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2008: A Space Odyssey

22. October 2008

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WOW! I have never felt so much pride in being an Indian while writing a post. The feeling I have is shared by millions of Indians around the globe. India’s maiden mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-I was launched successfully from Srijarikota today. The PSLV-C11 rocket was fired at exactly 0622 IST (0052 UTC). Chandrayaan was [...]

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Chandrayaan-I : India’s flight into the space

21. October 2008

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The day is here. Years of hard work is about to pay off. India is all set to launch its first ever unmanned moon mission tomorrow. Chandrayaan-I will be launched tomorrow, i.e. 22 October 2008 at 0620 hrs IST (0050 hrs GMT) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The probe will be set on [...]

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Mock it off, but this is true,unfortunately

25. September 2008

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I received this very intelligently written story via email forward from Riki. Right through the story you feel its just another forward with an idiotic funny ending but this one is different. It had a social issue at its heart.Mocking at Indian system but still very true and relevant even in today’s dynamic and young [...]

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Large Hadron Collider (LHC), taking science to the next level

9. September 2008

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The day has finally arrived. Scientists will make the first attempt to circulate the first beam in the LHC or Large Hadron Collider tomorrow. European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly known as Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) or CERN had earlier announced the start-up date for this most ambitious scientific research project ever to [...]

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Large Hadron Collider (LHC), taking science to the next level

9. September 2008

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The day has finally arrived. Scientists will make the first attempt to circulate the first beam in the LHC or Large Hadron Collider tomorrow. European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly known as Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) or CERN had earlier announced the start-up date for this most ambitious scientific research project ever to [...]

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