them were radioactive. Otis planned to remove the buttons from "500 to 600 lifts out of the 2,500 that Otis has installed, modernised or repaired between August 21 and October 9 even if there is no danger for users," said a company ... more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 22, 2008India plans to build a new satellite launch pad and a major training facility for astronauts as it proposed to undertake a manned space mission by 2015. "It (the cost of setting up the launch pad) is around Rs 600 crore. A major national facility (for training astronauts) will be established here (Bangalore)," Indian Space research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair told PTI. ... more India, Pakistan resume Kashmir trade after 60-year freeze
Kaman Post, Indian Kashmir (AFP) Oct 21, 2008India and Pakistan began trading between their respective parts of Kashmir for the first time in six decades Tuesday, raising hopes of a drop in tension in the disputed Himalayan region. A convoy of 13 trucks carrying mostly apples set off on the historic trip to Pakistani Kashmir from the Indian zone of the divided state with 14 trucks packed with Pakistani fruit, onions and spices making ... more Spacecraft To Send Info About Its Health To Earth
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 21, 2008During the various phases of its flight, Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft will send detailed information about its health to the earth through its transmitter, according to Indian Space Research Organisation. At the same time, the spacecraft will be ready to receive radio commands sent from Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft control centre instructing it to perform various tasks. Besides, the ... more Russia, India lay groundwork for nuclear pact
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2008Russia and India were Monday laying the groundwork for the signing of a civil nuclear energy deal, following New Delhi's signing of similar pacts with Washington and Paris, officials said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in India for talks with his counterpart Pranab Mukherjee as well as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ahead of an expected visit to New Delhi in December by President ... more
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