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Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group raises $40 million
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (146+ words) Published - July 20, 2026 07:02 pm IST - HYDERABAD Precision manufacturing and deep-tech company Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group (RVAG) has raised $40 million (around ₹400 crore) in its latest funding round. The funds will be used to expand manufacturing capacity across its facilities in India, UK…...
What happens to our body in space?
12+ hour ago (578+ words) The Hindu Space Exploration Day| What happens to our body in space? Living in microgravity triggers remarkable changes in our body Updated - July 20, 2026 10:40 am IST When astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after spending nine months on…...
Space Exploration Day| Meet the parts that make space exploration possible
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (309+ words) Updated - July 20, 2026 11:29 am IST A launch vehicle, commonly known as a rocket, is the powerful vehicle that carries a spacecraft from Earth into space. Its primary job is to generate enough thrust to overcome Earth’s gravity and place the mission…...
How are astronauts trained?
14+ hour, 40+ min ago (144+ words) Aside from physical training, medical tests, etc. much of these processes involve simulating conditions that an astronaut would encounter in their trip to space. Before the Apollo mission, the astronauts came to Hawaii to train on the Big Island’s lunar…...
Space Exploration Day: Life at the International Space Station
11+ hour, 37+ min ago (115+ words) Updated - July 20, 2026 11:02 am IST The ISS is mainly used for scientific research as it provides something quite difficult to find on Earth — the lack of gravity. It enables us to study how living in space affects the human body, how…...
Spreading wings: On the Vikram-1 launch
22+ hour, 30+ min ago (312+ words) The Hindu The launch of the Vikram-1 rocket built by Skyroot Aerospace from Sriharikota marked the Indian private sectorâs first orbital flight Vikram-1 is a four-stage launcher designed to provide what Skyroot has called a âcab serviceâ for…...
What makes Skyroot’s Vikram-1 launch unique? | Explained
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (594+ words) Skyroot’s Vikram-1 has made India only the third country where a private company has independently placed payloads in orbit. Here’s what makes the mission significant The story so far: The Vikram-1 rocket, built by the Hyderabad firm Skyroot, shot through…...
Space payload built by VIT-AP students launched aboard Vikram-1 rocket
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (18+ words) VIT-AP students celebrate the successful launch of their space payload, VISWA-M, aboard the Vikram-1 rocket....
Meta could lease computing power to Anthropic as part of potential $10 billion deal
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (200+ words) Meta and Anthropic are reportedly in talks over a possible $10 billion deal that will let the social media giant lease computing power to the Claude maker, per a report by Reuters. If the deal goes through, Anthropic may make monthly…...
All you need to know about Vikram-1, India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (478+ words) Updated - July 18, 2026 10:55 am IST Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket, is set to lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Saturday (July 18, 2026) at 11.30 a.m. The launch is expected to mark the entry of Indian…...