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What's ailing India’s rocketeers? The subdued Indian private space industry in ISRO's shadow
Arun Venkatraman •It’s high time India’s commercial space enterprises grew out of ISRO’s towering shadow.
NASA scientist Dr Anita Sengupta on blazing a trail in aerospace engineering and space exploration
Suryasarathibhattacharya •Dr Anita Sengupta was one of the principal engineers who worked on the launch of the Curiosity Rover to Mars in 2011.
ESA's Gaia spots an unusual 'ghost' galaxy lurking at the edge of the Milky Way
Tech2 News Staff •The 'dwarf' galaxy Antlia 2 appears to be getting progressively shredded by our Milky Way.
Russian cosmonaut offers his training, experience in space to Gaganyaan astronauts
Ians •Kornienko has 516 days in space and two 12+ hour spacewalks to his name & extraterrestrial career.
Moon mission Chandrayaan 2 is a calculated risk, says ISRO chairman K Sivan
•ISRO's moon mission Chandrayaan 2, a 'calculated risk' undertaken in the knowledge that 50 percent of such launches have failed, will land at a spot where no country has gone before, its chairman K Sivan said on Saturday.
NASA launches a website to show all the ways its research impacts everyday life
Tech2 News Staff •This is for anyone who have ever wondered why space exploration should matter to them: NASA
SpaceX Dragon to return this week carrying 2.5 tonnes of ISS science & supplies
Ians •Critical research it carries including tissue samples, biotech, biology & physical investigations
Two US astronauts, Russian cosmonaut blast off five-month International Space Station mission
•Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for the International Space Station in a nighttime launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Donald Trump says he plans to appoint former navy pilot James Bridenstine as NASA head
•US President Donald Trump has announced he plans to appoint James Bridenstine, a former navy pilot and Republican congressman, to head NASA.
Vast wave of hot gas found in nearby Perseus galaxy cluster
Ians •An international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster