Rocket Science
Finding their niche, how women in science are reengineering the workplace
Corporate India, too, is setting recruitment goals, offering mentorship, scholarships
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World seeing India as inspirational place in space sector: ISRO chief
The world is looking at India as an inspirational place with what the country has achieved in the space sector in the last 60 years, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation S Somanath said on Sunday. Somanath said he was witnessing a great transformation in the sector by bringing in startups, incubating them in space technology and bringing great applications to develop rockets and satellites. "The whole world is looking at India as an inspirational place and it is wonderful to see what is happening in India, especially in the space sector, with the startup eco system," he said at the 18th convocation of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology at Kattankulathur near here. Somanath, who also received the honorary degree of Doctorate of Science (honoris causa) in recognition of his contribution to the field of science, said, "We always believed (others) but others never believed we can do such things -- building rockets and satellites in this country ourselves -- besides ..
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Singapore's GIC funds Indian rocket startup Skyroot ahead of first launch
The funding follows the Indian government's push to get the country's private sector to complement its state-run space programme known for its affordable launches and missions
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Hyderabad based Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires its rocket engine
The company on Thursday announced the completion of the milestone of full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket stage
Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry by Sunday, say research centers
EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said its latest prediction for the timing of the re-entry of the Long March 5B rocket body was 190 minutes either side of 0211 GMT on Sunday
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Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires a solid propulsion rocket stage
This is the first time that a private company has successfully designed, developed and tested a full solid propulsion rocket stage in India
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Second launch of Russia's heavy carrier rocket scheduled for December
Russia carried out the first test launch of the Angara-A5 rocket in 2014 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
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Skyroot unveils India's first pvt cryogenic rocket engine that runs on LNG
The company announced this on the occasion of 100th birth anniversary of renowned Indian rocket scientist- Dr.Satish Dhawan
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Opening up the space
Pvt investment will increase opportunities
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Coping with pressure
In the performance-driven society we live in, pressure isn't likely to reduce in a hurry. So parents - and children in turn - need to find better ways to deal with it. With families turning more nuclear by the day, the support system one had in the past is eroding
