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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - June 2017

Jun 2017

Jul 15, 2018

UK's First Spaceport

A remote, boggy stretch of land on the north coast of Scotland is likely to become the UK's first spaceport.

The A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland has been chosen as the most suitable place from which to launch rockets vertically to put satellites in orbit.

Jul 12, 2018

India's First Internet Telephony Service

BSNL unveiled the country's first internet telephony service that will allow users to dial any telephone number in India through its mobile app, starting from July 25. The company launched the app 'Wings' that will allow customers to make unlimited calls by paying annual fee of Rs.1,099 and by using internet service or Wi-Fi of any telecom operator, to any phone number.

Jul 07, 2018

ISRO on Hunt for First Set of Astronauts

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is roping in Indian Air Force pilots to identify the first set of astronauts for a human space flight. IAF pilot Rakesh Sharma is the only Indian to have travelled in space. He flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 in 1984. Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, was an American astronaut of Indian origin.

Jul 06, 2018

Flight Test for Crew Escape System

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out a flight test for a newly-designed Crew Escape System, meant for saving lives of astronauts in an exigency.

As per the space agency, it is the first in a series of tests to ascertain the trustworthiness and efficiency of the Crew Escape System.

Jul 05, 2018

Quake Detection Technology

Researchers in Iceland have successfully used an existing fibre-optic communications cable to assess seismic activity.

The technique has proven sensitive to ground shaking, but is not yet ready for widespread use.

Cosmic Rays from Massive Star System

Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is accelerating particles to high energies, some of which may reach the earth as cosmic rays.

Eta Carinae, located about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina, is famous for a 19th century outburst that briefly made it the second-brightest star in the sky.

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