The first “blow down” test of the trisonic wind tunnel, much awaited by the Indian scientific community, took place on 8 December 2022 at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram. Trisonic wind tunnels can be used to test the aerodynamic design of rockets and re-entry spacecraft, and to evaluate the load distribution, pressure, acoustic…
Known as SKA, the original name of this radio telescope is the Square Kilometer Array. Its construction work is expected to be completed by 2028. The SKA is based at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England. One of SKA’s great quests is to trace the entire history of hydrogen, the most…
Raleigh, the scientist who defined the reason for the blue color of the sky, faced a big question: Why is the color of the sea blue? Raleigh explained that the reflection of the sky is the reason for the blue color of the sea. This explanation was believed by the scientific world for a long…
Rohini 200 sounding rocket’s 200th consecutive launch success. The launch was at 11.50 am from the launch center in Thumba. Former President Ram Nath Kovind visited VSSC to witness the launch. Rohini 200 took off once again from the shores of Tumba. 200th consecutive unbeaten launch. The Rohini 200, also known as the RH 200,…
India’s first privately-built rocket successfully test-firedThe launch was from Sriharikota on November 18, 2022 at 11.30 am.Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace is the manufacturer of the VIKRAM-S rocket. While the rocket was named after Vikram Sarabha, the power source engine was named KALAM-80 as a tribute to India’s Missile Man Abdul Kalam. The single-stage sub-orbital vehicle VIKRAM-S…
Volcanic snails. They are found in hot volcanic springs in the ocean. Their shells have three layers.The outer layer contains iron sulfides.The middle layer is like the shell of normal snails.The innermost layer is made up of aragonite. Its scientific name is Chrysomallon squamiferum.It is also called volcanic snails.Iron shells are formed in them to…
Skylab was launched in 1973. The first space station was Salyut 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1971. But it was a failure. Later America comes with Skylab. Skylab was a huge success. But Skylab only had the setup for launch. There was no call back facility. Skylab’s main purpose was to observe the…
India’s communications satellite GSAT-24 will be launched tomorrow. The communications satellite is being launched by the European Space Agency’s Arianespace. ArianeSpace has announced that it will launch an Ariane 5 rocket tomorrow from the space center in Curaao, French Guiana. GSAT-24 will be the 25th Indian satellite to be launched into aerospace orbit. The satellite…
With each monsoon, the Indian subcontinent becomes a land of natural wonders. Jumping waterfalls and lush greenery fill the mind and eyes with everlasting signs of earthly scent and beauty and wonder. But the Reverse Waterfalls are a spectacular monsoon phenomenon in the Western Ghats of the country. The flow of water against gravity seems…
